DC History Club June 2021: Supergirl Being Super and Her Creators

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DC History Club: Impact Writers, Peter David's Aquaman, Supergirl & Young Justice Discussion, Polls, Quiz

[anigif] Peter David describes himself as a “writer of stuff.” Although most people will associate him with his work for Marvel Comics or his many novels including Star Trek and Babylon 5, David had a major impact on DC Comics characters in the 1990s. Taking the reins of Aquaman and Supergirl, then creating the Young Justice team, David went three for three in delivering quality comic runs that has left an impact on how we view these characters today. If you’ve read these comics before, this i…

DCU Superman Book Club Week 4: Happy 60th Anniversary Supergirl!

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s recurring guest star of Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited and featured point of discussion on the 7/10 episode of DC Daily… Supergirl! After three weeks of solid action and adventure starring Superman, this week’s focus shifts to the last son of Krypton’s ensemble of allies with Supergirl being the first to garner this particular spotlight due to 2019 marking 60 years of her wonderful adventures in comics and beyond…

[Superman Fan Club] Inaugural Reading Week 1: Superman through the Silver and Bronze Ages Retrospective Run May 6th, 2020

Gather round, faithful [Superman Fan Club] devotees and other interested parties! All are welcome as today, this is the hour that we strike with our enthusiastic reading and reflection for all things Superman Silver and Bronze Age!!! For this, our first reading, I would like to suggest that we take a sample from the beginning, middle and end of the Silver to Bronze Age available runs within Action Comics and Superman comics on DCU. [parasite] Beginnings: SUPERMAN (1939-) #76 (May 1952) Supe…

[Legion Fan Club] Weekly Reader Week 40! January 20, 2020 Supergirl’s Last Legion Stand Begins!

The United Planets…I mean the [Legion Fan Club] presents: Supergirl’s final stint in the Legion (as of January 2020 anyway, and assuming this really is Supergirl)!!! [image] Time to unwrap yet another unique and fun iteration of the Legion of Super-Heroes, this time in 2006! This week we read: SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (2006-) #16 – 21, as presented by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson (and friends)! Let us know your reaction to the story here: poll SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUP…

DCU Book Club-Girl Power! Week 61: THE DARING NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL (1982-) #1-3, Nov 11- Nov 17

[The%20Daring%20New%20Adventures%20of%20Supergirl%201982%20Issue%201%20Cover] ”Supergirl, as Linda Danvers, moves to Chicago to begin a new life as a student at Lake Shore University. She gets a new home there and makes new friends and also meets a new villain in “A Very Strange and Special Girl.” Greetings DCU, It’s our Girl Power! week here at #dcubc. The Crisis is coming… now’s a great time to hang out with Supergirl of the Crisis on Infinite Earths era! Supergirl has a monumental role…

I’m The Question, hero of Hub City. AMA

The answer to that question is really quite complicated, when you account for the existence of girls both Super and Power across multiple eras. But I’ll do my best to untangle this for you. First, we’ll talk about Supergirl. The Supergirl we know best as Kara Zor-El made her first appearance in Action Comics #252 (1959). But it would be a while until the world learned who she was — all early Supergirl stories take place at Middle Orphanage, where Supergirl lived under the identity of Linda Lee…