Supergirl #6
Scheduled to arrive in stores: October 8, 2025
Cover date: December 2025
“Demon Night!”
Writer: Sophie Campbell
Artist: Rosi Kampe and Sophie Campbell
Cover: Sophie Campbell
Variant Covers: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Ben Harvey, Paluna Gauncheau
Reviewed by: Tony Parker
It’s Halloween night at Midvale, and Kara (who’s chosen to dress as Supergirl, ironically) is having abnormal hallucinations, full of monsters and mysterious hooded figures. Lena and Lesla, who are hanging out with her in costume too (a zombie and vampire respectively), suggest that maybe she needs a vacation from being Supergirl.
Only to turn out to be part of the dream too. As Kara is now chased by Red Lanterns from her past, she wakes up in her room from the nightmare. She’s tired and exhausted from all these incomprehensible dreams, but Lesla insists they go on patrol.
Only for Kara to fall into her dreams again mid flight. Finally, Kara is confronted by the reason behind them: Nightflame, a figure of darkness and fear created by her brief transformation into Satan Girl a few issues ago. Now they are both in the Innerverse, where any and all of Kara’s fears and traumas reside. Nightflame insists upon reminding her of some of her deepest griefs: the loss of her planet and the day Clark sent her to live with the Danvers, seemingly abandoning her. Kara denies the feeling and wakes up in the middle of the street on Halloween night, picked up by the friendly goth from a few issues back, Luna.
Lesla and Lena (both worried about Kara’s recent blackouts) are relieved when Luna brings her over, explaining that her meta-abilities (sensing auras) helped her find their hideout. They lay Kara on a medbay table and she wakes up, only to find herself in the Innerverse again, remembering when the Anti-Monitor killed her.
Lena is unable to deal with the problem, so the girls need Luna to use her abilities to heal Kara from this fear sickness. Trepidatious but steadfast, Luna tries her best, and finds out that Nightflame is telling Kara that she’s pure evil and to give up on suppressing that. Lesla comes up with an idea, and tells Luna to send Kara the psychic message that her friends love her. Emboldened, Kara faces Nightflame and tells her that she has good days or bad days, but she doesn’t let that define her. She deals with it. Making peace with the fact that she has a dark side, Kara comes to terms with all her most traumatic moments and leaves the Innerverse, stronger than ever. Then, back in the real world, she and her friends go to a Halloween Party together.
To Be Continued…
Story – 5: The best issue yet and it’s barely a contest. I have loved the other issues, absolutely, but this one feels like the end of an arc in the best way. Throughout this book Kara has dealt with the fact that she’s Supergirl, and all that that means: being both a bane and inspiration to Lesla, being Lena’s only real friend, being the caretaker of Krypto and Streaky, being Clark’s cousin, being the last daughter of Krypton, being the former girl of Midvale… And with that has also come much of her past, especially the darkness. Losing loved ones, seeing them reveal darker sides, getting controlled by Darkseid, killed by the Anti-Monitor, turning into evil versions of herself like Satan Girl… All that smacks her in the face with the arrival of Nightflame, another alternate version of her (something this book has been dealing with the entire time).
What makes this issue so great is not just the atmosphere, the commitment to the story, the genuine stakes, the genuine emotions or even the fact that it’s a character study and not just a fight scene: It’s that this is a commentary on Supergirl herself. Especially thanks to the new movie coming out and its potential attitude to the character, it seems like DC wants to veer Kara into darker territory, make her the problem child to Clark’s goody two shoes. While that approach has had its positives, at least in making her stand out a bit more, it can be a twisted path with pitfalls. Kara is also a beacon, after all, and she shouldn’t have to be “edgy” to succeed next to her cousin. Of course, Kara’s angst and depression have been a big part of her character even in the Silver Age, so I’m not saying for a moment that I want her to just be happy all the time, a la Melissa Benoist. What I want is balance, and this book delivers that in spades, especially in this issue. Kara doesn’t pretend she’s perfect, nor does she just succumb to her anger, like in the New 52 days: She accepts that both sides exist within her, and both make her strong. If anything, this feels like definitive commentary on a debate that has raged within the treatment of her character for decades now.
So, yeah, I thought this issue was pretty much perfect, and proves that Sophie Campbell’s “Supergirl” is one of the standout books of 2025, through its art, dedication to the entire history of the character, and just overall unique vibe compared to other books. Its separation from the main plot of the current DC phase (the Justice League stuff, specifically) has really helped. Many will say the Absolute series has been the crowning gem of 2025 (and don’t get me wrong, it has), but this is up there, in my opinion.Art – 5: Glowing greens, sickly yellows, a pervading sense of doom in every stroke. Look at how the death of Supergirl by the Anti-Monitor is depicted, how inhuman the cyborg version of Kara’s dad looks, the menace of Darkseid from just one pose. The Halloween atmosphere is immaculate, with genuinely fun visuals of monstrous faces. Truly excellent.Cover Art – 5: 5’s across the board so far. Look at that cover! Striking, bold, and ACCURATE to what’s inside the story. It’s Bronze Age at its finest.Variant Cover Art – 5: I think Stanley might be in love with Supergirl. Not that I blame him.Variant Cover Art – 5: Hang it in a museum, dang it.Variant Cover Art – 5: Perhaps for the first time ever, a perfect 5 in every category from me. Issue of the year (that I have reviewed), and perhaps even the best issue I’ve reviewed yet. Highly recommend this book!
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