History ComicBook / Supergirl

!!Appearances

[[folder:Solo Comic Book Series]]
* ''ComicBook/ActionComics'': Anthology series for most of its run, starring Superman as the lead feature plus various backup characters. Supergirl made her debut in ''Action Comics #252'' and has been a recurring supporting character since 1959. Her strips ran as a backup in most issues from Action Comics #252 (May 1959) to Action Comics #376 (May 1969).
* ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'': Featured various Superman family member stories. The second publishing home of Supergirl, after her run in Action Comics; her strips ran from Adventure Comics #381 (Jun 1969) to Adventure Comics #424 (Oct 1972).
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972'': First Supergirl's self-named series, published from November of 1972 until October of 1974 spanning a total of ten issues.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'': Anthology title featuring Superman's secondary characters. The publishing home of Supergirl from Superman Family #165 (Jun 1974) to Superman Family #222 (Sep 1982), excluding reprints.[[note]]The book's numbering was carried over from ''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'', which ended at #163[[/note]] During this time she fought the MadScientist Lesla-Lar, dabbled in some romance, moved to New York, and became a soap opera star.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'': The final publishing home for Pre-Crisis Supergirl, running from ''The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl'' #1 (Nov 1982) to ''Supergirl'' Vol. 2 #23 (Sep 1984) -- the name change occurs at issue #13. Usually known as Supergirl vol. 2, spanned a total of 23 issues. It was cancelled shortly before the premiere of ''Supergirl (1984)'' and was the last book featuring the original Kara Zor-El, but the expectation was that she would be continued in a new title, ''DC Double Comics'', with Superboy as a companion strip.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl1988'': Mini-series featuring Earth-Two Kara Zor-L.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1994'': Four issue limited series published in 1994, featuring the Supergirl Matrix.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1996'': The fourth volume featured a Supergirl that was a fusion of two different characters: the Matrix Supergirl and a human girl named Linda Lee Danvers.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'': Supergirl's fifth solo book saw the return of Kara Zor-El to the DC Universe after the 2004 storyline ''The Supergirl From Krypton''. The series spanned 67 issues and 2 annuals. After some ''very shaky'' beginnings the book became well regarded. The Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle's issues are considered one of the best runs of the character.
* ''Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes'': Book featuring Supergirl and the "threeboot" version of the Legion.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl 2009'': Series about Supergirl's older self from another dimension. Supergirl herself occasionally appears.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011'': Supergirl's sixth solo book redefined and introduced Kara Zor-El in the post-Flashpoint universe. It spanned forty issues until it was cancelled in 2015.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'': ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' tie-in one-shot issue and prologue to her next solo book, ''Supergirl Rebirth'' introduced several characters and locations of ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' to the main DC universe.
* ''Supergirl 2016'': After the death of post-Flashpoint Superman, Supergirl tries to adapt to life on Earth as she carries on her cousin's work.
* ''Power Girl (2023)'': A new PG ongoing by Leah Williams and Eduardo Pansica.
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[[folder:Comic Book Storylines]]
* "ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959": Her origin story.
* "ComicBook/SupergirlsSuperPet": ''Action Comics'' #261 (December, 1959). By Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. Streaky the Supercat's origin story.
* "Superboy Meets Supergirl!": Superboy Volume 1 #80. Supergirl travels to the past and meets Superboy.
* "ComicBook/SupergirlsThreeSuperGirlfriends": ''Action Comics'' #276 (May, 1961). Supergirl officially joins the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' and first meets Brainiac 5.
* "ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl": Running in ''Action Comics'' #278-285, and written by Jerry Siegel with art by Jim Mooney, it is one of the first multi-part storylines in super-hero comic-books. Superman decides it is past time for him revealing his cousin's existence to the world. However, something -or someone- is affecting Supergirl's powers, and plotting against both heroes as well as the whole planet.. Historically important storyline in where Supergirl was adopted by the Danvers, made her first enemy (Lesla-Lar), and her existence was revealed to the world. Part of this arc was reprinted in ''Action Comics'' #360.
* "ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman1961": The original "The Death of Superman" story, told in ''Superman'' Vol 1 #149 by Jerry Siegel where Lex Luthor finally manages to murder Superman for real, and Supergirl takes over for her cousin. Initially an imaginary story, it became an existing alternate universe (Earth-149).
* "ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor": ''Action Comics'' #286 (March, 1962). After Supergirl has revealed herself, Lex Luthor plans to expose her as a Superman-fabricated robotical hoax or, should she be real, destroy her.
* "ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge": ''Action Comics'' #287 (April, 1962). By Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. Supergirl is called to the 30th century to replace the Legion as they get their powers back. However, her friends being depowered is part of a greater and subtler scheme to destroy the whole Legion.
* "ComicBook/TheSuperSteedOfSteel": ''Action Comics'' #292-294 (September-November, 1962) and #300-302 (May-July, 1963) by Leo Dorfman and Jim Mooney. Linda is having weird recurring dreams where she is helped by a strange super-powerful white horse. Her dreams are a prelude to her meeting with Comet, a strange horse with an even stranger story.
* "ComicBook/TheLastDaysOfSuperman": Superman (Volume 1) 156 (October, 1962). After Superman getting infected with an incurable illness, Superman intends to accomplish his most important tasks. When he collapses, though, it is up to Supergirl to complete his grand work.
* "ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind": ''Action Comics'' 295-298 (1962-1963). Supergirl befriends a strange girl named Lena who hides several disturbing secrets. At the same time, Supergirl's oldest enemy is scheming a new ploy against her, and the Phantom Zoners are putting in motion a plan to enslave the human race.
* "ComicBook/TheAmazingStoryOfSupermanRedAndSupermanBlue": ''Superman'' Vol 1 #162. Superman gets split in two Superman, and they set out to fix everybody's problems.
* "ComicBook/SupergirlsBigBrother": ''Action Comics'' #303 (August, 1963). A man appears on the Danvers' household's doorstep claiming to be Jan Danvers, Fred and Edna's son who was allegedly killed in action in a war. Long-lost son or a conman interpreting a role? Linda Danvers' adoptive parents seem to believe him without reservation, but can she trust him with her secret identity?
* "ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires": ''Adventure Comics'' #313 (October, 1963). Supergirl is called to protect her Legion female teammates from someone who looks like a sinister and twisted reflection of hers.
* "ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity": ''Action Comics #309-310 and 314-316'' (February-March and July-September, 1964). Supergirl investigates the death of Argo City and her parents' real fate... and that is only the beginning of her problems.
* "ComicBook/TheUnknownLegionnaire": ''Adventure Comics'' #334 (July, 1965). The Legion of Super-Heroes are having difficulties to find and apprehend a fugitive criminal in a planet inhabited by hostile shape-shifters. Suddenly, they are helped by a masked, nameless, amnesiac super-being. Who may be that person without face, identity and past?
* "ComicBook/BrainiacsBlitz": ''Action Comics'' #339 (July, 1966). The whole Justice League must carry out a space mission, so Superman tasks Supergirl with protecting Earth until their return. Right then, Brainiac decides to attack Earth to take revenge on Superman, and Kara is the only one who can fight him.
* "ComicBook/TheSupergirlBatgirlPlot": ''World's Finest (1941)'' #169 (September 1967). Supergirl and Batgirl meet each other for the first time, and suddenly they decide to team up to take Superman and Batman down. What -or who- has caused their change of behavior?
* "ComicBook/TheLeperFromKrypton": ''Action Comics 363-366'' (May-August, 1968). Lex Luthor cultures his own strain of Virus X and gets Superman infected with an incurable disease.
* "ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge": ''Adventure Comics #402-407''. Supergirl's powers are taken away by Starfire, a queenpin who is raising an army to overthrow the government.
* "ComicBook/DemonSpawn": ''Adventure Comics #421''. Linda Danvers's stressful routine of dealing with bullying co-workers and a lousy boss at her work gets disrupted when a mysterious Amazon called Nightflame, wielding a sword with terrible energy powers appears in San Francisco through a portal, raises havoc, and demands that Supergirl be brought to her. Who -or ''what''- is Nightflame and where she comes from?
* "ComicBook/KryptonNoMore": As Superman is under tremendous stress and on the verge of a mental collapse, Supergirl tells him that they are both mutants from Earth, and Krypton never existed. ''Superman #307-309''.
* "ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan": ''Superman (Volume 1)'' #311-314 (1977). A mysterious and terrible plague is spreading over Earth, and Superman believes it has been engineered to kill not only humans but also the last living Kryptonians.
* "ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore": ''Superman Family (Volume 1) #183-189, #191-195 and #206''. Supergirl is being relentlessly harassed by villains who are being unwittingly manipulated behind the scenes by an old, forgotten and deadly enemy.
* "ComicBook/TheOtherSideOfDoomsday": ''Super-Team Family'' #11 (July, 1977). Supergirl, The Flash and Atom are lured by an old enemy of the League into a parallel dimension controlled by himself.
* "ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam": "When Earths Collide!". First Superman/Captain Marvel crossover, published in All-New Collectors' Edition Vol 1 #C-58 (May, 1978)
* "The Museum of Eternity": In Superman Family #190, the Man of Steel, his family and the whole city of Kandor are kidnapped by a group of alien civilization-collectors. The Superman Family has to choose between submitting to their captors or seeing Earth destroyed.
* "ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow": ''Superman Volume'' 1 #338 (May, 1979). Superman and Supergirl finally manage to enlarge Kandor after a battle against Brainiac.
* "Celebration": Superman Family issue 200 presents a possible alternate future for the Pre-Crisis Superman Family.
* "ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity": ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Wonder Woman Vol 1]]'' #291-293. Supergirl teams up with Wonder Woman and heroes from four earths to save every earth in the multiverse.
* "ComicBook/WarWorld": ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' Vol 1 #27-29. Superman and Supergirl must work together to destroy Warworld, a star-sized weapon-satellite after galactic conqueror Mongul manipulates Superman into stealing and handing over the control key. First appearance of Mongul and Warworld.
* "ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles": Three-issue limited series that explores the genealogy of the House of El.
* "ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor": ''Superman Family'' #211-214. Lena Thorul finally learns her friend's SecretIdentity and her connection to Lex Luthor.
* "ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator": Crossover with the ''Batman'' books published in ''Detective Comics'' #508-510. Barbara Gordon must stop another dangerous lunatic from razing Gotham to the ground. Good thing that a certain friend of hers happens to be visiting Gotham.
* "ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga": ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' Vol 2 #290-294 (1982). The Legion of Super-Heroes face the rise of a very ancient and vastly powerful evil in the 30th century.
* "ComicBook/ThePhantomZone": Miniseries which explores the history of the Phantom Zone and features a new conflict between the Earth's heroes and the Zoners.
* "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining": ''Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)'' #301-303 (July-September, 1983), by Creator/PaulLevitz and Creator/KeithGiffen. Supergirl and the Legion are heading towards Chameleon Boy's homeworld to aid their depowered teammate when they run into a conspiration to take over the United Planets.
* "Who Stole Supergirl's Life?": ''Supergirl'' Vol 2 #19. A Linda Danvers without powers. A Supergirl with no memories of being Linda Danvers. Has someone stolen Linda's powers? Or Supergirl's memories and SecretIDentity have been stolen?
* "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow": The final story featuring the pre-reboot Superman universe.
* "ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga": A three-part StoryArc that introduced the first ComicBook/PostCrisis version of Supergirl known as "Matrix".
* "ComicBook/ShouldAuldAcquaintanceBeForgot": ''Christmas with the Super-Heroes'' Vol 1 #2 (1989). Kara Zor-El may have become a forgotten ghost when the universe was remade, but she still has time to comfort a distraught Deadman at Christmas Eve.
* "ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns": Post-Crisis Linda Danvers meets Pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El and lives her final adventure.
* "ComicBook/YoungLove": Short story published in ''Solo'' Vol 1 #1 and written by Diana Schutz which brings the relationship between Pre-Crisis Linda Danvers and Dick Malverne to a conclusion. Linda and Dick meet again after many years. Dick has something to tell the young Kryptonian woman. And Supergirl remembers an earlier love during simpler times.
* "ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004": ''Superman/Batman'' #8-13. A Kryptonite meteor that lands in Gotham is revealed to have contained Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, and the evil New God Darkseid targets her as a potential powerful minion. This arc introduced Kara Zor-El to Post-Crisis continuity. The arc also received an Animated Adaptation: ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.
* "ComicBook/GirlPower": ''Supergirl (2005)'' #0-5. Kara Zor-El tries to make friends as finding her place in Earth. Unfortunately, everyone seems to want to fight her for one reason or another. And something dark, evil and dangerous is stirring within her and wanting to get out.
* "ComicBook/PowerTrip2005": ''JSA Classified'' #1-4 (July-October, 2005). Power Girl is sick of lies about her past and does not care anymore for her origins. Nonetheless, someone is determined to reveal the truth to her, even if it kills her.
* "ComicBook/LastSon": Superman discovers a Kryptonian child in a strange pod that falls to Earth, and, as his adoptive parents did with him, decides to raise this child with Lois Lane. Along the way, the child, named Chris Kent by Clark, discovers the joys of living like a human and having Flying Brick powers.
* "ComicBook/TheDominatorWar": ''Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #26-30 (March-July, 2007). The Dominators enact a plan to conquer Earth by taking over every machine in the planet. Meanwhile, a Dominator scientist uses genetic samples taken from Legionnaires to engineer a new breed of super soldiers.
* "ComicBook/TheThirdKryptonian": ''Superman'' Vol 1 #668-670. After an alien reveals the existence of another Kryptonian living on Earth, Superman and Batman scour the planet. Who is that person? Is he or she a friend or a menace? Why have they remained hidden for decades and what or who they are hiding from?
* "ComicBook/TheComingOfAtlas": ''Superman'' #677-680, this story works as one of the preludes to New Krypton. A superpowerful meta called Atlas starts tearing apart Metropolis, demanding a battle with Superman, and not even the Superman Family can stop him.
* "ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld": ''Supergirl'' Vol 5 28-33. Supergirl meets a little child that is suffering from inoperable brain cancer and vows to save his life. Unfortunately she's about to learn a harsh lesson about her power's limits.
* "ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac": (Action Comics #866-870) Superman and Supergirl fight the actual ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} for the first time in the post-Crisis universe. This story reintroduces the Bottled City of Kandor to post-Crisis continuity, reintroduces many elements associated with Silver Age Brainiac and leads directly into "New Krypton" below. This arc was also adapted to ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound''.
* "ComicBook/NewKrypton": The Kryptonian cousins have to deal with the death of Jonathan Kent and the return of Zor-El and Allura, their loyalties being divided between humanity and the 100,000 Kryptonian survivors they managed to rescue, and a government/military conspiracy to kill them.
* "ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman": Part of the New Krypton saga. Alura sends Supergirl on a mission to Earth to find Zor-El's murderer, Reactron. However, a mysterious masked woman called Superwoman will make Kara's task harder. At the beginning claiming to be Kara's friend, Superwoman soon reveals to be an elusive, ruthless enemy determined to hinder Supergirl. Who is Superwoman?
* "ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron": Crossover with Action Comics. Supergirl has to find her father's murderer, Reactron, and bring him back to Krypton? But how can she fulfill her mission when the entire planet hates her?
* "ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily": Supergirl has to solve a crime involving Silver Banshee as dealing with Lana Lang's incurable illness which is only a prelude to a bigger conflict with a ruthless, cunning enemy.
* "ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}": In the wake of the destruction of "New Krypton", a Bizarro-alike Supergirl arrives on Earth. What does she want and what is she escaping from? And can a depressed and demoralized Supergirl stop her before Bizarrogirl tears Metropolis apart? Tto make things worse, an even bigger threat looms on the horizon with an eye for the Girl of Steel.
* "ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker": Supergirl (2005) #58-59 (November-December, 2010). Sterling Gates' final storyline. Believing Toyman may be behind a wave of children kidnappings, Catherine Grant blackmails Supergirl into helping her investigate the case. Can both women put up with each other long enough to find the culprit?
* "ComicBook/GoodLookingCorpse": Younger heroes are being targeted all over the country, and Supergirl has to lead a team to take down their mysterious enemy before it manages to destroy them.
* "ComicBook/ThisIsNotMyLife": Supergirl goes to college to solve the case of a mindwiped runaway girl. Final Pre-Flashpoint story arc.
* "ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday": Luthor uses Doomsday as a pawn against not only Superman, but his entire family and supporting cast.
* "ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton": The first New 52 Supergirl storyline. It established her continuity and new origins in the rebooted Prime Earth.
* "ComicBook/HelOnEarth": A [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover event]] where Superman, Supergirl and Superboy go up against H'el: a mysterious powerful Kryptonian who wishes to resurrect Krypton at the expense of Earth.
* "ComicBook/KryptonReturns". Another crossover event which also serves as the sequel to "H'El on Earth." When H'El travels in time to prevent Krypton's destruction, Superman, Superboy and Supergirl travel to the past to stop him.
* "ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton": A crossover event which features Supergirl getting a Red Lantern Ring as a consequence of the events of the two previous crossovers.
* "ComicBook/SupermanDoomed": A crossover event which features a confrontation with Doomsday that caused Superman to mutate into a Doomsday-like creature.
* "ComicBook/{{Crucible}}": The last pre-Rebirth storyline. Kara attends Crucible, an interstellar super-hero academy. Does she really belong there at Crucible? And is Crucible to be trusted?
* "ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman": The final storyline for New 52 Superman. In the aftermath of "Savage Dawn", "The Darkseid War" and his fight with Rao, Superman is dying. But, before he goes, he's deadset on making sure humanity isn't defenseless without him.
* "Reign of the Cyborg Supermen": As Supergirl tries to adapt to her new life and new family, Cyborg Superman returns. And he's determined to turn Earth into a New Krypton.
* '"ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone": Crossover with ''Batgirl (Rebirth)''. Supergirl and Batgirl meet again for first time in a case which will lead them into the PhantomZone to rescue an innocent girl from a genocidal, murderous mad scientist.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'': August, 2017. Supergirl has saved the Legion of Super-Heroes from Mordru at the cost of contracting a strange alien illness. The Legionnaires need someone like Superboy to save her; instead, they get a loony.
* "The Girl of No Tomorrow": Emerald Empress goes back to the past to put together a new team and kill Supergirl before the Girl of Steel can defeat her in the future.
* ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel2018'': Creator/BrianMichaelBendis makes his mark on the DC Universe as he explores Krypton's past and its destruction along with Superman's rise as a hero as the Man of Steel encounters a mysterious new villain with ties to Krypton and its destruction.
* "ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton": Supergirl sets on a journey across the galaxy to discover the truth behind the claims of Rogol Zaar and the destruction of Krypton.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis'': A new era in the Superman Family's life begins.
* ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (2021)'': Mini-series delving into the past of Krypton and the House of El.
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[[folder:Limited Series and One-Shots]]
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl1984'': Also known as ''Supergirl Movie Special'', it is the official adaptation of the 1984 movie.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlAdventuresGirlOfSteel'': Collection from ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' comics featuring Supergirl published from 1998 to 2006.
* ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': Elseworlds Superman/Batman crossover written in 1998. In a world with no Superman or Batman, Supergirl and Batgirl must cast their differences aside and team up to solve a kidnapping.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWings'': The story is a reimagining of the "Earth-Angel" storyline from Peter David's run on Supergirl, taking the Matrix incarnation of Supergirl and turning her into a literal angel. Matrix is an Amenlee, specifically an angel whose role is to help human beings turn away from their inner darkness. Unfortunately, Matrix is beginning to question whether her latest charge, a human girl named Linda Danvers, can even be saved. What follows is a tale of redemption as Matrix finds herself being forced to question who she is and why she does what she does, and it becomes increasingly murky just who, Matrix or Linda, needs to be saved.
* "ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom": Five-issue mini-series in which Supergirl and her cousin fight a dangerous and vicious villain from Apokolyps named Maelstrom who is determined to kill Superman to win the favor of Darkseid.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWednesdayComics'': Twelve-page-long story published in ''ComicBook/WednesdayComics'' #1-12 (July-September, 2009) by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'': Alternate Universe series intended for children which retells the adventures of a pre-teen Earth-One Kara Zor-El.
* ''ComicBook/ManOfSteelPrequel'': Tie-in to ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and is part of the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. There, she is Kal-El's and Jor-El's distant ancestor instead of Kal-El's cousin. She is sent colonize a planet by the Council of Krypton. That mission will go awry.
* ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl'': (2016) Tie-in to the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' series, written by Sterling Gates.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlBeingSuper'': Four issue limited series. A coming-of-age story from writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Joelle Jones.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'': 2021 maxi-series by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirlSpecial'': May, 2023. One-shot exploring Power Girl's new status quo.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlSpecial'': October, 2023. One-shot exploring Supergirl's current feelings regarding her new status quo.
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[[folder:Other Comic Appearances]]
* ''ComicBook/Superman1939'' (1939-1986, 2006-2011): Supergirl made regular appearances and cameos up to the very final Pre-Crisis issue, and she continued to appear in the relaunched, renumbered book after her return to the DC Universe.
* ''ComicBook/Superboy1949'' (1949-1980): Renamed ''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' from the issue #197 onward, Kara started making semi-regular appearances from issue #80 (1960).
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Vol 1'' (1960-1987)
* ''Literature/TheSuperDictionary'' (1978)
* ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' (1978-1986)
* ''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 (1980-1984)
* ''Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' (1984-1987)
* ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'' (1996-2002)
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans2003'' (2003-2011)
* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' (2004-2011)
* ''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 5'' (2004-2009)
* ''ComicBook/{{Justice|DCComics}}'' (2005-2007)
* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' (2005-2006)
* ''Justice League of America Vol 2'' (2006-2011)
* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' (2008-2009)
* ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' (2008-2012)
* ''ComicBook/WednesdayComics'' (2009)
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' (2009-2010)
* ''ComicBook/DCRetroactiveSuperman'' (September-October, 2011): Three-issue series spotlighting three different decades from the History of Superman in preparation for the 2011 reboot.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures'' (2012): An all-ages comic book about Superman, his cousins Superboy and Supergirl, and their pets Krypto and Streaky. Despite being published around the time of the New 52, it's mostly Silver Age Superman with a new belt.
* ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' (2012-2013)
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueUnited'' (2014-2016)
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'' (2014-2016)
* ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' (2015-2017)
* ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' (2017-2018)
* ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' (2020-2021)
* ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'' (2021)
* ''ComicBook/DcVsVampires'' (2021-2022)
* ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis''' (2022-2023)
* ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' (2022-?)
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* "Advertising/AmericanHondaPresentsDCComicsSupergirl": (1984-1986). A series of PublicServiceAnnouncement comic-book in which Supergirl taught the importance of wearing a seat belt.
* "Advertising/VictoryByComputer": Radio Shack teamed up with Creator/DCComics to produce comics featuring mainstream DC superheroes and the "TRS-80 Whiz Kids". Said Whiz Kids would use their Platform/{{TRS 80}}s to help Superman, Supergirl, and ComicBook/WonderWoman save the world, usually by doing things like converting Fahrenheit to Celsius.
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[[folder:Animated Series]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' introduced its own version of Supergirl in 1998. This version was named Kara In-Ze and was rescued from the Kryptonian colony world of Argo. She wasn't actually a relative of Superman, beyond their being the same species, but she was adopted as his cousin and given a false civilian identity as Kara Kent. Paul Dini and Bruce Timm wanted to use the original Kara Zor-El, but they were denied by DC Comics, due to the then-current "Superman is the ''only'' survivor of Krypton" edict. She was voiced by Creator/NicholleTom.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' Kara In-Ze would later appear in this cartoon. An [[EvilTwin evil]] clone of Supergirl named Galatea also appeared, whose costume, voluptuous yet toned body, hairstyle and [[MostCommonSuperpower larger breasts]] were an obvious ShoutOut to Power Girl.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'': Supergirl, ComicBook/WonderGirl (Donna Troy) and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Barbara Gordon) starred in the WesternAnimation/DCNation shorts by Creator/LaurenFaust.
* ''WebAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'': Supergirl is one of the main characters in the web-cartoon and ''Toys/DCSuperheroGirls'' line of superheroine dolls.
** ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': A full television series that serves as a ContinuityReboot of the same concept as the web series, with noticeable differences, such as which characters are included and more stylized character designs.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Kara shows up at the end of the fourth season.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'': Kara is voiced by Joanne Spracklen.
* Supergirl makes an appearance in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebXB0lBoaQ0 Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman''
* Supergirl was supposed to appear in the third seasons of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' before it was cancelled.
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[[folder:Film (Animated)]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'': The 2010 [[WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies direct-to-video animated movie]] is an AnimatedAdaptation of the 2004 story that introduces the post-Crisis Kara Zor-El. She was voiced by Creator/SummerGlau.
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'': Kara also appeared in 2013's direct-to-video cartoon adapting the 2008 Brainiac arc in the Superman titles. She was voiced by Creator/MollyQuinn.
* ''Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash'': Supergirl is a Justice League member and the only available besides Cyborg after the initial ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s attack. She is voiced by Creator/JessicaDiCicco
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'': Supergirl is voiced by Creator/MeredithSalenger
* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2023'': The 2023 animated movie features Kara as one lead character. She is voiced by Creator/MegDonnelly.
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[[folder:Film (Live-action)]]
* ''Film/{{Supergirl|1984}}'': Starring Creator/HelenSlater as the title character and a spin-off of the ''Film/{{Superman|Film Series}}'' starring Creator/ChristopherReeve.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' features two Supergirls:
** Creator/SashaCalle plays Kara Zor-El from an AlternateUniverse created by Barry Allen/The Flash, which altered the events of ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and essentially replaced Creator/HenryCavill's Superman by her.
** Helen Slater's Supergirl briefly reappears in the [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] collision scene alongside Christopher Reeve's Superman (both of them were [[FakeShemp recreated with CGI]]).
* A movie based on ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'' was announced for [[Creator/JamesGunn James Gunn's]] DC Universe. She will be portrayed by Creator/MillyAlcock and will appear first in ''Superman Legacy''.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In 2007, Kara (played by Creator/LauraVandervoort) became a regular character as Clark's cousin from Krypton, using a variation of the origin where she is older than him and, as is typical in that series, NotWearingTights or using a codename. (There had earlier been a fake "Kara from Krypton" who turned out to be neither. It was a plan by an [=AI=] made in Jor-El's image.)
* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': The 2015 TV series starring Creator/MelissaBenoist as Kara Zor-El originally premiered on Creator/{{CBS}} before {{Channel Hop}}ping to Creator/TheCW and becoming part of the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
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[[folder:Novels]]
* ''Supergirl'': by Norma Fox Mazer, novelization of the 1984 film.
* ''Supergirl at Super Hero High'': by Lisa Yee, set in the DC Super Hero Girls universe.
* ''Supergirl: Daughter of Krypton'': by Daniel Wallace.
* ''Supergirl: Age of Atlantis'': by Jo Whittemore, a companion novel for the show
* ''Supergirl: Curse of the Ancients'': By Jo Whittemore
* ''Supergirl: Master of Illusion'': by Jo Whittemore
* ''Supergirl: An Origin Story (DC Super Heroes Origins)'' by Steve Brezenoff
* ''Supergirl and the Man of Metal'' by Laurie S. Sutton, Gregg Schigiel
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes'': Playable in the PSP version.
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'': Playable character.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'': Two versions of Supergirl are playable characters.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman'': Supergirl is a playable character in ''LEGO Batman 2 and 3''
* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'': Supergirl is a playable character. She has a Red Lantern alternate version.
* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': Supergirl is a playable fighter.
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[[folder:Roleplay Games]]
* ''Roleplay/FreedomCityPlayByPost'': She is one of the playable characters.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/CerberusEngineGames'': ''Crisis Expansion Pack 2'' adds Red Lantern Supergirl.
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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'': August, 2017. Supergirl has saved the Legion of Super-Heroes from Mordru at the cost of contracting a strange alien illness. The Legionnaires someone like Superboy to save her; instead, they get a loony.

* A movie based on ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'' was announced for [[Creator/JamesGunn James Gunn's]] DC Universe.

At this point, Dan [=DiDio=] rose to power at DC Comics. As urban legends goes, [=DiDio=] freaked out when he accidentally discovered the current Supergirl's convoluted origin of pocket universes and "earth angels" and made one of his first edicts upon taking over DC Comics to be DC bringing back the real Supergirl. (The success of the aforementioned ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'' arc probably didn't hurt either). A new Kara Zor-El was introduced, having crash-landed onto Earth just in time to be (re)introduced into DC Universe canon in ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #8 (May, 2004). In a twist, it was revealed that Kara was ''older'' than Kal-El when they lived together on Krypton, and had been sent into space in order to care for her baby cousin on Earth; her rocket, however, going off-course had meant she arrived as a teenager when he was an adult.

The character remained in limbo for several years during which DC occasionally dropped hints of the imminent return of the original Power Girl. In 2023 she reappeared with no fanfare (the fact that she was gone for years, during which an alternate universe version was running around the place before abruptly disappearing, was not acknowledged in-universe, and may have been undone by the same CosmicRetcon mentioned above) and a new personality shift. Even though she is more integrated in the Superman family than ever, she is moodier, angrier and whinier, constantly complaining that she is ignored by everyone and treated as Supergirl's inferior copy. She also appears in ''Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica2022'', where she is none of those things (well, maybe angrier) and has apparently been around since the seventies ''in universe''.

* ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'': ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'' tie-in one-shot issue and prologue to her next solo book, ''Supergirl Rebirth'' introduced several characters and locations of ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' to the main DC universe.

* "ComicBook/SupergirlsThreeSuperGirlfriends": ''Action Comics'' #276 (May, 1961). Supergirl officially joins the ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' and first meets Brainiac 5.

* "Comicbook/SupermanDoomed": A crossover event which features a confrontation with Doomsday that caused Superman to mutate into a Doomsday-like creature.

* ''Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash'': Supergirl is a Justice League member and the only available besides Cyborg after the initial Comicbook/{{Brainiac}}'s attack. She is voiced by Creator/JessicaDiCicco

* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'' (1978)

'''''[[TropeCodifier The]]''''' DistaffCounterpart {{Superhero}}.

* "Advertising/VictoryByComputer": Radio Shack teamed up with Creator/DCComics to produce comics featuring mainstream DC superheroes and the "TRS-80 Whiz Kids". Said Whiz Kids would use their UsefulNotes/{{TRS 80}}s to help Superman, Supergirl, and ComicBook/WonderWoman save the world, usually by doing things like converting Fahrenheit to Celsius.

* ''Superman (1939)'': Superman's self-named series (renamed ''Adventures of Superman'' between the Byrne reboot of the late 80s and the mid-2000s). Once again, Supergirl was a recurring supporting character since her creation.

* ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'', Supergirl is one of the main characters, in this universe being the daughter of Lara Lor-Van and Alura In-Ze, who was raised in the USSR as Kara Starikov, adopted sister of Stargirl.
* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''
* ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage''
* ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis''
* ''Comicbook/{{Justice|DC Comics}}''.
* ''ComicBook/DCRetroactiveSuperman'': ''September-October, 2011''. Three-issue series spotlighting three different decades from the History of Superman in preparation for the 2011 reboot.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000''
* ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''
* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary''
* ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures'': An all-ages comic book about Superman, his cousins Superboy and Supergirl, and their pets Krypto and Streaky. Despite being published around the time of the New 52, it's mostly Silver Age Superman with a new belt.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman''
* ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest''
* ''ComicBook/DcVsVampires''

Very unusually for DC Comics (at the time), Kara's adventures in ''Action Comics'' were serialized from the early 1960s onwards rather than stand alone as was the general practice (including for Superman himself who she shared the comics with). Supergirl's status quo gradually changed over the course of the decade and she aged at a slightly slower than real time rate, going from a cute 15 year old to a high school graduate and then on into a college student.

[[folder:Notable Comic Book Series]]

* ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'': Superman's self-named series (renamed ''Adventures of Superman'' between the Byrne reboot of the late 80s and the mid-2000s). Once again, Supergirl was a recurring supporting character since her creation.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1972}}'': First Supergirl's self-named series, published from November of 1972 until October of 1974 spanning a total of ten issues.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1994}}'': Four issue limited series published in 1994, featuring the Supergirl Matrix.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1996}}'': The fourth volume featured a Supergirl that was a fusion of two different characters: the Matrix Supergirl and a human girl named Linda Lee Danvers.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'': Supergirl's fifth solo book saw the return of Kara Zor-El to the DC Universe after the 2004 storyline ''The Supergirl From Krypton''. The series spanned 67 issues and 2 annuals. After some ''very shaky'' beginnings the book became well regarded. The Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle's issues are considered one of the best runs of the character.
* ''Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes'': Book featuring Supergirl and the "threeboot" version of the Legion.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2011}}'': Supergirl's sixth solo book redefined and introduced Kara Zor-El in the post-Flashpoint universe. It spanned forty issues until it was cancelled in 2015.

* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'': 2021 maxi-series by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.

[[folder:Notable Comic Book Stories]]

* "ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom": Five-issue mini-series in which Supergirl and her cousin fight a dangerous and vicious villain from Apokolyps named Maelstrom who is determined to kill Superman to win the favor of Darkseid.

[[folder:Notable non-Canon stories]]
* "ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman1961": The original "The Death of Superman" story, told in ''Superman'' Vol 1 #149 by Jerry Siegel where Lex Luthor finally manages to murder Superman for real, and Supergirl takes over for her cousin. Initially an imaginary story, it became an existing alternate universe (Earth-149).
* "ComicBook/TheAmazingStoryOfSupermanRedAndSupermanBlue": ''Superman'' Vol 1 #162. Superman gets split in two Superman, and they set out to fix everybody's problems.

* "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow": The final story featuring the pre-reboot Superman universe.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWings'': The story is a reimagining of the "Earth-Angel" storyline from Peter David's run on Supergirl, taking the Matrix incarnation of Supergirl and turning her into a literal angel. Matrix is an Amenlee, specifically an angel whose role is to help human beings turn away from their inner darkness. Unfortunately, Matrix is beginning to question whether her latest charge, a human girl named Linda Danvers, can even be saved. What follows is a tale of redemption as Matrix finds herself being forced to question who she is and why she does what she does, and it becomes increasingly murky just who, Matrix or Linda, needs to be saved.

* Kara Zor-El appears in ''ComicBook/ManOfSteelPrequel'', which is a tie-in to ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and is part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. There, she is Kal-El's and Jor-El's distant ancestor instead of Kal-El's cousin. She is sent colonize a planet by the Council of Krypton. That mission will go awry.

The character remained in limbo for several years during which DC occasionally dropped hints of the imminent return of the original Power Girl. In 2023 she reappeared with no fanfare (the fact that she was gone for years, during which an alternate universe version was running around the place before abruptly disappearing, was not acknowledged in-universe, and may have been undone by the same CosmicRetcon mentioned above) and a new personality shift. Even though she is more integrated in the Superman family than ever, she is moodier, angrier and whinier, constantly complaining that she is ignored by everyone and treated as Supergirl's inferior copy. She also appears in ''Comicbook/JusticeLeague2022'', where she is none of those things (well, maybe angrier) and has apparently been around since the seventies ''in universe''.

The character remained in limbo for several years during which DC occasionally dropped hints of the imminent return of the original Power Girl. In 2023 she reappeared with no fanfare (the fact that she was gone for years, during which an alternate universe version was running around the place before abruptly disappearing, was not acknowledged in-universe) and a new personality shift. Even though she is more integrated in the Superman family than ever, she is moodier, angrier and whinier, constantly complaining that she is ignored by everyone and treated as Supergirl's inferior copy.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' Kara In-Ze would later appear in this cartoon. An [[EvilTwin evil]] [[CloningBlues clone]] of Supergirl named Galatea also appeared, whose costume, voluptuous yet toned body, hairstyle and [[MostCommonSuperpower larger breasts]] were an obvious ShoutOut to Power Girl.