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Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 DC Comics Ships Fast

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  • Artist/Writer: Jerry Siegel, Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Stan Kaye, Dick Sprang, George Klein, Curt Swan, Kurt Schaffenberger, Otto Binder, John Forte, Robert Bernstein, Jim Mooney
  • Character: Julu the Elder, Jor-El (Cameo), Allura (Unnamed, Flashback), Marvel Man (Origin), The Interplanetary Multi-Dimensional Practical Jokers Club, Chameleon Boy, Mrs. Danvers, Lucy Lane, Jerro (Statue), Buffalo Bill, Mrs. Dale (Villain), Mary Jane Watson, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (Introduction, Origin), Superman (Flashback), Thora, Phantom Girl (Intro), Tough Tommy, Kozz (Flashback), Valzorr (Johnny Blank), Ricky Avalon, Invisible Kid, Ronal, Superman (Cameo), Bouncing Boy (Intro), Super-Monkey (Cameo), Superman Robot, Supergirl Robots, Tim Baxter, Mrs. Hart, Mr. Wilkins, Zor-El Flashback, Interstellar Council of United Planets (Zog), Supergirl (Brief Origin), Shrinking Violet (Intro), Brainiac 5 (Flashback), Superboy (On A Poster), Pocahontas, Sun Boy (Intro), Freddy Blake, Angark, Bizarro #1, Timmy Tate, Lori Lemaris (Picture), Jonathan Kent, Miss Hart (Introduction), Marvel Maid, Supergirl Robot, Annie Oakley, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (Brief Origin), Jerro the Merboy (Intro), Ma Kent Flashback, Captain John Smith, Dick Malverne (Was Dick Wilson), Kil-Lor (Intro, Death), Superman (Statue), A Magically-Created Female Partner for Superman, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Ronal (Picture), Mojax, Jor-El, Mrs. Danvers (Intro), Perry White, Pa Kent Flashback, Mr. Mxyzptlk (Image), Lois Lane (Flashback), Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (Also As Superwoman), Lara (Cameo), George Washington, Bizarro-Supergirl (Intro), Tommy Tomorrow (As A Child), Mr. Dale (Villain), Superboy, Billy Watkins, Jimmy Olsen, Five Fake Supergirls, The Anti-Superman Gang, Bizarro World, Bizarro-Jr. #1, Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (As Mighty Maid), Streaky, John Kiley, Marvel Maid (Origin), Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (Origin Recap), Mrs. Wilkins, Squawky the Super-Parrot, Superman Robots, Mrs. Brant (Villain), Bizarro-Jr. #1 (Born), Lara, Krypto, Lex Luthor (Etching of Face), Linda Lee (Supergirl), Joker (Picture), Robin (Guest Star), Brainiac (Flashback), Metal-Eater Beast, Paul Dexter, Gismak-Ral, Batman (Guest Star), Betsy Ross, Bob Carter, Dick Wilson (Later Dick Malverne), Zor-El (Introduction, Flashback), Perry White (Cameo), Fred Danvers, Professor Potter, Professor Damon Brant (Villain), Jerro, Superman (Flashback and A Cameo As Clark Kent), Lex Luthor, Legion of Super-Heroes Cosmic Boy, Death, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor (Flashback), Lori Lemaris, Superman (Flashback, in Newsreel Footage), Running Deer, Colonel Colby, Legion of Super-Heroes Saturn Girl, Superboy (Clark Kent) (Flashback), Brainiac (Picture), Super-Girl Introduction, Martha Kent, Jor-El (Statue), Lightning Lad, Lana Lang (Cameo), Martha Kent Flashback, Bob Benson, Bizarro, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, The Supermen Emergency Squad, Krypto (Statue), Zoxxo, Fred Danvers (Intro), Supergirl, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5 (Intro), Lesla-Lar (Villain), Superman (Clark Kent), Ronal (Statue), Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris (Statue), Jonathan Kent Flashback, Miss Hart, Bizarro-Lois #1, Jerro (Flashback), Suprgirl (Kara Zor-El), Cameo, Triplicate Girl (Intro, Later Duo Damsel), Malo (Villain), Jik, Zor-El (Flashback), Linda Lee Robot, Peggy, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Marvelman
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Cover Artist: Stan Kaye, Drew Moore, Curt Swan
  • Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Genre: Superheroes, Adventure
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Language: English
  • Publication Year: 2008
  • Publisher: DC Comics
  • Series Title: Showcase Presents: Supergirl
  • Style: Black & White
  • Superhero Team: Justice League of America, Legion of Superheroes
  • Tradition: US Comics
  • Type: Graphic Novel
  • Universe: DC Universe

Description

This is a wonderful compilation. I grew up reading Superman and fondly remember when Supergirl showed up. (I was 8 when her spaceship crashed down to Earth.) This book starts with the three-wishes story where Jimmy Olsen wished a Super "woman" into existence, then continues with each appearance of Supergirl in sequence. I'd forgotten how many issues it was while she had to live in the orphanage. There are a few stories that are duplicates, appearing in both SHOWCASE SUPERMAN and SHOWCASE SUPERGIRL. You can tell that different writers were involved, because in the first story, Supergirl doesn't know she is related to Superman until he mentions Jor-el's name. In other stories, the recap shows Supergirl telling Superman that she is his cousin.