Tag: Supergirl in the Multiverse

Earth-26, sometimes referred to as Earth-C is home to the funny animal characters that make up the Zoo Crew. Led by Captain Carrot, the Zoo Crew are citizens of a world without humans and fully inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. The 6 members of the zoo crew were all affected by a fragment of a meteor that landed on the planet along with Superman when he broke through the dimensional barrier. These meteor fragments were affected by being in proximity to Superman when he burst through from pre-crisis Earth-1 and when landing near the 6 members of the Zoo Crew they each gained miraculous powers. These events and the specific origins of each Crew member are told in the pages of Captain Carrot and his amazing Zoo Crew #1 as well as the preview comic included in copies of New Teen Titans (Vol. 1) #16. These meteors and the somewhat accidental nature of their powers reminds me a lot of X-Kryptonite that gives Streaky his powers (read about Streaky here)which is quite fitting since the Zoo Crew are also animals.

Captain Carrot is the most prominent hero of the universe and the self-proclaimed leader of the Zoo Crew. His powers seem similar to Superman’s but he can’t fly and doesn’t have any of the wacky vision powers. But he can jump extremely far and has heightened strength and speed. Rodney (Captain Carrot) Rabbit doesn’t have a female sidekick in comics as of right now, but that hasn’t stopped me in any of the earlier Supergirl in the Multiverse posts. My idea for Carrot Cutie (the Supergirl of Earth-26) was to give Roger Rabbit a niece named Rachel Rabbit. Rachel, one day while visiting her uncle, gets a craving for a snack and accidentally eats one of Roger’s Cosmic Carrots transforming her into the brand new hero Carrot Cutie!

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. For this post I mad a brief comic strip that explains Carrot Cutie’s origin. Three panels on the left have a brief dialogue between Rachel and Rodney as Rachel is looking for a snack until she is distracted by the carrots in Rodney’s windowsill. On the right, Rachel has now transformed into Carrot Cutie with a costume similar to Captain Carrot’s and in the background is Rodney’s artist studio where he works on his comic Just’a Lotta Animals. A motif in the top right features the Captain Carrot symbol with a 26 on top of it.

Located 25 wavelengths from Earth-0 exists a world full of America’s Best Heroes, this is Earth-25. Earth-25, or Earth-ABC as it’s sometimes known, is home to the heroes originally published under the America’s Best Comics imprint like Tom Strong, Promethea, Cobweb, Johnny Future, and the subject of today’s post; Tesla Strong. America’s Best Comics began publishing in 1999 under the Wildstorm imprint and was a home for many original stories by Alan Moore like Tom Strong, Promethea, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The line would eventually end at Moore’s hand in the pages of Promethea a few years after. While the line as a whole dried up around this point, it wouldn’t be marked totally defunct until 2010 when Wildstorm shut down. DC, having acquired Wildstorm and it’s properties, then took over rights to the publishing rights of the comics and has since used Tom Strong and the Strongmen in a few stories most notably when they showed up in the pages of The Terrifics a few years back.

Tesla Strong, while youthful looking, was actually born in the 1950s and thanks to the Attabar Teru plant Goloka Root her aging has slowed dramatically allowing her to stay youthful and live longer than most humans. Aside from the extended lifespan, Tesla doesn’t have any powers but that doesn’t make her any less formidable than any other Science Hero. She is vastly intelligent and through training with the rest of the Strongmen she has peak human perfection. Her parent’s are Tom Strong, this world’s most prominent hero, and Dhalua, a native from Attabar Teru. Tesla makes her first appearance in Tom Strong #1 and continues to have many adventures alongside her Dad and by herself in the pages of that same comic. She often takes over patrolling her hometown of Millennium City when her father is off planet or otherwise preoccupied and has since settled down with a Salamander, fiery beings that thrive in hot climates, she met in a volcano named Val Var Garm.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts this is my own artwork. This drawing depicts Tesla Strong with a jetpack strapped to her back. She is flying through the air above Millennium City shown below including cable cars and The Stronghold. There is a motif of the Strongmen’s white triangle in the top right with a number 25 on top of it.

A world in the midst of a war, overrun by Nazis and monsters. This world is Earth-24 and the heroes of this universe are The Bombshells. A heroic team formed by Amanda Waller in the late 1930s to help stop the continuing threats brought about by World War II. The Bombshells are all female heroes from many nations and at least 2 alien worlds that first appeared as a DC Direct series of figures in the mid 2010s before launching as a digital first series in 2015.

Supergirl first appeared in the Bombshells universe in digital chapter 3 which would later be included in issue 1 of the print run of the series. Kara Starikov landed in Russia and was raised alongside Kortni Duginovna as sisters. Kara was born on Krypton and has the same powers generally associated with Kryptonians but the Krypton on this universe isn’t show much at all. What we do see is Kara and Kortni as young girls in Russia training alongside the Night Witches before Kara’s powers are revealed in an attempt to save her sister. The Russian government, after seeing this display, enlist the two sisters as Supergirl and Star Girl and use them as propaganda for the Russian military. On a mission, Kara realizes that a supposed Nazi encampment they are set to destroy is actually home to Russian citizens. Kara and Kortni then desert the Night Witches and the Russian government and in the process of fleeing they end up on an American ship and meet Amanda Waller who enlists them into the Bombshells.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. It is a digital drawing that depicts Bombshells Supergirl flying while shooting her heat vision into the lower right of the page. The background is full of explosions and fire. A motif in the top right has Supergirl’s S symbol and a number of ”24”.

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.