Tag: Supergirl in the Multiverse

Coming from a world of Injustice brought on by the Joker killing Lois Lane and the unborn child of Superman. This resulted in Superman killing the Joker and then turning the world into a police state and murdering countless other villains and anyone who opposed his rule. This created a major rift in the hero community with Batman leading a resistance against this new dictator-esque Superman. It would take 5 years for the resistance to finally overpower and imprison Superman. This storyline is that of the Injustice video game as well as the tie-in comics.

Supergirl of this universe wouldn’t show up at all until the Injustice 2 comic as well as the Injustice 2 video game. It was in the time after Superman’s prison sentence where a spaceship landed near Kahndaq. This spaceship of course brings Kara Zor-El to earth. Black Adam begins telling her about the events that transpired but did so in a way that built up Superman as a hero and Batman’s resistance as villains. She remains hidden as a secret weapon until the world is threatened by an AMAZO android and she swoops in to save the day. Supergirl would continue to fight alongside Wonder Woman and the rest of Superman’s side of the fight but would continue to prioritize saving lives.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Supergirl-49 is crouched with a strained look. She is holding up a large pillar that is crumbling around her. Rubble is built up behind her. She is backlit with light rays shining through under her arm. The top right corner features a motif of Supergirl’s S symbol with a 49 on top of it.

This universe has been know by many names, using both 47 and 72 as numerical values and also existing as part of the Dreamworld, to me it is best described as Earth-Prez. Starting with a very short lived series starting in 1972, Prez, we are introduced to a world that, soon after amendment 26 allowed 18 year-olds to vote, has dropped the legal age to run for presidency to the age of 18. The main character we follow in this universe is President Prez Rickards who was know for being adept at fixing clocks, wanting to help bring peace, and being elected as president of the united states when he was just 18. The universe has only come up a few times since the initial Prez series, but in more recent years the “Love Syndicate” has also been included along with Prez and it’s generally seen as a 70s era earth.

In 2015, as part of the DC You initiative, Prez got a reimagining. This series is set in the near future of 2048, and follows the 18 year old Beth Ross. Beth stumbles into the presidency after a viral video of hers leaks and the voting (that takes place on twitter in the year 2048) pushes her to victory as a write in candidate. Beth starts her presidency by going around the world and apologizing to other countries on the behalf of her predecessors and spends most her time as president trying to clean up everyone else’s messes and tries her best to work for those in need and against those in power.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Beth Ross is seated at her presidential desk in the White House Oval Office. Beth has her feet up on her desk while drinking a slushie and looking at her phone. Her desk also has an overflowing wastebin beside it and a stack of paper on top of it. The top right has a motif of the Prez logo with a 47 on top of it.

Earth-46 is the last of the “New 52” universes introduced alongside the New 52 DC Reboot to get “mapped”. The idea of “mapping” a universe is an in universe term for exploration of a universe and exploration of differences from the prime universe. Batman Gargoyle of Gotham, a story that started in 2023, is created, written, and illustrated by Rafael Grampa. This story shows Batman as the orphaned child of Thomas and Martha Wayne, who takes up the mantle of Batman to protect others from the same fate. This all seems pretty similar to the main DC Universe and the only real difference seems to be that this Batman seems to have a much different array of baddies to go up against like Doctor Geist who seems to be the primary antagonist of the miniseries.

While doing this series I have encountered a handful of universes that are rather under-developed or “unmapped”. Universes like 18, 31, 43, and 44 all have very few appearances, but the have a very clear premise like Wild West, Pirate, Vampire, and Metal Men. Earth-46 on the other hand has a single (currently unfinished) story associated with it, and this story seems to not stray very far from the Earth-0 histories. This leaves me with significantly less to work with when creating a Supergirl representative. While there were a couple characters in the universe I considered pursuing as representatives of the Supergirl role, none of them really fit in my opinion. I also get the feeling that this universe would not have a Superman and as such wouldn’t have a Supergirl, although stories like Batman Red Rain, and Batman Gotham by Gaslight also have that sort of vibe when only looking at the first entry. I set out this year with a specific goal in mind and I plan to follow through, so for this universe I have taken some of Grampa’s design elements in his Batman and applied them to a Supergirl, although as the story advances and expands, I may revisit the universe someday.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Supergirl-46 is flying above a fog ridden city. In her left hand she is stopping an unidentified object crashing in from the top right. She is illuminated from below and a helicopter can be seen behind her. The top right has a motif of Supergirl’s symbol with a 46 on top of it.

Earth-45 is a world without heroes, or at least it was. Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen worked together to build a machine that can turn thoughts into real tangible things. They wanted to use this machine to create a hero for their world. Unfortunately soon after creating the machine their funding ran out and they sought out sponsors. Unfortunately Overcorp gained control over their machine and worked together to give people what they wanted; a brutal powerful antihero named Super-Doomsday. This brutal monster would work with Overcorp to eliminate crime and the result was the world pushed into a corporate dictatorship with Overcorp and their monster in charge.

Once again we are met with a universe without a Supergirl. My idea for this universe’s girl of steel is a successor to Super-Doomsday. Overcorp, after the raging success of their first hero, go about and create a follow-up, Super-Reign. Super-Reign is just as brutal and menacing and helps further push Overcorp into leaders of the world. While Super-Doomsday is of course a combination of Superman and his foe Doomsday, Super-Reign is likewise an amalgamation of Supergirl and one of her more brutal foes; Reign the Worldkiller.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Super-Reign stands tall hoisting a large sword over her shoulder. There is a decimated landscape full of rubble and fog all around her. The top right features a motif of the Overcorp symbol with a 45 on top of it.

In short, Earth-44 is a universe where members of the Justice League are merged with members of the Metal Men. Characters like Gold Superman, Platinum Wonder Woman, Iron Batman, and others make up a team called the Metal League. The Metal League is a team of robots designed and built by Doc Will Tornado based on heroes from comics he read as a kid.

A version of this universe does show up in Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse and there is a Supergirl-44 much like the Arcane Supergirl from all the way back on Earth-13 of Supergirl in the Multiverse. The Supergirl-44 that is shown in the comic however is relatively unexplored and I’m personally not that big a fan of her look. For my drawing this week I have put together what I’m calling Electrum Supergirl. For her design I’m leaning a bit more into the classic Metal Men (and Metal Women) look and using electrum as opposed to gold to help set her apart from Superman.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Electrum Supergirl is standing in front of a large computer displaying “INTRUDER ALERT”. Electrum Supergirl is deflecting laser blasts coming from offscreen. A motif in the top right has Electrum Supergirl’s symbol with a 44 on top of it.