Originally appearing in Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #91 in the aptly named imaginary universe of Earth-91 was Superlass, Lisa Lane. The imaginary story told in this issue sees Lois Lane blinded while trying to save Superman from a ray-gun. This of course makes Superman feel pity for the intrepid reporter as he immediately asks her to marry him. The pair settle down into a custom super-built beach home and have a daughter named Lisa who almost immediately shows signs of super-powers she received from her father. Unfortunately the universe is not filled with happy endings as Superman is caught in a Kryptonite infused explosion and presumed dead. Lois never loses her love for the man of steel and visits his grave on a weekly basis, one of these visits is where we encounter Superlass for the first time.
Superlass is a teen-aged super-heroine who seems to have all the same powers as any other Kryptonian under a yellow sun. It is possible, since she is only half-Kryptonan, that she doesn’t have the full power levels as a pure-blooded Kryptonian but this is not relevant to the story. Her costume bears similarities to Supergirl’s costume of the time but her belt has a slightly different design with vertical lines as opposed to a circular buckle. Most strikingly though, Superlass has the same black hair as her mother, and while her eye color isn’t explicitly shown in Lois Lane issue 91, I do like the idea of her having the same purple eyes as her mother (although Lois having purple eyes is only a very modern interpretation). Supergirl (presumably Linda “Kara Zor-El” Danvers) is also mentioned in this story as an active hero, which is why Lisa uses the name Superlass instead. Throughout the story of Lois Lane #91, Lisa helps some aliens which give her a device to cure her mother’s blindness. Oh also there’s a hideous monster man who is in love with Lois and it’s revealed that that monster man was Superman who was horribly disfigured after the K-bomb. Lois, after having her vision restored, is disgusted by the monstrous man and her disgust leaves Superman to flee the planet.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Superlass is joyously floating in the sky. Behind the teen-aged hero is a view of the ocean and a beach house. There are 3 palm trees scattered about the beach and the sun is shining in from the top right. The top right corner also has a motif of Superlass’s S symbol with a 91 on top of it.
Superman Day has been celebrated since 2013 and is generally celebrated by comic shops by giving out a handful of free comics to patrons. Historically however, the day has been celebrated in June as opposed to the event taking place on April 18th this year. I’m not entirely sure why the change has pushed it April but I do think both days are meant to celebrate the release of Action Comics #1. These comics are generally reprints of earlier storylines or previews of upcoming original graphic novels. Sometimes shops will also have sales or meet and greets with comics creators and it is an event that helps comic shops get more foot traffic. This year is a bit different though, Supergirl has taken over the day to tie into the upcoming movie coming out in June.
The Superman day logo has been modified to change “man” to “girl” in a crude manor similar to the Supergirl (2026) movie poster that took the “Look Up” design from Superman (2025) and crossed out “Up” to replace it with “Out” to then read “Look Out”. As mentioned above, there are a handful of free books coming out this for the holiday. Supergirl hasn’t entirely overwhelmed Superman this year since we still get 2 Superman free books but Supergirl really pulled through with 4 promotional comics.
Starting off with the Superman books, we have Superman: Time and Time Again Special Edition #1 and Superman #1. The Time and Time Again book reprints Phase One of the Time and Time Again storyline that ran through the Superman books in 1991. This story was collected alongside the rest of the 7 part storyline and even some of the issues both before and after this storyline. Superman #1 is a reprint of Superman #1 from 2023 which was the kickoff to the current ongoing Superman comic and does a decent job of letting new readers know what the new status quo is for the Man of Steel, although going from that to the series as it is now with Superboy Prime taking center stage may be a bit tricky to wrap your head around. Both of the Superman books have a one page ad for the currently availabe collected editions of the Superman title (Vol. 1-5) and the Time and Time Again book also has a few pages advertising the whole of the DC Finest line of collected editions.
I think the choices for Supergirl books are all great and each serves as a great point of entry for all kinds of new Supergirl readers. As an added bonus I’ve already covered 3 of the 4 stories that are presented here and the only reason I’ve not covered the 4th is because it has yet to come out. Supergirl’s Zoo-Per Heroes – Krypto’s Big Break of course previews the children’s original graphic of the same name. The first couple chapters of the story by Rob Justus is presented here along with a preview of Superman’s Good Guy Gang which is another story by Justus. This story is great for younger readers and you can learn more about it in my full post on the story here.
Next up is the reprint of Supergirl #1 by Sophie Campbell and Tamara Bonvillain. This series just started last year and has been going pretty strong with issue 12 coming out just a couple weeks ago. The series has a sort of silver age vibe to it with Kara moving back to midvale and getting up to some particularly wacky and usually one-and-done stories. Supergirl tackles with Princess Shark, Lar-On, and even an imposter Supergirl in this issue. The first collected edition of this series recently came out (that I covered here) and in my post about it I called it a “Supergirl story for everyone”. There is also a shorter excerpt of the Krypto mini-series at the back of this issue for all you Krypto fans out there. The back of this book features the same ad from the Misadventures in Midvale collected edition showing off the Woman of Tomorrow, Being Super, and DC Finest Supergirl books.
A full reprint of the first issue of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is up next and it’s a great story to put out for this event. The upcoming Supergirl movie is based on this story and the series has become insanely popular with the original printing of issue 1 skyrocketing in price since release. So being able to scoop up this story for free is a steal. I did cover the whole of Woman of Tomorrow a few months back (read it here) and while I don’t necessarily think it’s the best entry point for new Supergirl readers it is an exciting read and it has brilliant art. The back of the book has an ad showing the 3 different versions of the comic in collected format (hardcover, trade paperback, and DC Compact Comic) that are all currently available. We also get a 4 page preview of the upcoming Wonder Woman 31, which is Tom King’s currently releasing comic.
Last up is the preview book of Supergirl The World which is all new content and previews 2 of the 15 stories that will be part of the Supergirl The World book coming out in June. DC has released a handful of these The World books and they’re anthology books with each story being presented by creators from nations around the world. The 2 stories in this preview book are from the Spain team and the Germany team. The Spain story, by Aneke with letters by David Carro, shows Supergirl visiting Spain and encountering a supernatural ageless witch or something but it was a really cool story with great art. The Germany story, by Yann Krehl and Marie Sann, has Supergirl heading to Germany to track down an alien signal which turns out belongs to a lost alien child. Supergirl of course saves the day and the story has some really cute art and a really nice Supergirl costume. I will cover Supergirl The World as a whole later this year so stay on the lookout. At the back we have 4 pages of advertisements promoting the DC Finest line, Krypto the Last Dog of Krypton, DC Superhero Girls High School Reunion, and Supergirl’s Family Vacation.
Along with the free books, there are a handful of re-prints and Facsimiles coming out for the holiday. Action Comics #1 (Superman’s first appearance) and Action #252 (Supergirl’s first appearance), along with the Post-Crisis re-imagining of Superman with The Man of Steel #1 and World’s Finest #195. There is also a foil variant of the Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow issue that I mentioned earlier if you want something a little fancier. Don’t take my word for it though, go out to your local comic shop and take a gander at what they have in store to celebrate the Man of Steel and the Maiden of Might!
Much like the previous Earth-43, Earth-63 is a universe where vampires are real. On Earth-63, which is told through the Elseworlds titles under the DC vs. Vampires umbrella, the queen of the vampires Mary Seward has recently been killed which pushes the vampires into turmoil as they search for a new leader. This void is filled by a member of the superheroic community and instead of maintaining the balance that humanity and vampires had, a war is started. The new vampire community seeks to block out the sun and take the world back from humans and become the dominant race.
The universe has been told through 3 main miniseries and a few tie ins. Supergirl comes in about halfway through DC vs. Vampires (the first series) with a 1-panel cameo in issue 6 before becoming a major player on the side of the humans against the vampiric threat. Supergirl is referred to as the last hope for humanity after Superman got turned very early on in the series. Most of the back half of the first series shows Kara working with the rest of the remaining human heroes to get the sun back and overthrow the new vampire leader. As you can tell by the multiple series that exist in this universe, this is not the end of the story. Supergirl will continue on for the remaining tales told in the universe without ever getting turned and would, at the end of the final issue of DC vs. Vampires: World War V, eliminate most of the remaining vampires.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Supergirl is stood in the center of the artwork with a growing horde of vampires surrounding her. Supergirl is blasting a large heat vision burst off the lefthand side of the page. The top right has a motif of Supergirl’s S symbol with a 63 on top of it.
“Supergirl In Concert!”, as it says on the cover, is not Supergirl singing in a stadium full of adoring fans but instead fighting a handful of Female Furies and a mysterious Twilight person. She is in a stadium though and there are a lot of fans there just not necessarily for her and the concert doesn’t raise the roof so muh as bring it down.
Written by Peter David, with art by Leonard Kirk, inking from Robin Riggs, letters from Patricia Prentice, colors by Gene D’Angelo, and separation by Digital Chameleon. While the cover does read “Supergirl in Concert” the story is titled “Hell Hath No Furies” on the title page. We get pretty immediately into the action where we see a large crowd of Space Girls fans quickly making their way to the exits to get away from the new stars of the show; Supergirl, Twilight, and 5 Female Furies (Artemiz, Stompa, Bernadeth, Mad Harriet, and Lashina specifically). It seems like Supergirl is trying to bring Twilight down for something she did in North Carolina, Twilight trying to track down someone named Jane, and the Furies just there to further stir up trouble.
It’s issues like this that really make Supergirl Surprise interesting because I absolutely remember that Twilight is someone important and plays a fairly large role in the Supergirl series by Peter David as a whole, but when just reading issue #28 I cannot remember what her deal is at all. The Furies on the other hand haven’t forgotten who Twilight is, and snatch her up and boom-tube back to Apokolips with her leaving Supergirl left in the rubble of the Space Girls concert.
A lot of this comic is taken up with scenes of Supergirl fighting the Female Furies and it definitely makes for some great action sequences. Supergirl gets to show off a wide array of her powers and she does a great job of outsmarting her foes too. She takes Stompa out by breaking her ankles, and uses Lashina’s whips (ribbons?) to make her bring lights down on top of her all while delivering a pun “what could be more angelic than helping those who are evil see the light?”. She doesn’t face off directly with Bernadeth, Mad Harriet, or Artemiz here but taking out 2 of Darkseid’s elite by yourself is a pretty impressive feat on it’s own.
I mentioned earlier that Supergirl was left behind while the rest of her dance partners boom tubed away to Apokolips, she didn’t stay put for long though. Somewhere around this time, Supergirl started developing new powers tied to her being a fallen angel (that’s too much to explain here just take my word for it). Powers like fire wings and flame vision and a teleportation power called “Shunting”. She uses this Shunt power to follow the Furies to Apokolips however she is not prepared for the agony that would come with Shunting into such a hellish realm. A really interesting side effect that is presented here is that when not using a boom tube to access Apokolips, earthlings show up much smaller than they normally would. I’m sure I’ll talk about this more whenever Supergirl Surprise lands on Issue 29, but I really like the idea of Apokolips and all it’s residents existing on a larger scale than our main heroes and the size discrepancy is adjusted via boom tube. I’m not sure if this has ever been explored past this story, but it really puts the 4th world characters on a higher level to me.
Ads time! The big one I noticed was the ad for the infamous Superman 64 game. This ad does show that the game also has Playstation and Gameboy ports and I wasn’t familiar with those. Turns out there is a reason for that, only the Nintendo 64 version came out. I’ve never played the game but I’ll probably check it out at some point in my life. There is also a Powerpuff Girls ad, and also an ad for Subway which seemed to have DC toys. The Subway toys are interesting, you get keychains of Superman, Batman, Flash, and Wonder Woman and the 3 boy characters are all just in full form but Wonder Woman is in her invisible jet which feels like a weird choice and makes her keychain stand out. I hope you had a fun time checking out this action packed issue of Supergirl with me, and I look forward to seeing you come back for the next entry of Supergirl Surprise. For the rest of the Supergirl Surprise entries check them out here: https://blogofsupergirl.com/supergirl-surprise/
Earth-57 marks an interesting point in this series because it is the first time we’ve actively skipped a number. Season 1 of Supergirl in the Multiverse covered Earths 0-51 without any skips and January this year featured Earths 52-55. While I did skip around in February and March, those were for specific theming reasons, now that we’re back to going in order (sort of) we come to find that there is not currently a universe in the DC Multiverse with a designation of 56, but we do get an Earth-57. In short, it’s the universe where Superman marries Lois and Lana and Jimmy Olsen marries Supergirl, but it does get a tad more complicated than that.
The universe exists as told in both Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #57 (1961) and Superman’s Girlfriends #57 (1965). The Lois Lane story is the later entry but I want to cover it first for reasons we’ll get into later. Lois Lane #57 takes place on Earth-1 (Pre-Crisis Earth-1), and Lois and Lana are babysitting a Super-Tot who they think is their Superman that has been de-aged. They both hypnotize him (as a toddler) in hopes that he’ll marry them once he reverts to his old self. This does happen, but not the way they expected, the Super-tot they were sitting was actually the de-aged Superman of Earth-57 (it wasn’t named as such at the time, but is the canon designation) and through a viewer in the Fortress Lois and Lana witness Superman of Earth-57 marrying both Lois and Lana and Superman of Earth-1 mentioning that on that universe, bigamy (having 2 wives) is legal.
Jimmy Olsen #57 has a slightly less convoluted plot but there are still some hoops to jump through. Jimmy visits Midvale orphanage to write a story (Linda is there although she has been adopted by the Danvers but this isn’t really relevant). Jimmy unknowingly exposes Linda to red-k which makes her forget that she has superpowers (which k still trying to figure out why she never realized she was wearing a wig) and then the pair fall madly in love and get married. Linda eventually remembers that she has super powers and comes up with a plan to slowly reveal to Jimmy her existence as Supergirl (this story takes place just before her existence is revealed to the world) and then also Linda, as Supergirl, would also confess her love to Jimmy. This puts Jimmy in a pickle and also points to the fact that these 2 Earth-57s cannot exist together at once. Jimmy is conflicted because he is stuck between his wife Linda, and Supergirl who is also confessing her love to him. The conflict being that Jimmy can’t be married to both Supergirl and Linda (which wouldn’t be the case if this universe had legalized bigamy. Of course there is a happy ending with Linda revealing to Jimmy that she’s Supergirl and they continue on with their happy married life.
As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Supergirl is shown bridal carrying Jimmy Olsen with a wedding finger on her hand. Jimmy is holding a camera and the pair are floating in the air. The background shows a skyline including the Daily Planet and the midground has a suburban home with a mailbox that reads “THE OLSENS”. The top right corner has a motif of Supergirl’s symbol with a 57 on top of it.
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