With last week's release of the new Supergirl movie, let's devote a Comic Book Cover Gallery to the Woman of Tomorrow, the one and only Maid of Might, SUPERGIRL!
My introduction to the character was a story in 1966's Superboy # 129, an all-reprint 80-Page Giant that fascinated me when I was a kid (an experience detailed here). Supergirl isn't seen on the book's cover, but her appearance is hyped as a "Special Guest Star." From there, I started reading her backup feature in Action Comics, her occasional participation as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics, her subsequent lead feature in Adventure Comics, and various solo titles thereafter. I confess that my eyes stung when I read the story of Supergirl's death in 1985's Crisis On Infinite Earths # 7. Post-Crisis, I was a big fan of writer Peter David's work on the '90s reboot (which falls outside our timeline here, but let's show one cover anyway.)
The 1990s Supergirl was not Superman's cousin, a different character than the one I first encountered when I was six. Later reboots reestablished the Kryptonian connection, but the current Supergirl is also not the pre-Crisis Supergirl of my youth.
I'm okay with that. I very much enjoyed the new Supergirl movie, and Milly Alcock is terrific in the starring role. If you've seen the film and didn't like it, well, dig what you dig. I liked it a lot, particularly an early sequence where an unpowered Kara interrupts her partying to face some bullies bothering a young girl, and Kara takes the bastards down. As a hero should. I'm very much looking forward to Alcott's return to the role in next year's Man Of Tomorrow.
As always, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s, '70s, and '80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selections include books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.
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