"Supergirl" Comic Book Index
2017
Supergirl #3
Cover date: January 2017
"Reign of the Cyborg Supermen" - Part Three
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Ray McCarthy
Kara Danvers is interviewing for a position at Cat Grant's Catco Worldwide Media. Her main competition for a job there is Ben Rubel. Supergirl, meanwhile is looking to see if she can help Mastrocola, the villain she put in prison in last month's issue, to become a productive member of society while the Cyborg Superman, who is her father Zor-El, has shown the Maid of Might the truth about her family and Argo City as recently dead Kryptonians there are now cybernetic organisms. This, as the last page reveals, includes Kara's mother Alura. Next month there will surely be an intense family reunion.
Supergirl #4
Cover date: February 2017
"Reign of the Cyborg Supermen" - Part Four
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
Cyborg Kryptonians from Argo City attack National City. D.E.O., military and police retaliate. Kara Zor-El has convinced Alura that, while she missed her friends and family from Argo, she doesn't want Earth sacrificed because of that. Perhaps realizing that Zor-El's plan is wrong, Alura ceases trying to kill Eliza Danvers. Meanwhile, desperate to escape her cyborg prison, Supergirl isolates the frequency of the machines controlling it and imitates it with a superhuman sound that destroys it. Kara and Eliza are ready to leave Argo City, but they may not get to National City in time. Cyborg Superman is confronting Jeremiah Danvers while his army is out to assimilate humanity. Will Supergirl be able to stop her father from turning Earth into a Cyborg Kryptonian Haven, or will the human race be Zor-El's next victims?
Supergirl #5
Cover date: March 2017
"Reign of the Cyborg Supermen" - Part Five
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
National City is under attack from the Cyborg Supermen, who have not yet gained superhuman abilities. Contact with the outside world has been blocked, and no help is arriving for the D.E.O., police and rescue workers. Zor-El and Jeremiah Danvers are two fathers confronting one another believing they know what's best for Kara Zor-El. Meanwhile, Supergirl has returned to Earth, having saved many from the undead cyborg Kryptonian assault. She also tells Zor-El that while she does miss Argo City, her friends and family, humans should not be murdered to bring back her loved ones. However, anything the Girl of Steel says or does could be futile, for Argo City is now orbiting Earth.
Supergirl #6
Cover date: April 2017
"Reign of the Cyborg Supermen" - Finale
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
Supergirl is fighting Cyborg Superman and inspiring the citizens of National City to be better people. After punching Zor-El into Argo City's engines, Kara's former home slowly plummets into Earth's Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile, via their smartphone app, Catco sends the signal the Maid of Might used to escape the prison in which her father had placed her a few issues ago. The audio waves disrupt every undead Kryptonian's cybernetic parts, making all of them, including Zor-El, unable to move. Now, with Argo City's Cyborg Kryptonian army defeated, the D.E.O. is studying a means to help Zor-El, while Supergirl and the Danvers family try to get on with their lives while saving the world. Kara even gets a second chance to work at Catco thanks to Ben covering for her.
[Trade Paperback collection: Supergirl Vol. 1: Reign of the Cyborg Supermen (Rebirth) [Paperback] reprints Supergirl Rebirth #1, Supergirl #1-6]
Supergirl #7
Cover date: May 2017
"Mission: Mind"
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Matias Bergara
Inker: Matias Bergara
Previously, Kryptonian Lar-On turned into a werewolf-like creature and went on a rampage. Kara Zor-El wants to help the D.E.O. discover the cause of his transformations as moonlight is not a direct catalyst. With the aid of Doctor Veritas and advanced technology, Kara's mind is transported into that of Lar-On. What she discovers as she and young Lar are being pursued by a pack of lycanthropes helps her to identify with the former Phantom Zone prisoner. Kara discovers, that like herself, Lor's father tried to tell him who and how he should be, crushing the young man's dreams. However, Supergirl's mental projection of herself helps him realize that he can always have goals and follow them to their fullest. With that, the D.E.O. knows Lar-On's changes are psychological, and they can do whatever they can to help him. Supergirl speaks at a dedication for a memorial for those who lost their lives when Argo City's cyborg Kryptonians. It was made from a piece of the fallen Argo. Kara then flies away to be alone with her thoughts when someone approaches her. Her cousin Kal-El needs to talk to her. What does Superman want, and how will it change Supergirl's life?
Batgirl Annual #1
Cover date: 2017
"World's Finest"
Writer: Hope Larson
Penciller: Inaki Miranda
Inker: Inaki Miranda
ur story starts in National City, where Batgirl stalks Red Spur, a cowboy themed villain, on the rooftops of the city. Supergirl arrives and lends a not-so-needed hand to Batgirl. The two heroines let him get away, as Batgirl explains that she has a tracker on him, and will get him tomorrow. Supergirl explains she needs Batgirl's help in rescuing someone from the Cadmus Black site. Someone that has been sending her telepathic messages. Supergirl suspects that whoever it is could be Kryptonian as they communicate with her in her native tongue. Supergirl can't go in there alone, as if she is spotted, she could get into a whole lot of trouble as an illegal alien on Earth and the DEO. Batgirl agrees to help and the two of them are off. Once the female finest duo get to Cadmus, they manage to break in easy, and then come across a guy by the name of Frostpoint. He has extreme weather powers, and is in some kind of trance. Supergirl is able to defeat him and snap him out of the trance. They take him with them, and finally find the psychic they came to rescue, a female by the name of Gayle. Gayle tells Supergirl that she is able to communicate with her in Kryptonian, and she needs to get to the Phantom Zone, as there is someone in there that can "fix" her. Gayle says she needs Supergirl's power to get there. She holds the three of them at bay with her powers and manages to drain enough out of Supergirl and disappear. Batgirl, with Frostpoint in tow, carries Supergirl out of Cadmus before they are found. Later the two girls sit in the Mojave desert and reflect upon the events of the night.
Supergirl #8
Cover date: June 2017
"Family of Tomorrow"
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Matias Bergara
Inker: Matias Bergara
In the aftermath of "Superman Reborn" it is what Kryptonians call the Day of Truth. Kara Zor-El and readers who may not have read that serial learn what happened to Superman. He and Supergirl fight Emerald Empress, who has a grudge against the Girl of Steel for something she has not yet done. Kara never met the empress before this issue. After using iron to defeat Emerald Empress' magic, Supergirl spends some time with Clark, Lois and Jon for family bonding. It is then that Clark tells Kara that the true mastermind behind the events of "Superman Reborn" is out there somewhere, and he may need her help to combat him. Some days have passed in National City. CatCo and the D.E.O. are after the same thing without realizing it. The former wants the scoop of the century, while the latter wants stolen technology. Tychotech is the company both Cat Grant and Cameron Chase want to investigate, and National City will soon see the shadow of the bat.
Supergirl #9
Cover date: July 2017
"Escape From The Phantom Zone" - Part One
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
Gotham City environmentalist Barbara Gordon, the Caped Crusader known as Batgirl and friend of CatCo's Benjamin Rubel, is in National City for a clean energy exposition at TycoTech. Supergirl is to investigate the same event for the D.E.O. because Tyco is using Kryptonian technology in their latest invention the Eidolon. It use the same Phantom Energy that powered the ship that brought Kara Zor-El to Earth. What that could mean to the Maid of Might and National City could prove to be dangerous for the entire universe. Supergirl battles Magog, who, like Emerald Empress from last month's issue, claims to be from the future. The villain's sphere strikes the Eidolon, activating it. A powerful burst of energy sends Ben, Batgirl and Supergirl into the Phantom Zone where Krypton's most vile criminals are imprisoned. One such baddie is Xa-Du, whose followers are being used for his Ecto-Mail armor. In spite of this, he is very weak, and only Kara Zor-El's flesh can help him conquer the Phantom Zone and possibly the universe.
Supergirl #10
Cover date: August 2017
"Escape From The Phantom Zone" - Part Two
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
As Emerald Empress and Magog join forces with a sorceress named Selena, Ben Rubel, Batgirl and Supergirl are trying to find a way out of the Phantom Zone. Doctor Xa-Du, disguised as a ship captain, tricks them into thinking there is way out through Aethyropolis, a solid area of the Phantom Zone made of Ghost Carbon. In reality, Xa-Du needs their essence for his Ecto-Mail armor. Now the trio finds themselves doubly imprisoned as they are now in the insane criminal's dungeon. Supergirl, Batgirl and Ben escape their cell, fight some guards and search for Psi, who was taken in Batgirl Annual #1. She is Xa-Du's Aethyr Switch that will help him escape the Phantom Zone. Kara Zor-El's telepathic communication with Psi awakens her and her abilities, pleasing Xa-Du. However, he still wants Batgirl, Supergirl and Ben's energies for his Ecto-Mail armor in spite of having poisoned the Girl of Steel with envenomed claws. Psi is now enraged and has placed herself in a dragon form she created. Xa-Du pursues her while a dying Supergirl flies straight into the psionic beast's mouth.
Supergirl #11
Cover date: September 2017
"Escape From The Phantom Zone" - Finale
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Brian Ching
Inker: Brian Ching
Having been swallowed by Psi's dragon, Supergirl is trying to help her and get Batgirl, Ben Rubel and herself out of the Phantom Zone. While Ben and Batgirl fight Xa-Du and his army of criminals, Kara Zor-El must convince Psi to not go through with her plan to exterminate Xa-Du and destroy the Phantom Zone. If our heroine doesn't succeed, Psi will journey into a darkness from which she may never return. A nonlethal stun beacon in Ben's hands helps him deal with the Phantom Zone prisoners while Batgirl fights Xa-Du head on, knowing he's not at full power. It is during this fight that the Kryptonian villain reveals that he was using his soldiers as a means for his escape. This angers them. However before they can react, Supergirl and Psi intervene. The latter is now a key to the Phantom Zone, and thanks to Kara Zor-El persuading her to do the right thing, she will make the inter-dimensional prison a place of rehabilitation instead of one of punishment. With that, Supergirl, Batgirl and Ben are brought back to Earth with Batgirl telling the Girl of Steel that if she ever needs another hand with Xa-Du or the Phantom Zone, she'll be there to help. Cat Grant has sent a "Supergirl Signal" to Kara via the CatCo app. Having seen the numbers on social media and other outlets while Supergirl was in the Phantom Zone, Cat's trying to find a use for her, which she says she cannot. Cat fires a Kryptonite gun at the Lost Daughter of Krypton. Kara Zor-El is falling to her death.
Supergirl #12
Cover date: October 2017
"The Girl of No Tomorrow" - Part One
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Robson Rocha
Inker: Daniel Henriques
What seemed like a Kryptonite ray causing Supergirl to fall to her death was actually a weapon fired by someone pretending to be Cat Grant. The real Cat is giving a speech promoting CatCo, and the laser has caused Kara Zor-El's powers to overload. Even as Kara Danvers, she can't do the smallest thing without causing a superhuman incident. Ben Rubel covers for her. Perhaps he suspects Kara is Supergirl? Whatever the case may be, the Lost Daughter of Krypton must find a way to reduce her power levels before she becomes a danger to herself and others. Kara is discussing her plight with Zor-El, who is in suspended animation while his daughter and the D.E.O. try to find a way to help him. In the meantime, Emerald Empress has taken some hair from Solomon Grundy while he's locked up and asleep in Arkham Asylum. Together with Indigo, Selena, Magog and a clone of Grundy, they make up an all-new Fatal Five who believe a future version of Supergirl will destroy them. They have every intention of preventing that, even if it means killing the Girl of Steel and wreaking havoc in National City. The Fatal Five has set its plan to get Supergirl into motion. D.E.O. Director Chase is attacked by Emerald Empress while Cat Grant is held prisoner by Selena. Still not in control of her powers and feeling the air numb as it was when she was shot by "Cat," Kara goes into action finding Grundy rampaging through National City.
Supergirl Annual #1
Cover date: October 2017
"The Girl of No Tomorrow" - Part Two
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Steve Pugh
Inker: Steve Pugh
Emerald Enchantress and her Fatal Five partners Selena, Indigo, Magog and Solomon Grundy have been attacking Supergirl, the D.E.O. sites known as the Blade and the Scabbard, CatCo and National City believing Supergirl's future self may be a danger to their timeline. They could well be right, for Kara Zor-El was shot by a beam that overcharged her powers, making her lose control of them. If she doesn't find a way to contain her abilities and defeat the Fatal Five, the entire world may be destroyed by the Lost Daughter of Krypton. Shay Veritas has managed to perform surgery that allows Kara to control her powers even if they increase. However, thanks to leaked security footage, everyone in National City knows that her father, the Cyborg Superman, is being held in the Blade in hopes that he can be saved. This does not sit well with the people. Meanwhile, Emerald Empress reveals that her father dies during a future battle with Supergirl. In the meantime, Lar-On (the Kryptonian werewolf) is defending the Scabbard's perimeter against Magog and Selena while Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers try to find other D.E.O. assistance inside. To top things off, Cat Grant and Ben Rubel must try to get into the securely sealed CatCo. The fate of the world and the future could depend on all of their success. Emerald Empress has found Zor-El. Now, in what she considers poetic justice, she wants Supergirl to watch her father die as the empress' Emerald Eye of Ekron is poised to blast the dormant form of the Cyborg Superman. Will Kara save her father and National City all while she rescues her own reputation? Will the Emerald Empress succeed in destroying the Girl of Steel to prevent her future from coming to pass?
Supergirl #13
Cover date: November 2017
"The Girl of No Tomorrow" - Part Three
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Robson Rocha
Inker: Daniel Henriques
Supergirl has had better days. Nobody in Nation City, except for Ben Rubel, trusts her and the D.E.O. after they hid the fact the Cyborg Superman, Kara Zor-El's father, was in an underground laboratory. To make matters worse, Zor-El killed Indigo to save Kara after the Lost Daughter of Krypton defeated Emerald Empress. D.E.O. Director Chase is forced to resign while Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers have taken on civilian jobs. Chase and Lar-On want to seek out the truth of recent events. Cat Grant wonders what good Supergirl is really doing, and new D.E.O. Director Bones has some secret agenda that could greatly affect Supergirl. We'll find out more about that as Kara Zor-El's life goes in a new direction. In the meantime, Mr. Oz has the Cyborg Superman. This is just the beginning for Supergirl and those for whom she cares.
Supergirl #14
Cover date: December 2017
"Heaven To Earth"
Writer: Steve Orlando
Penciller: Jose Luis
Inker: Norm Rapmund
In Shanghai, I-Ching, mentor of China's New Super-Man, is teaching Supergirl to control her out of control powers from within using her Qi, the flow of life energy within the body. In Mongolia, a Russian has crashed landed into a crowd. The language barrier makes it hard to communicate that his Rocket Red armor is about to explode. New Super-Man and Supergirl must go to Mongolia to aid everyone even if it means disrupting Kara Zor-El's training and possibly putting innocent people at risk by her using her super charged abilities. Tensions run high when Supergirl and New Super-Man arrive in Mongolia. However the pair of heroes prevent the situation from escalating. Kara Zor-El freezes Rocket Red's armor, shattering it. She looks within herself to control her power and acts as an envoy between the villagers and Rocket Red. The Mongolian government attacked him, causing him to crash land. Yet that does not mean the people cannot work together to rebuild what was destroyed. Now, two cultures have built a bridge between their people thanks to Supergirl. National City is still reeling from the events of the previous serial. Cat Grant is trying to expose Supergirl in her crusade against the Lost Daughter of Krypton. Kara Danvers and Ben Rubel want to help Supergirl's image. Yet they don't know how.
“Supergirl” Comic Books Index
Introduction
Here is a listing of the Supergirl monthly title since its Post-Rebirth relaunch in August 2016 until its conclusion in 2020 with issue #42. In 2021 an 8-issue 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow' series was published. The Writer, Penciller and Inker for each issue are listed within the Comic Book Index pages, directly below each title's name and number.Note: Remember, the month dates listed are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic was on sale.
CONTENTS:
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022
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