Links
Supergirl Sites
- Super. Girl. – a fresh, fun, breezy site devoted to exploring the history of Supergirl in comic books and her importance in pop culture
- Supergirl Comic Box Commmentary – regular reviews of Supergirl comics and related Supergirl blooging
- Kara Lives – site dedicated to the current Supergirl; features a news blog, covers, gallery and profile of Kara
- The Supergirl Project – issue downloads of the Linda Danvers Supergirl series (not including the issues republished in the Many Happy Returns trade)
Supergirl Related
- Draw Supergirl Meme – redesigns of Supergirl’s costume. See also Project Rooftop’s Supergirl Week Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 with reactions.
- Mego Museum: Supergirl Mego Dolls – a gallery of the “mego” soft dolls released during the 1970s, which included many female superheroes including Supergirl, Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Catwoman.
- Daily Scans is the fan community formerly known as Scans_Daily on LiveJournal. See posts tagged Supergirl/Kara Zor-El and Supergirl/Linda Danvers.
- The World of Supergirl on Superman.nu (formerly Superman Through the Ages) – dedicated to the Silver Age Supergirl, this tiny subsection of the Superman site features a Supergirl profile and costume timeline. Text is taken from The Great Superman Book (originally published in 1978 and reprinted 2007 as The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol 3: Superman).
- Supergirl at Supermanica – Supermanica is a wiki-style “Encyclopedia of Superman Biography”. The Supergirl bio is a very good chronicle of the Silver Age Supergirl’s story and adventures.
- Superman Homepage – Supergirl Special Report – an in-depth profile of the Supergirl character and series, from the very first Supergirl in 1958, through to the end of Peter David’s 80-issue series.
- Supergirl on Wikipedia
- Timeline of First and Final Appearances of Every Supergirl, Superwoman, Etc. – exhaustive timeline of first and final appearances of every DC character ever named Supergirl, Superwoman, Power Girl, or Kara. The fifth draft updates the list with DC’s introduction of the New Multiverse and the subsequent reinstatement of many older stories back into continuity.
- Superman Cinema: Supergirl the Movie – good guide to the movie (general, the music, the production, DVD), including the early version of the movie script
Fan Works
- Supahboii’s Deviant Art – some very cool original Supergirl art, plus lots of great Superboy, Wonder Boy, Robin, Power Girl, Wonder Woman, Sailor Moon and other sketches
- The Diary of a Midvale Orphan – a hilarious bit of fanfic taking place during the Silver Age “Midvale Orphanage” years, told from the perspective of another orphan who finds Linda Lee’s behavior just a little peculiar.
- Supergirl Interrupted – a photo memorial using scans from the 1996-2003 Supergirl book to chronicles the character’s history, starting with Linda becoming Supergirl and ending with her leaving her role in “Many Happy Returns”.
Power Girl
- Wikipedia: Power Girl
- Power Girl in The Classifieds – an amusing fan video that really captures the spirit of Power Girl. The actor and the costume are spot-on.
- Power Girl @ Hyperborea – short, simple and sweet profile of Power Girl’s history up to and including Infinite Crisis (2005), wherein her original identity as the Earth-2 Supergirl is restored.
- Alan Kistler’s Profile: Power Girl Revisited (2005) – well researched article charting Power Girl’s complicated history up to Infinite Crisis
Selected Essays
In reverse chronological order. Asterisks mark my favourites. This is section is *incredibly* out of date – Supergirl is all over the comics blogosphere these days!
- The Changing Face of Supergirl: A Look at the Evolution of the Girl of Steel
- Supe / Bat Pairing
- Seeking Avalon: Supergirl*
- My So-Called Supergirl*
- Whose Goddamn Title Is It Anyway?
- Exercise in Egotism: What I Want From Kara Zor-El*
- Supergirl: Paragon of Feminism
- Fortress of Fortitude* has an ongoing series of Supergirl essays
- Violence and the single girl – re: SUPERGIRL Vol. 5 #3
- Fortress of Soliloquy: Supergirl: Just a Piece of S
- The Lost Supergirl: Cir-El
- Mind That Kryptonite Ceiling, Supergirl – the “elephant in the living room in [the comic book] industry”
- A Supergirl By Any Other Name Is Still A Super Girl! (Sequential Tart)
Creator Interviews
- KELLEY PUCKETT & DREW JOHNSON TAKE OVER DC’s SUPERGIRL WITH #23 (Aug 13/07) Newsarama interview with Kelley Puckett
- Tony Bedard (@ Comicon) (May 29/07)
- Ale Garza: Drawing Supergirl (@ Comicon, May 5/07)
- Joe Kelly (@Comic Book Resources) (Feb 27/07) brief section near the bottom
- Ale Garza (@ Newsarama) (Feb 8/07)
Comics Related
In alphabetical order
- Friends of Lulu – an American nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry. Of especial interest to creators and prospective creators.
- Girl-Wonder.org – Stephanie Brown (Spoiler/Robin IV) is the patron saint of this fascinating collective of blogs, web sites and articles examining the state of female superheroes in DC and Marvel. Not for fanboys in need of Feminism 101, this stuff dives deep into the pervasive misogyny in comics, while celebrating the good stuff. Lots of awesome writing.
- Girl-Wonder.og Forums – a great community site for superheroine fans.
- The Comic Book Database and The Grand Comic Book Database are excellent sources for detailed issue information and covers for all sorts of comics (superhero, indie, manga). You can use the Comic Book Database to keep track of all the comics you personally own, your pull list, and your comics wish list.
- Legion Abstract – Legion of Super-Heroes analysis and commentary
- Sequential Tart – “a web zine dedicated to providing exclusive interviews, in-depth articles and news, while working towards raising awareness of women’s influence in the comics industry and other realms”
- Supermandickery.com – Silver Age wackiness
- Superman Thru the Ages
- DC Database – a Wikia wiki
- The Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe – an encyclopedia of the DC Universe, past, present and future. Includes profiles on characters, places, organizations, and events in the DC Universe; issue-by-issue indexes and character chronologies; and a detailed history of the Universe itself.
- When Fangirls Attack – a daily compilation of blog posts on women in comics (including the occasional ones by misogynist trolls).
- Women in Refrigerators – “Dedicated to the women with capes who died for comics”. Created by the fab Gail Simone (writer on Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman).
Comicbook Stores
- Mile High Comics – perhaps the largest selection of back issue comics on the internet, many classic Supergirl comics can be purchased from this site. However they sell Silver Age comics (e.g. Action and Adventure) at significantly higher than average. The later comics from the 1970s are a lot cheaper.
- MyComicShop – also carries a large number of Supergirl back issues similar to Mile High Comics, but appears to have more of the 1996-2003 series in stock.