Tag: Supergirl in the Multiverse

Kingdom Come is a fantastic story created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross and is the predominant storyline for the universe designated as Earth-22. Originally, as a Hypertime reality, the universe was designated instead as Earth-96. The universe as a whole features a dark future with heroes and villains fighting in the streets and a disregard for human life. Thanks to the sacrifice of Captain Marvel, this dark age of heroes was able to come to a close and allow for a new age of young heroes to step up and lead to a better future.

This is not a post about the universe as a whole, but about a single character; Supergirl. Supergirl of Earth-22 doesn’t show up frequently or in any major depth but she is present in Kingdom Come #1 and has shown up in cameos in the continuing stories set in this universe. This universe presents a Supergirl that has left the 20th century behind and made her home among the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century. In the 30th century she has settled down with Brainiac 5 and had a daughter aptly named Brainiac’s Daughter. The rest of Kara’s life in this universe isn’t shown but the rest of this universe having so many nods to pre-crisis DC it is likely that this Supergirl’s origin matches those of the pre-crisis Supergirl who also had quite a few stories with the Legion.

As with all the Supergirl in the Multiverse drawings on this site, this is my own artwork. This digital drawing depicts the Supergirl of Earth-22 hovering down towards the camera with her cape and hair flowing behind her. On her left hand is a wedding ring with a small detail of the Brainiac symbol to represent her marriage to Brainiac 5. The background shows the 30th century Metropolis with the Legion of Super-Heroes headquarters shown prominently. A motif of Supergirl’s symbol is in the top right with a 22 on top of it.

The universe presented by Darwyn Cooke in The New Frontier has the designation of Earth-21. This somewhat idealistic take on the early silver age of DC comics and how they brought forth a new age of superheroes after masked heroes became outlawed at the end of World War II. The initial New Frontier miniseries shows new heroes like Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter grow to prominence and work together with heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman along with others to face a worldwide threat. This triumph would lead to a surge of new heroes including Supergirl.

Supergirl of earth-21 on shows up in 2 panels of issue 6 of New Frontier and even when she is shown it’s merely as a background character in a wide shot with other new and young heroes. Because of how the rest of the story is presented, it is likely this Supergirl (Kara Zor-L) shares many similarities to her counterpart of the pre-crisis earth-1. It is possible, that since the Superman as presented in New Frontier is further along in his superhero career, maybe Clark would have taken Kara in with him as opposed to leaving her in an orphanage. I’ve also seen reference to her being a part of the earth-21 Teen Titans, this is not directly stated at any point during any appearance of the universe. This universe is much more interwoven than the original silver age of DC comics so it would make sense for her to be a part of that team as opposed to a solo secret weapon for Superman.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. A digital drawing based on the cover to Action Comics #252, now showing the earth-21 Supergirl emerging from her rocket after it lands on earth. The top right corner has a motif of earth-21’s Supergirl’s symbol with a number “21” inside it.

Earth-20 is home to the Society of Super-Heroes. A superhero team based on classic pulp era heroes of the early 20th century. The team is lead by Doc Fate, an amalgamation of Doctor Fate and Doc Savage, who seems to be the focal hero of the universe. While mostly unmapped, Earth-20 does have a featured title in the Multiversity line that really helps give a look into the characters and lore of the universe; The Multiversity: Society of Super-Heroes – Conquerors from the Counter-World. Doc Fate, as mentioned earlier, is the premier hero of the universe and lives in a windowless skyscraper in Manhattan. As a wielder of the Helmet of Nabu, Kent Nelson possesses all the powers generally associated with Doctor Fate along with being an expert hand-to-hand combatant and marksman.

While the universe has not been mapped enough to have a Supergirl analogue, I have taken what we know of the prominent hero, Doc Fate, and created Laryn Nelson, Kid Fate. Laryn Nelson first appears in Countdown to Mystery #1 from 2007. Countdown to Mystery also serves as the origin of Kent V. Nelson, a relative of the original Doctor Fate. This first issue shows Kent acquiring the Helmet of Nabu and he witnesses some flashbacks including one of his daughter, Laryn. In this universe my thought is that the Earth-20 Kent Nelson also has a daughter named Laryn who is a huge fan of her father’s heroics and creates a costume in hopes of being his adventuring sidekick, Kid Fate.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. This drawing depicts Laryn Nelson, Kid Fate, standing on a red rug with her hands on her hips. She is wearing a homemade costume reminecient of the Earth-20 Doc Fate. There is a floor length mirror in the background along with a poster of Doc Fate and the Society of Super-Heroes Comic. The top right has a motif of Kid Fate’s symbol with a number 20 on top of it.

Earth-19, sometimes called Earth-1889 or the Gaslight Earth. A universe that first broke onto the scene in an original graphic novel called Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. This story is also important as it was the first in a long line of titles that were branded as Elseworlds. The universe has shown up quite a few times since its debut in 1989 and has 2 direct sequels; Master of the Future, and The Kryptonian Age. The basic premise for the universe is putting the heroes of the Earth-0 universe and having them exist in the Victorian era, specifically the last quarter of the 19th century. For the most part the stories focus on Batman but have slowly expanded and started introducing more and more heroes.

The Kryptonian Age, as you may suspect, introduces us to Clark Kent who is the extremely lucky Sheriff of Smallville. He also appears in a Superman costume in the final page of issue 6. Not much is shown of this character but he does seem to have all the classic powers of the Earth-0 Superman. With this universe barely having a Superman, we are left without a Supergirl. However, based on the Superman costume shown and using some elements from classic Victorian dress, I have put together a Supergirl that is more powerful than a locomotive. My main thought for this Supergirl is not someone who has the same powers or origin as Superman, but is a young girl (Kara Danvers) who sees Superman in action and is inspired to be a hero like him. Perhaps in her first adventure she encounters something that gives her powers (like super speed as shown in my drawing).

As with all the Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. This drawing depicts the Supergirl of Earth-19 running alongside a steam train. Behind Supergirl is a giant dust cloud that she’s kicked up as she runs. A large smoke plume is coming out of the train and in the background on the right a city can be seen. A motif of Supergirl’s S with a 19 on top of it is in the top right corner.

Earth-18 is home to the Justice Riders, a Wild West style Justice League based mainly on the 80s and 90s Justice League International family of comics. In their debut appearance, Sheriff Diana Prince gathers up a handful of other lawmen and former accomplices including Kid Flash, Hawkman, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and J’onn J’onzz and leads them in a quest to Helldorado in a battle against Maxwell Lord. The story ends with the team disbanding with no promise of further stories which seems to be the case. Most appearances of Earth-18 past Justice Riders are brief cameos or the team dying in the pages of convergence. Earth-18 is also the name of a similar universe first appearing in Multiversity that has a similar but slightly different team of Justice Riders but again this universe has been mostly restricted to cameos.

When finding a Supergirl for this universe, and often for all the universes, I first look to finding the Superman of the given universe. Kryptonians don’t have a lot of presence in Earth-18, Clark Kent is mentioned briefly and shows up at the end of Justice Riders as a dime novelist but doesn’t show any sort of super powers. In the Superboy storyline titled “Hyper-Tension” that ran from issues 60-65 of his title from the 90s featured a hypertime version of Earth-18 and shows Kid Kon-El. Kid Kon-El seems to have similar powers to the New Earth Superboy implying the possibility of Kryptonians on this earth and also Kon’s steed is named Comet, a common companion to Supergirl in many iterations. For Earth-18 I mostly focused on the pre-flashpoint version of the universe and leaned into the idea of JLI in the Wild West. Power Girl was a member of the Justice League during it’s JLI era and showed up in Justice League America, Justice League Europe, and Justice League International and I feel like she would at the very least have been mentioned if Justice Riders ever got a proper sequel. Making her Sheriff of Argo feels like a nice casual reference to classic lore and also her being a sheriff would also help to connect her with Diana who is also a sheriff. And while Sheriff Karen Starr of Argo doesn’t actually exist in Earth-18, her steed Comet does.

As with all of my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. This drawing depicts Karen Starr, Sheriff of Argo in the foreground standing against her steed Comet, a brown horse. They are standing in a desert environment with the town of Argo shown in the background. Orange and red skies imply the sun is setting on the horizon. The top right features a motif of Power Girl’s symbol with an 18 on top of it.