#Linda Lang

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ULTIMATE SUPERGIRL READING GUIDE

since i've been asked a few times in the past for various reading guides for kara, i thought i'd compile them all into one post for the sake of convenience!

this guide has reading orders for supergirl comics in PRE-CRISIS (1959-1985), POST-CRISIS (2004-2011), NEW 52 (2011-2016), REBIRTH (2016-2021), and INFINITE FRONTIER (2021-present).

if you have any questions at all don't be afraid to shoot me an ask!

for each section bolded comics are required, italicized comics are recommended, and everything else is optional!

[PRE-CRISIS]

ORIGIN AND MIDVALE ERA (NOTE: you'll have to flip to the back of each issue to get to kara's section!) action comics (1938) #252, 258, 267, 276, 278-282, 285, 295, 309-310, 313, 317

STANHOPE COLLEGE action comics (1938) #318, 366-368, 372, 374 world’s finest (1941) #169 adventure comics (1938) #381, 386, 391, 395, 397

K-SFTV REPORTER — SAN FRANCISCO adventure comics (1938) #406-407, 410-415, 419-424

VANDYRE UNIVERSITY supergirl (1974) #1-10

STUDENT ADVISOR — FLORIDA (NOTE: every member of the superfamily has a story in the superman family (1974), so you'll have to flip through to find kara's section!) the superman family (1974) #165, 168, 171, 174, 177, 180, 182 justice league of america (1960) #132-134 the superman family #183, 184-186, 187-189, 191-193, 194, 196-198, 199, 200, 201-202, 203, 204-205, 206-207

ACTRESS — NEW YORK the superman family (1974) 208-210, 211-214, 215-216, 217, 218 superman (1939) #373 (second story titled “an eye (and ear) on the world!”) detective comics (1937) #508-510 the superman family #219-222

THE GREAT DARKNESS SAGA (i recommend this storyline in it's entirety, but kara only appears in the last issue!) legion of superheroes (1980) #290-294

LAKE SHORE UNIVERSITY supergirl (1982) #1-12 (cw: nazi imagery in the brief interlude in #12)  supergirl (1982) #13-15 (cw: antisemitism, nazi imagery, depictions of the holocaust.) supergirl (1982) #16-23

LAST APPEARANCES AND DEATH legion of super-heroes (1980) #300-303 dc comics presents (1978) #28 tales of the legion of super-heroes (1984) #314-315 crisis on infinite earths (1985) #4-7

BONUS POST-COIE APPEARANCES christmas with the super-heroes (1988) #2 (last story titled “should auld acquaintance be forgot”) supergirl (1996) #49, 75-80 solo (2004) #1 (third story titled “young love”) convergence: adventures of superman (2015) #1-2

[POST-CRISIS]

ORIGIN superman/batman (2003) #8-13  (or you can watch superman/batman: apocalypse (2010) instead which I recommend! the art is a lot more tasteful and it's a very faithful adaptation of the comic so you won’t be missing out on anything.)

KARA WITH THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES supergirl and the legion of super-heroes (2006) #16-36

LOEB AND KELLY HELL ERA supergirl (2005) #1-5, 9-10, 19 (you don’t have to read any of this since it gets retconned anyway, but if you’re interested in kara’s early characterization, the beginnings of her friendship with cassie sandsmark, or her difficulty fitting in on earth then you’re welcome to read what i’ve provided.)

KELLEY PUCKETT ERA Amazons Attack! teen titans (2003) #47-48  amazons attack! (2007) #3  supergirl (2005) #20  amazons attack! (2007) #4  teen titans (2003) #49

supergirl (2005) #21-22  teen titans (2003) #50, 51-55  supergirl (2005) #25-33

Superman: Brainiac  action comics (1938) #866-870

GATES AND IGLE HEAVEN ERA supergirl (2005) #34

New Krypton (new krypton is one of my favorite events and i recommend it in its entirety, but for the sake of brevity I’ll only be listing the issues relevant to kara.) superman: new krypton special #1  superman (1939) #681  adventure comics special featuring guardian #1  action comics (1938) #871  supergirl (2005) #35  superman (1939) #682  action comics (1938) #872  supergirl (2005) #36  superman (1939) #683  action comics (1938) #873

teen titans (2003) #66  supergirl (2005) #37-42

Friends and Fugitives superman: secret Files 2009 #1  supergirl (2005) #43  action comics (1938) #881  supergirl (2005) #45  action comics (1938) #882  supergirl (2005) #46-47

supergirl (2005) annual 1, #48-50

Last Stand of New Krypton  adventure comics (2009) #8  superman: last stand of new krypton #1  supergirl (2005) #51  superman (1938) #698  adventure comics (2009) #9  superman: last stand of new krypton #2  adventure comics (2009) #10  supergirl (2005) #52  superman (1938) #699  superman: last stand of new krypton #3 superman: war of the supermen (2010) #0, 1-4 

supergirl (2005) #53-57, annual 2, 58-59

END OF SUPERGIRL VOL 5 supergirl (2005) #60-64 supergirl (2005) #65-67

[THE NEW 52]

ORIGIN and SUPERGIRL VS THE WORLDKILLERS supergirl (2011) #1-7

SUPERGIRL and SILVER BANSHEE supergirl (2011) #8-11

SUPERGIRL and SUPERBOY superboy (2011) #6

SANCTUARY supergirl (2011) #12, 0, 13

H’EL ON EARTH superman (2011) #13 supergirl (2011) #14 superman (2011) #14 superboy (2011) #15 supergirl (2011) #15 superboy (2011) #16 superboy (2011) Annual #1 supergirl (2011) #16 superman (2011) #16 superboy (2011) #17 supergirl (2011) #17 superman (2011) #17

SUPERGIRL and POWERGIRL supergirl (2011) #18-20

CYBORG SUPERMAN supergirl (2011) #21-23 action comics (2011) #23.1 supergirl (2011) #24

KRYPTON RETURNS action comics (2011) annual #2 superboy (2011) #25 supergirl (2011) #25 superman (2011) #25

SUPERGIRL VS LOBO supergirl (2011) #26-27

RED DAUGHTER OF KRYPTON supergirl (2011) #28-29 red lanterns (2011) #28-29 supergirl (2011) #30 red lanterns (2011) #30 supergirl (2011) #31 red lanterns (2011) #31-32 supergirl (2011) #32-33

SUPERMAN: DOOMED (this is a whole storyline but I'll only be listing the issues that kara appears in!) superman/wonder woman (2013) #9 action comics (2011) #33 supergirl (2011) #34 superman: doomed (2014) #2 action comics (2011) #35 supergirl (2011) #35

FUTURES END supergirl: futures end (2014) #1

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED justice league united (2014) #1-5 justice league united (2014) annual #1 justice league united (2014) #6-10

CRUCIBLE supergirl (2011) #36-40

FINAL DAYS OF SUPERMAN (kara only appears in the issues i've italicized and bolded, but i put all the relevant issues if you wanted to read the full storyline!) superman (2011) #51 batman/superman (2013) #31 action comics (2011) #51 superman/wonder woman (2013) #28 batman/superman (2013) #32 action comics (2011) #52 superman/wonder woman (2013) #29 superman (2011) #52

[REBIRTH]

KARA IN NATIONAL CITY supergirl: rebirth #1

supergirl (2016) #1-8 batgirl (2016) annual 1 supergirl #9-12

supergirl (2016) annual 1 supergirl #13-20

world's finest: batwoman and supergirl #1-2

ROGOL ZAAR and THE SINS OF THE CIRCLE the man of steel #1-2, 3-6 supergirl #21-33, #34-36

LEVIATHAN and BATMAN WHO LAUGHS superman: leviathan rising special #1 supergirl #34-36 supergirl (2016) annual 2 supergirl #37-42

HOUSE OF KENT action comics (2016) #1022-1023 action comics (2016) #1024-1028

FUTURE STATE superman of metropolis (2021) #1-2 kara zor el, superwoman (2021) #1-2

[INFINITE FRONTIER]

action comics 2021 annual

WOMAN OF TOMORROW supergirl: woman of tomorrow (2021) #1-8

WORLD'S FINEST batman/superman: world's finest (2022) #2-6, 8, 12

A WORLD WITHOUT CLARK KENT and RED MOON (kara is featured in the back-up story! if you want the full context of this plot i recommend reading the full warworld arc in action comics [action comics #1030-1046, superman: warworld apocalypse #1]!) action comics (2016) #1044-1046, 1047-1049

DAWN OF DC action comics (2016) #1051-1053, 1055-1056 superman (2023) #1-3 power girl special #1 steelworks (2023) #1-3

KNIGHT TERRORS knight terrors: superman (2023) #1-2

DAWN OF DC (continued) action comics: doomsday special (2023) superman (2023) #7 hawkgirl (2023) #4 supergirl special (2023)

NEW WORLDS [this arc starts on action comics #1057—kara doesn't appear in that issue but I recommend reading it for context!] action comics (2016) #1058-1060 action comics 2023 annual

JOURNEY TO FERIMBIA powergirl (2023) #5, 6-7

HOUSE OF BRAINIAC action comics (2016) #1064 superman (2023) #13 action comics (2016) #1065 superman (2023) #14 action comics (2016) #1066 superman (2023) #15

UNIVERSE END action comics (2016) #1070-1075

UPCOMING: action comics (2016) #1076-1081 superwoman special #1 [out dec. 11]

[somewherefornow]

KARA ZOR-EL/SUPERGIRL & THARA AK-VAR in SUPERGIRL (2005)

[dailydccomics]

Batgirl by Artgerm

[domnorian]

Supergirl/Superwoman (Kara Zor-El) character design

[fastestmanalive333]

Brainy remembering Karas death

[the-shark-is-a-mammal]

Lois being antagonistic towards Kara in MAWS kinda reminds me of New Krypton when Lois gave Kara the cold shoulder for a while after she accidentally killed her sister (she got better)

[orange-s-mario]

SUPERGIRLS

Super-Girl

A superheroine wished into existence by Jimmy Olsen

2. Queen Lucy of Borgonia

the queen of a fictional latin american country named Borgonia. She became queen because her parents died, and a Count named Norvello, kept her hidden from the public, in the hopes that she wouldn't steal the hearts of her citizens and allow him to quietly rule the country with an iron fist.

3. Linda Lee Danvers/Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)

The original that sacrificed herself to save the multiverse/remaining people of the surviving universes. She was brought back in "Many Happy Returns" but then goes back to original Earth-One. I think she's now alive somewhere because of convergence??? She also showed up as Linda Danvers's guardian angel and visited Deadman on Christmas. She's met the original legion

4. Ellie Leeds

She was the first to discover Supergirl's arrival, but was exposed to X-Kryptonite and fell into a coma. When she awoke years later - after a chance meeting with Supergirl - she started exhibiting Supergirl's powers, and also believed she was the Girl of Steel.

5. Louise-L

the Supergirl of the 5020th Century; She traveled back in time, to prevent the goals of some villains named Toxus and Tal Belok

6. Matrix/Mae Kent

Matrix, a protoplasmic creation of an alternate universe Lex Luthor. She's met the reboot legion

6/7. Earth-Angel of Fire Supergirl

Linda Danvers, who fused with Matrix to become an Earth-Angel

7. Linda Danvers

Linda and Matrix unfuse and Linda goes on an adventure to find Matrix. I think she's met one of the legions?

8. Ariella Kent

Linda Danvers's daughter who was saved from the pre-crisis multiverse, and now exists in the future. She has pre-crisis kryptonian level powers

9. Cir-El

thought to be Superman's daughter from the future, but was actually a personality grafted onto a separate person made by a future version of Brainiac to ensure that version's existence

10. Linda Lang/Kara Zor-El

The Post-Crisis version of Supergirl, I think much of the weirdness in her origin was because of Kryptonite poisoning? She's met threeboot legion

11. Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers

The New 52 and onwards version of Kara Zor-El Supergirl, they showed much more of Argo's history in this version

12. Kara Zor-El/Karen Starr, First Supergirl, later Power Girl

The New 52 Earth 2 version of Karen Starr, she has a similar origin to post-crisis and new 52 Supergirl where Superman grew up before she arrived on Earth, but like Earth-Two, the Superman and Lois of her world basically adopted her. She became Power Girl due to getting stranded on Earth 0

Karas

See Linda Lee Danvers

Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr (Earth-Two)

(*sigh* also known as Paige Stetler) from Earth-Two, second Kara introduced, for a time, she was Atlantean. She is the only survivor of Earth-Two, except something something convergence :

3. Kara from Superman/Aliens

The third Kara introduced, she is from a space colony named Argo (not the Kryptonian City, but instead from a planet named Odiline) that got destroyed by Xenomorphs, She and Superman tried to save the last Argonians, but they failed

4. See Kara Zor-El/Linda Lang

5. Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr (Earth 2) (Post-Infinite Crisis)

A Power Girl from Earth 2, which seems to be a universe much in-line with Earth-Two, although there are differences here and there

6. See Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers

7. See Kara Zor-El/Karen Starr

Honorable Mention Kara (She hasn't interacted with main continuity): Kara In-Ze

the DCAU version of Supergirl. She comes from Krypton's sister planet named "Argo," she was adopted by the Kents, but then decided to stay in the future in the legion

Laurel Kent, despite not being here for Supergirl or Kara reasons, she is here due to Supergirl and the legion

She was initially introduced as Clark's descendant. For some reason, despite being in the future, Legion of Superheroes had tie-ins for event annuals. Superman editorial (presumably because of Byrne) wanted to get rid of all kryptonians, so guess what happens during Millenium:

anyways. the reason she is on this post:

Andromedas

Laurel Gand/(was called Andromeda pre-5YL) (5 Years Later)

Due to editorial mandates, Kara was erased from the legion's history. Laurel Gand, a distant relative of Lar Gand takes her place. She basically has the same history as Kara except Khunds keep on trying to kill Daxamites

1.5/2. Laurel Gand/Andromeda (SW6)

A time paradox duplicate of Laurel Gand.

3. Laurel Gand (Earth-247)

She's a literal xenophobe now. She gets better and becomes a nun to atone

Misc?

Sensor Girl

(so she doesn't actually count, but it was noticeable enough to mention)

Lesla-Lar

Lesla-Lar was a kandorian scientist, who was an orphan that took the last name of her best friend Zora Vi-Lar. She was killed by phantom zone criminals she released, but then became a ghost where she still troubled Supergirl. Her initial plan was to replace Kara as Supergirl Also Lana Lang with a helmet

The helmet supposedly gives superpowers to those who wield it - but it does not. Superboy tricks Lana into thinking it does due to Clark wearing the helmet while bullets bounced off of him

[femmehysteria]

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls

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Caring Girlfriend - Supergirl x Male Reader

Contains Fluff 🥰

"Achoo!!" a loud, blaring sneeze came from the bedroom of the shared apartment of Y/N and his girlfriend, Linda Lang, or Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl.

What was amazing about his girlfriend, was that she can't attract, nor get sick from viruses like the flu, the cold and all sorts of virus sickening bugs that can effect humans. This was all due to her Kryptonian physique and metabolism. 

Unlucky for Y/N however... He had fallen ill and like other humans? He had fallen ill

A groan escaped the boy's throat after he blew his nose into the handkerchief he took from the box of tissues beside him on his bedside, a groan that spoke a cry for help almost, as if he was dying with this cold he's gotten unfortunately.

His groan did not fall on deaf ears however, Kara could hear him from miles away while she was in a mission with the new Justice League as of earlier since she was needed. Her love for him was undying, yet it seemed he was dying from being ill... Although he was just being dramatic.

Supergirl felt really bad seeing her boyfriend fall ill, she insisted on staying with him all day to care for him, allow "Supergirl" to take a day off of superhero work today, but Y/N insisted that Kara shouldn't and that he'd be fine... Which he really wasn't

Kara never really thought she'd understand humans this much and how fragile they are to her, of course she knew how fragile humans were but she never understood this much until first meeting a young boy who had cancer who idolized Supergirl in a way and then meeting Y/N at Stanhope College within Leesburg Virginia a year later.

If Krypton, along with Argo City were still here today, she'd find it no bother to cure human diseases and viruses to better sustain life on Earth, perhaps find a way to cure cancer with that tech the Kryptonians had.

Sadly... Such Kryptonian tech is very limited now.

Which is why... She had prepared something within the Fortress of Solitude, on her cousin's behalf.

A bath with special oils, which was able to heal those that bathed themselves in it overtime, even from flu and cold like symptoms ... Sadly this was only a one time thing... The stuff required for it could take months to manufacture with the limited Kryptonian tech the Fortress has. The special bath however was very rarely used

"There we go... That should do it" Kara said to herself as she finally prepared the special bath for her boyfriend, she hated seeing him this sick and flat-out with being ill. She wished she could feel whatever pain he was going through, but she also felt relieved to know she was immune to human viruses, she would have no clue how Y/N would handle a sick, Kara Zor-El.

She flew out of the Fortress of Solitude and immediately headed straight back for her newest shared apartment with her boyfriend, back in San Francisco where the couple had moved to weeks ago.

It was a shame fair-say for today was their 2nd anniversary of when they first began dating after the sweet kiss she shared with him, along with revealing her "secret" to him on the same night. She had plans put into place for their 2nd anniversary but... It was sadly postponed due to her boyfriend falling ill which got progressively worse the next following day which was right now.

Her cape billowed behind her, the swishing red cape with yellow outlines and that emblem of the S all coloured in yellow, hit the air as she propelled herself further, causing a little boom to erupt through the skies. She smiled upon hearing it, flying more faster than before, there was a few things she loved about her powers, and flying at tremendous speeds was one of them, heck she's faster than her cousin.

She felt the wind hitting her face as she kept flying,  finally flying into San Francisco within no time thanks to her super speed and flight, finally reaching to her shared apartment while floating on in through the opened window.

She smiled upon being greeted by her cat, Streaky who had been accompanying Y/N since she had to go earlier. "Hi Streaks! Momma's back for a short time" she spoke to the cat who trilled a response.

"Baby? That you?" Kara's head perked up to the sound of her boyfriend's voice from the bedroom, his voice had grown worse than this morning which worried her.

She would immediately rush over to the sounds of his choked coughs next, his nose was blocked, his throat completely dry no matter how much he drunk water.

"You're back" his eyes laid upon his girlfriend who had rushed in to see him, with a pain in her face as she looked at him. His face was whiter than a sheet of paper, used tissues were all over the bed covers, his nose burned red with the amount of tissues he's used, the only part of his face that wasn't white like a sheet of paper.

"Don't fret, I'm here Babe" she had super sped herself to his side, checking his temperature which made her fear the worst. "Oh you poor thing, it's getting worse. I shouldn't have listened to you this morning" her tone of voice lowered, she had placed her hand over his forehead as he looked at her groggily.

"I thought I'd be fine... I'm sorry..." he muttered under his low voice, Kara heard this and frowned.

"No, don't say that. You don't need to apologize" she shushed him. "I knew what I was getting myself into when I first began dating you, don't apologize for this" she leaned in and kissed him on the forehead afterwards, a comforting kiss to make him at least smile as hard as he could.

"Ah, you're so sweet" he muttered, a weak smile followed suit from him as the Girl of Steel lovingly smiled back at him before leaning in and kissing his cheek next.

"I prepared something special for you back at the Fortress to help with your sickness" she then informed him, her hand placed over this, Some would say that Y/N is the luckiest guy in the world by dating a superhero such as Supergirl. "Which I'll need to take you too right now"

"What sort of special thing?" he curiously asked.

"A bath, with special oils and chemicals that can heal the body, it was for Kryptonians but it can also work on humans as well! It'll heal you and get rid of that flu you've got overtime, spend the rest of the night there as well if you like?" she explained while gently lifting him out of the bed, into her arms to carry him.

"Sounds... Nice... Achoo!" he looked the other direction upon sneezing, before another came up, following with a few groans afterwards.

"Bless you" the girl smiled, a little laugh escaped Y/N before he began coughing again, more raspier than usual.

"What about Streaky?" the boy groggily asked as Kara walked passed his bed beside the living room couch.

"I'll have someone babysit him for tonight while I take care of my sick, lovable boyfriend" she pecked his cheek the next upon levitating from the ground, before flying out the window and propelling herself forward to a flying position.

Kara warmed up her body to a suitable heat for Y/N to handle, another helpful ability Kryptonians have under the influence of the yellow sun that the Earth orbits around, she noticed him cuddle into her as she was flying.

It warmed her heart to see him being the spoon within their relationship, often at times, she's supposed to be the spoon... But with Y/N being sick and all that? The roles were reversed, she heard him mutter "I love you" as she continued flying to the Fortress which made her smile.

"I love you too" she kissed the top of his head.

* *

"So you just... Want me to strip myself naked then?" Y/N asked innocently as he looked at the strange watery liquid inside the royal-looking bathtub.

"Yeah, duh! You're not gonna go in while wearing clothes aren't you?" she asked her boyfriend before letting out a burst of giggles thinking about it.

Y/N looked cautious at the bath but since his girlfriend insisted, he stripped himself bear-naked on the spot, making Kara check him out from behind before letting out a teasing cat-calling whistle.

A little flush of red went up his face as he turned his head to her. "So that's how it feels like?" he asked, feeling guilty of doing it to her these past two years.. Especially when he sees Kara out as Supergirl in public areas.

"Just get in the bathtub, handsome" she insisted.

He looked at it again, before feeling curious to put one foot in hesitantly as Kara watched with her arms crossed while floating a little off the ground, the instant he felt the warm, soothing feeling of the watery liquid, made him put his other foot in before sitting down.

He could instantly feel the nice smelling liquids within the strange but gooey, liquid substance begin to do its work on his body, while making him feel relaxed.

Kara floated closer to the tub as the boy's nose began to unblock, allowing him to finally breath through his nose again as he sighed with satisfaction and happiness.

"That better?" she landed and sat down beside him from outside the tub.

He looked at her the instant and leaned in to kiss her on the lips, which gave her his answer. "I can breath through my nose now, so yeah... That's better. Thanks Baby" he pecked her on the lips again, earning a cute giggle from her.

"You're welcome Honey" she cheerfully replied awhile looking at him in the eyes with love in them.

"This... Isn't how I thought we'd spend our two year anniversary since we began dating... Sucks that I had to get ill yesterday" his happy expression disappeared to a sombered look, the feeling of dread.

"Hey..." the Girl of Steel caressed her lover's face with gentle care, which is what made her special to him in the first place, her overall friendliness under all the dark times she's went through before meeting him. "It's not the worst thing in the world, things won't always go to plan and I'm happy with that... As long as you're by my side and with me as always. I will never stop loving you... Ever" she rambled on, cheering him up with her words... The other reason he loves her unconditionally. "Come to think of it... I might actually join you in there" she smiled upon the thought.

"I would love if you did" he smiled before pulling himself in for a cheeky kiss, Kara caught herself giggling through it before moaning lightly, enjoying the kiss as it lasted.

The girl then pulled back before smirking, her hands clasped at her crop top before she pulled it over her head, even with her cape attached to it, letting her own average sized breasts go free before removing her boots, belt, skirt and the shorts she wore underneath to cover her little private area.

It didn't take long for her to join him, enveloping herself within the same liquid her boyfriend was in before the two embraced in a long, lasting kiss.

She knew for a fact that once Y/N was fully healed and ridden of that flu he had? Their night would be more special since the Fortress...

Was all theirs for tonight...

[dc-megatournament]

DC Mega Tournament

Round 2

Please vote for who you think would win between the 2 characters and not who you like more.

Links: Kara Zor-El, Stephanie Brown

[argoscity]

SUPERGIRL (2005) #40 written by Sterling Gates art by Jamal Igle

[somewherefornow]

CLARK KENT/SUPERMAN & KARA ZOR-EL/SUPERGIRL in THE NEW KRYPTON SAGA

[dailydccomics]

Supergirl by Michael Turner and Peter Steigerwald

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Supergirl Fancast-Sadie Sink

Before anyone starts I’m basing this off the comics where Kara is a short-tempered teenager, not the DCEU or the Arrowverse

[fastestmanalive333]

I have a lotta time on my hands and I was bored so... drew Kara as well.. I dont think ive ever drawn kara before.. she came out so good!!❤️💙