Tag: Supergirl in the Multiverse

Earth-10, otherwise known as Earth-X and Earth-Quality, is home to characters originally appearing from Quality Comics. Some of the titles published by Quality were; National Comics, Military Comics, and Police Comics. They published from 1940-1956 and were responsible for many major characters that now fall under the DC brand including Plastic Man, The Ray, Uncle Sam, Black Condor, and the subject of today’s post Miss America.

Earth-X is most notable difference from Earth-0 is that WWII continued on to the present or that Germany won the war. Fighting against the Nazi Regime is a team of American heroes called the Freedom Fighters. At the forefront of this team, representing the spirit and beliefs of America, is Uncle Sam. To me the embodiment of this universe and the most important hero is Uncle Sam and would be my choice for this universe’s Superman. And for the Supergirl analog I, of course, had to go with Miss America.

Miss America first appeared in Military Comics 1. This story was an anthology book that also featured the first appearance of Blackhawk. Miss America shows up about halfway through the issue in a brief 6 page story in which Joan Dale, a newspaper reporter, goes to Bedloe’s Island to follow a story. Bedloe’s Island, now mostly known as as Liberty Island, is of course the home of the Statue of Liberty. Joan Dale’s contact doesn’t show up so Joan decides to take a short rest near Lady Liberty and in her brief rest she witnesses a vision of Lady Liberty coming down and bestowing her magical powers onto Joan. Joan, now awake, is in disbelief of what she just witnessed and initially doesn’t believe she has magical powers but soon comes to realize the magic is real. She quickly gets to action as a hero stopping a couple thugs on a ferry by turning them into doves. A bystander nearby mentions she is “the real spirit of America!! You’re the real Miss America!!” This would be how Joan decides on her heroic alias and would continue on for the first 7 issues of Military comics using the Magic of Lady Liberty to fight crime and right wrongs. After this first stint in Military Comics Miss America would remain absent from comics until she showed up (now in DC) in All Star Squadron #31 along with Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. Miss America would continue showing up periodically since then accompanying the Freedom Fighters.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Miss America standing in the foreground holding up the American flag. In the background you can see the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island. A motif in the top right shows an American flag and a 10 on top of it.

Earth-9, sometimes Earth-Tangent or Earth-97, is home to the Tangent Universe. A universe described as “You know their names. You don’t know these heroes.” on the back of one of the collected editions of this series. A series that was initially a series of 9 one shot issues in 1997 that would get an additional 9 one shots the next year. The universe and some of the characters would go on to appear periodically in the main DC Universe and would get a new miniseries called Tangent: Superman’s Reign in 2008.

The Earth-9 Supergirl is Powergirl. A Chinese experiment made as part of a government operation trying to create superheroes called the Supergirl Program. The Supergirl Program was created in an attempt to try to compete with the American superhero craze started by the first Atom. Powergirl posses energy manipulation powers that give her many abilities including strength, flight, energy blasts, and healing among others.

The Supergirl Program’s initial attempt at a superhero was Supergirl, a failed experiment that ultimately perished. A new attempt was started and the Metal Men, including President Sam Schwartz, attempted to infiltrate and recover Powergirl before the Chinese Government could begin training her to their cause. After being found by the Metal Men in a Chinese government facility, Powergirl leaves to go find her own path and her own life that isn’t tied to either the Chinese or American government. She would later show up during the events of Superman’s Reign as Superman’s right hand and lover. It is unclear how she got involved with Superman or how he convinced her of his role in ruling the world after seeking independence after we last saw her. She would continue to stay by his side until the heroes of New Earth defeat them and send them back to Earth-9.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork and it depicts Powergirl floating and projecting an energy blast from her left hand. In the background is the city of New Atlantis as it exists on Earth-9. A motif in the top right shows Powergirl’s symbol (the Hanzi character 力 which can be translated as power) and an 9 on top of it.

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.

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.