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"Supergirl" Comics Index

2013

Supergirl #14
Cover date: January 2013
"H'el on Earth": "Lost Son of Krypton"
Writer: Mike Johnson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar
Superman and Supergirl have brought the Kryptonian dragon to the Block for Doctor Shay Veritas to study. Veritas also wants to take scans of Kara, but she refuses. Leaving the Block, Kara checks on Siobhan Smythe, who is having her own difficulties controlling her Silver Banshee abilities. Back inside Sanctuary Kara finds out Superman really is her baby cousin Kal-El. Feeling unusually tired, Kara lies down to sleep. She awakens near Earth's yellow sun, where she meets H'el, a bare-chested Kryptonian. H'el claims to have been sent by Jor-El before Krypton was destroyed. He had watched over Kara and Kal-El from afar. He offers Supergirl a chance to return home to save her planet. To prove his sincerity, H'el gives the Maid of Might the unconscious form of Superboy. The choice of whether to kill Superboy is a difficult one for Kara. She wants to speak with Kal-El first. H'el gives Supergirl the gift of understanding human speech and transports her to Metropolis, where she walks in on Lois Lane and Clark Kent.

Supergirl #15
Cover date: February 2013
"H'el on Earth": "Into Kandor"
Writer: Mike Johnson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar
After Superman had put his Kryptonian armor on the clone Superboy to save his life, both of them were removed from the Man of Steel's Fortress by the being known as H'el. Meanwhile, Kara Zor-El thinks back to a time on Krypton when she drove her friend Tali's aircar in the time before she must move with her family to Kandor. Now, H'el has recruited Supergirl in his quest to save Krypton from destruction. In order to go back in time to do so, he and the Maid of Might need a Quantum Crystal from Kandor's Central Power Station. H'el himself cannot enter the bottled city Kal-El rescued from Brainiac, but his powers can transport Kara there. Once he accomplishes this, the next phase of his plan can move forward. Supergirl now finds herself inside the protective dome containing the miniaturized Kandor. There, she is greeted by an astral projection of H'el, whose face is no longer scarred. The pair finds everyone in the city, including Tali, in stasis guarded by the robotic Terminauts. The gigantic automaton attack the Lost Daughter of Krypton. She makes short work of them in spite of their being able to hurt her a bit. Saving Tali gives her the strength to fight on. Supergirl and Astral H'el then continue to head for Kandor's Central Power Station. Having retrieved the Quantum Crystal from Kandor, Kara Zor-El has returned to H'el in Superman's Fortress. Sensing in him a bit of a kindred spirit, Supergirl sees a side of the unknown being he has rarely shown. H'el and Supergirl embrace leading to a powerfully passionate kiss.

Supergirl #16
Cover date: March 2013
"H'el on Earth": "Fast and Faster"
Writer: Mike Johnson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar
We begin with a flashback of an insectoid alien looking over the unconscious from of H'el shortly after he has landed on Earth. His master must be warned of this new arrival. In the present, the Justice League is attacking the Fortress of Solitude to stop H'el's plan to destroy Earth's sun and solar system in order to go back in time to save Krypton from destruction. Superman and Superboy have been transported to another dimension. Yet, the Flash has managed to vibrate his molecules to enter the crystalline Kryptonian home of the Man of Steel. His mission: to convince Kara Zor-El that H'el is only using her to bring his schemes to fruition, or take her away from him by any means necessary. Supergirl's battle with the Flash takes them through Superman's intergalactic zoo. Both combatants' respective abilities have given them an edge. Yet, a weapon in the Fortress used by the Flash powered by Kinetic energy gives him the upper hand as it scrambles Kryptonian biology. His victory is short-lived. H'el has made Barry Allen disappear. In another part of the galaxy, a reptilian alien race witnesses a sentience heading to Earth. This gigantic being's intentions are unknown. It could be a part of H'el's plan to go back to Krypton, or it could be trying to stop him. Whatever the case may be, Earth may yet be caught in the middle of some extraterrestrial conflict very soon.

Supergirl #17
Cover date: April 2013
"H'el on Earth": "Girl Versus Goddess"
Writer: Mike Johnson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar
H'el has activated his Star Chamber. Superboy is in pursuit of the device. The giant cosmic being known only as the Oracle is approaching Earth, and time and space are going mad as a result of H'el's scheme to return to Krypton before it exploded. Wonder Woman, failing to convince Supergirl that H'el is not what he seems, is forced to combat Kara. With both matched in strength and speed, Diana uses her magic lasso on the Maid of Might. Realizing her error, Supergirl confronts H'el about the true fate of Earth should his plans succeed. H'el, however, cares nothing for what he considers to be a backward planet. He is currently giving Supergirl a difficult choice. Go back to Krypton with him to be with friends and family and allow the rest of the universe to be exterminated, or help the Justice League stop H'el before his insane quest brings about the destruction of all that exists.

Supergirl #18
Cover date: May 2013
"What Kryptonite Does Not Kill... It Only Makes Stronger... "
Writer: Frank Hannah
Penciller: Robson Rocha
Inker: Oclair Albert, Julio Ferreira And Mariah Benes
A heavily guarded Lex Luthor, while his body resting in the sun on the prison grounds, is meeting with his associates in his solar powered brain implant the Hub. They are monitoring Supergirl as she is being treated for Kryptonite poisoning from her battle with H'el. Kara is being bathed in solar energy outside the Proxima One space station. Doctor Veritas is treating her and advising her to wait until she is certain that the radiation is no longer in her. However, Supergirl is impatient and sullen. She leaves Proxima One believing she's fine while smashing super drones. Karen Starr, the owner of Starr Enterprises who is really Power Girl, is watching news of the recent conflict with H'el and the resulting task force that the United States government is creating to deal with superhumans. She feels a connection to Supergirl somehow in addition to sensations of being ill. After losing their trace on Supergirl, Lex Luthor and Alphina have found her below the Earth's surface in battle with a lava girl. She has a hatred of all Kryptonians because of what they did to her planet. In spite of being more powerful than before, Kara feels dead inside. She gives up. The two combatants fall to Earth, where helicopters await to take the Maid of Might. Meanwhile Karen Starr has collapsed from a nosebleed in the middle of her board meeting.

Supergirl #19
Cover date: June 2013
"Super Power"
Writer: Mike Johnson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar and Marlo Alquiza
Supergirl has been placed in stasis by the military after losing the battle with Lava Girl. Power Girl takes her from them before they can bring the Maid of Might to General Morrison. The encounter seems to do something to the two Karas. In addition to replenishing Supergirl's strength and halting the Kryptonite poisoning within her, it creates a mental bond between the pair of Kryptonian women The combined might of Supergirl and Power Girl makes short work of the pursuing American armed forces. Yet, Lex Luthor has sent the gargantuan Appex to test the limits of the ladies' powers. Alone, the Woman of Steel and the Girl of Tomorrow seem to be no match for the brute. Together, their titanic powers help defeat Appex with a double-sized super punch. Supergirl's Kryptonite poisoning returns with full force. Worse yet, Power Girl is feeling weak from its effects. Power Girl takes Supergirl to the underwater Sanctuary, where the artificial intelligence works on treating the latter and gives the former a new, less tattered costume. Supergirl feels better afterwards, but the poison is still in her system. Power Girl promises that they will find a cure together. Suddenly, believing its mistress is in danger from a clone attack, Sanctuary targets its weapons on Power Girl.

Supergirl #20
Cover date: July 2013
"Home Invasion"
Writer: Michael Alan Nelson
Penciller: Mahmud Asrar
Inker: Mahmud Asrar
The artificial intelligence in Sanctuary believes that one of the Karas is a clone. However, both ladies are surprised that its chromo-scan has identified Supergirl as "Not-Kara". Worse yet, the Lost Daughter of Krypton's only haven from the recent madness believes she must be eradicated. Giant robots and Sanctuary itself are attacking her. Power Girl has been thrown out and is currently on the ocean floor trying to return inside to save Kara. As Neural-Scions attack the Maid of Might, Sanctuary explains that a mathematical equation allowed it to believe Supergirl is the clone. More of the Kryptonian structure is bounding and trapping Kara in the meantime as Power Girl unsuccessfully tries to get the A.I. to not kill anyone. Supergirl asks Power Girl to freeze Sanctuary as she frees herself, and things literally heat up afterwards. The Lost Daughter of Krypton's Fortress of Solitude has been destroyed as a result of their team work. The explosion hurls Kara onto another part of the ocean floor. She awakens as Power Girl carries her out of the water. Supergirl weakly tells Karen that she still believes she's too old for her current costume. With that, the Lost Daughters of Krypton enjoy the sunrise in space as it approaches Earth. Supergirl is reminded of Krypton's sunsets when she see it. As the two Karas bond further, a giant robot from Sanctuary walks the bottom of the ocean with the only objective to eradicate what it thinks is Not-Kara.

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“Supergirl” Comics Index

Introduction

Here is a listing of the Supergirl monthly title since its Post-Flashpoint relaunch in September 2011. The Writer, Penciller and Inker for each issue are listed within the Comic 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:

2011 | 2012 | 2013

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