Earth-8 is the designation in the DC Multiverse for Marvel’s 616 universe which is the main universe of Marvel and is home to many of the well known characters like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, and Captain Marvel.
The Earth-8 Supergirl is Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers is the current Captain Marvel although the name Captain Marvel was first used by a hero named Mar-Vell, a Kree soldier who would also sometimes use the name Walter Lawson on Earth. The Kree are a alien race in the marvel universe that come from a planet named Hala.
Carol Danvers first showed up in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 as a member of the US Air Force. It wouldn’t be until nearly 10 years later in the pages of Ms. Marvel #1 where she would become a full fledged superhero. Since then she has used many superhero names until she finally took on the name Captain Marvel in Avenging Spider-Man #9. While believing for most her life that she was a human, she later found out, in the pages of The Life of Captain Marvel, that her mother was also Kree. This revelation came with Carol learning her Kree name, Car-Ell. Captain Marvel is a hero who has often been a member of the Avengers and is known as one of the most powerful individuals in the 616 Marvel universe.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel flying through space. In the background is a large planet, a handful of moons, and stars. A motif in the top right shows Captain Marvel’s star symbol and an 8 on top of it.
LEGO is a company that has been around since the 1930s and has been making interlocking bricks in 1949. LEGO acquired rights to produce sets based on DC Comics properties in 2006 and began producing a line of LEGO Batman sets. In 2011 the line would change to DC Comics Super Heroes and would begin making sets based around the wider DC Universe not just Batman and his related characters. A short lived line from 2016-2017 was also produced based on the web series called DC Super Hero Girls. The DC Super Hero Girls line shared a lot of design elements from the long running LEGO Friends line including the use of minidolls as opposed to minifigures. From these 3 series of sets, Supergirl has appeared as 4 separate minifigures or minidolls as pictured above.
The first time Supergirl appeared was in set number 76040: Braniac Attack from 2015. This set, as you can guess, included a minifigure of Braniac who is piloting a skull ship like he has often been seen using in the comics. Along with Braniac there are minifigures of Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Supergirl. The Supergirl from this set (shown on the far left in the above picture) is a very classic look for Supergirl with a blue shirt, red skirt, red cape, and long blonde hair. The minifigure also includes 2 faces printed on either side of her head piece, one is a standard smiling face and the other shows her angry with red eyes. The second time she would appear would be in 2016 in the set 41232: Super Hero High School. This was a set from the Super Hero Girls line and as such uses the minidolls. Along with the Supergirl minidoll (second from the left in above picture) there were also minidolls of Lena Luthor and Poison Ivy. This Supergirl minidoll is based on Supergirl’s appearance in the web series and includes a red skirt with yellow trim, a short sleeved blue shirt with a white collar, a red cape, and a blue hairband in her blonde hair. Her next appearance in LEGO form would come from another Super Hero Girls set. Set Number 41238: Lena Luthor Kryptomite Factory from 2017. This Supergirl minidoll (pictured on the far right) uses the same face and hair pieces but changes the body to have a sleeveless blue shirt, blue gloves, and blue pants. This set also includes the same Lena Luthor figure that accompanied Supergirl in her last set. The final set I would like to talk about is from 2018, set number 76094: Mighty Micros: Supergirl vs. Brainiac. This minifigure (pictured 3rd above) is accompanied by a minifigure of Brainiac and both figures are in small cars. The Mighty Micros sets from LEGO were smaller sets that came with a hero, a villain, and cars for each. They were also defined by having short legs on all the minifigures and the faces having animated facial expressions. The Supergirl from this Mighty Micros set has a light blue shirt, short red legs, a red cape, and short blonde hair. Her face shows a very wide smile and does not include a second face on the back.
There are 3 other LEGO Supergirls I want to mention that didn’t appear in regular sets and that I unfortunately do not own in my collection. The first picture shows a Supergirl minifigure that was bundled with some starter packs for LEGO Dimensions Starter packs for the PS4 (Set Number 71171-2). This minifigure is very similar to the original Supergirl figure from 2015 however this figure uses a different hair piece, this one having a ponytail as opposed to the hair down from the other figure. The figure also includes a circular disk that is used to interact with the LEGO Dimensions Game. The second picture is of a DC Fandome exclusive minifigure from 2020 that depicts Supergirl as she appears in the later seasons of the CW show. She has a new hairpiece that now has bangs similar to what Melissa Benoist had in season 5 of Supergirl, along with a suit that has pants as opposed to a skirt. This minifigure has 2 faces like some of the other Supergirls, however the secondary face on this figure is a second type of smiling as opposed to the angry red eyes face. The third picture is of a 2 pack Brickheadz set (41496). Brickheadz are a subseries of many LEGO themes that are brick-builds of characters. The characters are made with large heads and small bodies and have similar proportions to Funko Pops. This set contains Brickheadz of both Supergirl and Martian Manhunter as they appeared on the show Supergirl. This set was released at San Diego Comic Con in 2017.
Supergirl also appears in a handful of LEGO video games, like LEGO Dimensions mentioned above, that I will cover in more depth at a later date.
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Earth-7 is the designation in the DC Multiverse for Marvel’s 1610 universe, also known as the original Ultimate Universe that was published from 2000-2015 featuring titles such as Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-men, the Ultimates, and many other titles that often had the word Ultimate in their name.
The Earth-7 Supergirl is Carol Danvers. Carol Danvers in the main (616) universe of Marvel is the character Captain Marvel and is often viewed as the marvel equivalent to Supergirl. Carol Danvers of the Ultimate universe never became superpowered but was still active in the superhero community in many titles from this universe. She was also acting director of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a time.
Carol Danvers first showed up in the Ultimate Secret miniseries, before showing up in many titles in a supporting role and contributing to many event storylines and helped found the New Ultimates team after Ultimatum.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Carol Danvers, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. standing at a control station with her hand on a pedestal. Both the platform she is standing on and the pedestal she is placing her hand on are lit in a soft blue light. There are also 2 holographic displays around her. In the background is a window that shows New York City, the Statue of Liberty, and 2 Helicarriers. A motif in the top right shows the S.H.I.E.L.D. symbol and a 7 on top of it.
Earth-6 or better know as Just Imagine. Earth-6 was a short series of prestige format one shot comics with the premise of Stan Lee, prolific Marvel writer and creator of many characters from that universe, reimagining a handful of DC comics heroes. The series was published from 2001 to 2002 and was comprised of 13 stories. There was a one shot special in 2022 called Tales From Earth-6 that was put out to celebrate Stan Lee’s 100th birthday that further explored the universe.
The Earth-6 Supergirl is not a character that was introduced as part of the series. Because of this, I have taken some aspects of the stories and characters as presented in the Just Imagine stories and created my own backstory and character design.
Earth-6’s Superman is Salden who (during the events of Just Imagine Superman) stole a test prototype spaceship that uses a new element that can bend spacetime. Salden later (During Just Imagine Crisis) also landed back on Krypton and stole another sample of this element now know as Kryptonite. Salden, after landing on Earth became known as the hero Superman. My idea for a backstory involves Karron, the Super Girl from Krypton, being tasked by the Kryptonian government to follow Salden to Earth with a new spaceship and with a more advanced flight suit than Salden had, and bring Salden back to Krypton to pay for his crimes where he would be sentenced to the Phantom Zone.
As with all of my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Super Girl of Earth-6 in a costume designed with elements of Salden’s and other Kryptonian costumes and also depicts the Supermanor that Salden lives in on Earth as shown in Tales from Earth-6. In the top right there is a motif of the Supergirl S and a 6 on top of it.
Streaky the Supercat is a longtime friend, companion, and fellow superhero of Supergirl. He dates all the way back to Supergirl’s first year of publishing in Action Comics #261. Streaky, unlike Krypto, is a normal earthborn cat that only gained his powers from a stray piece of X-Kryptonite. X-Kryptonite was a substance Linda (Supergirl) Lee created when she was trying to create a way for her and her cousin to become immune to Kryptonite. X-Kryptonite was seen as a failure to Linda so she tossed it out her window which then got tangled up in a ball of yarn. Streaky, named by Linda for the iconic white streak in his fur, was a stray cat that turned up at Midvale Orphanage and immediately took a liking to Linda. One day Streaky found a ball of yarn and began playing with it not knowing it was the same ball of yarn that contained the X-Kryptonite which then gave Streaky super powers.
Streaky had many super powered adventures with Supergirl during this time and up until the Crisis when the universe got reset. This version of Streaky only had powers for a limited time and would have to be exposed to the X-Kryptonite, never-the-less he was still able to save the day along with Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Pets. Streaky was also always able to tell who his owner was whether she was dressed as Linda or as Supergirl.
Streaky is one of the most consistent supporting characters to Supergirl appearing in many iterations alongside Supergirl. In the post crisis universe there were a couple non powered versions of Streaky. During the Volume 4 Supergirl title a cat named Streaky appears twice and is a cat Supergirl saves from trying to fly. Later on once the post crisis Kara Zor-El shows up, she gets an orange and white tabby cat named Streaky that lives with her in her apartment. More recently, Streaky has shown back up again with his super powers back intact. Most recently he has been shown living with Power Girl and Omen in Power Girl’s current ongoing title, he does not seem to have to re-up his powers with X-Kryptonite every time he wants to use them anymore and instead just always has powers. While mainly living with Power Girl, he still goes out and has adventures on his own or with the Super-Pets.
Outside of main continuity, Streaky has also shown up in elseworlds titles like Tiny Titans and Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade. He also shows up quite often in TV shows such as Krypto the Superdog, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League Action, and even showed up in an episode of the CW Supergirl show in his only appearance as a cat that isn’t orange (a black cat in this version).
I have often seen Streaky referred to as a girl cat, I assume because of his association with Supergirl. In my research I have only found two instances where Streaky has been depicted as a girl cat though. The first appearance of Streaky in the post-Flashpoint universe was in the first annual of Super Sons from 2017. Streaky is referred to with feminine pronouns and has a bit of a love triangle between Krypto, her, and Ace the Bat-Hound. The second was a bit more recently in the 2024 Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis. Once again Streaky is referred to with feminine pronouns and is saved by Bitewing along with the other Super-pets. Because of the timing of these two books along with the current ongoing Power Girl series we can either assume that there are 2 Streakys currently running around the DC universe with super powers, or more likely, the writers may not have checked if Streaky was a boy cat or a girl cat when they wrote these silly Super-Pets stories. A third possibility, which is my favorite, is that the Super-Pets of modern comics (including Detective Chimp) don’t realize that Streaky is a boy and assume that since she is the pet of Supergirl, Streaky is also a girl.
I am aware there are other appearances of Streaky that I didn’t mention and perhaps my research overlooked other instances where he was depicted as a girl, but I hope you enjoy this brief look at my favorite member of the Super-Pets.
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