The cover of Action Comics #258 (Sept 1959) shows Superman dramatically exiling Supergirl from Earth. Supergirl meets Krypto for the first time, so she harmlessly plays with him – but woops, this is still early in her career when Superman has told her to keep her existence a secret – and that includes Krypto. When […]
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Supergirl continues to spread her wings throughout DC continuity by meeting Jimmy Olsen in Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #40 (Aug 1959). After seeing a bunch of fake sideshow acts, Jimmy tells the owner he plans to expose him. At home, Jimmy fumbles with a Superman souvenir and temporarily blinds himself and is then kidnapped by […]
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Action Comics #256 (July 1959) sets up Supergirl’s “Lana Lang” with a new character, Dick Wilson. He accidentally snaps a picture of Supergirl flying and starts to suspect fellow orphan Linda Lee is actually Supergirl. Superman bails her out by providing a Supergirl robot that Linda can use in such emergencies.
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In the same issue that debuts Bizarro-Lois, Supergirl is told by her mentor, Superman, to practice breaking the time barrier. She races off a hundred years in the future and meets a genius orphan named Tommy. Supergirl saves his adopted parents from disaster and writes about it in her diary once she’s back. It turns […]
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Superman #130 (May 1959) gives us a tale on how kryptonite has affected Superman throughout his life, as he lays dying next to a chunk of kryptonite he was not able to melt or crawl away from. It includes the first time we see Superman’s kryptonite-shielded suit, including how television played a role in helping […]
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Well, after years of stories which teased a female counterpart to Superman, and testing the concept in the previous year, DC finally pulled the trigger in Action Comics #252 (March 1959) with the introduction of Supergirl into the DC continuity. Supergirl is Kara, daughter of Zor-El and cousin of Kal-El (Superman). Her father’s city survived […]
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In Superman #126 (Nov 1958), Superman gets super-amnesia again when he decides to spend Clark Kent’s vacation on coming up with a cure for Kryptonite in his Fortress of Solitude. A freak explosion wipes out Superman’s memory. After quickly learning about his powers, he instinctively flies back to Metropolis where he decides to take on […]
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In Superman #123 (June 1958), the creators of Superman test the waters with a prototype Supergirl. Jimmy gains a magic totem that grants three wishes once a century and his first wish is that Superman have a female companion that matches all his powers. Despite all her efforts, she ends up annoying Superman, and in […]
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Remember that time Lois Lane had super powers and became a super-powered heroine until Superman put her in her place? Or that time when Lana Lang thought she had developed super powers until Superboy per her in her place? Well yet another plot permutation around this concept happens in Adventure Comics #189 (April 1953). This […]
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In Adventure Comics #167 (June 1951), DC continues to play with the idea of a female super-powered adventurer in “Lana Lang, Super-Girl!”. Lana’s archaeologist father gives her a helmet that purportedly grants power to its wearer. When Superboy saves Lana from lightning using his super-speed, Lana makes the logical conclusion that he has super powers. […]
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