Supergirl in DC Comics Continuity
This is a chronology, or reading order, of DC comics
dedicated to Supergirl. I’m taking about the new Kara Zor-El from Krypton, who
appeared in 2004. I’ve been adding more and more comics, and now I have practically
every comic related to Supergirl in the list.
It will be specially interesting for those of you who
care about continuity (like I do). There are reasons for having placed every
issue in this order, although I usually don’t mention them -- Sometimes it’s
just some detail, sometimes it just makes sense; and sometimes there are
evident reasons.
The writing indicates the presence of Supergirl
in each issue, like this:
Bold type
--- Supergirl appears in this issue.
Bold type and clear background --- Supergirl (or the team she is a member of)
is/are the main character/s.
Bold & Italics --- Supergirl cameo. --- It’s the case if she
is only on the cover, or just in one panel; and no line of dialogue.
Regular type --- There is no Supergirl at all.
Italics --- Comments.
So if you are a Supergirl fan, you can see
easily the issues in which she appears.
By the way, I’ve got the habit of calling the
characters by name (like Clark, Kara instead of Superman, Supergirl).
I will try to update it from time to time. Today
is September 3, 2008. If you see any mistake or have any suggestion, you can email me.
Enjoy! J
I. Before Supergirl
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1.Identity Crisis
·
Identity Crisis #01 – Coffin
·
Identity Crisis #02 – House of Lies
·
Identity Crisis #03 – Serial Killer
·
Identity Crisis #04 – Who Benefits
·
Identity Crisis #05 – Father’s Day
·
Identity Crisis #06 – Husbands & Wives
·
Identity Crisis #07 –
The Hero’s Life
The events related in
Identity Crisis are a turning point for the DC Universe. The death of Sue Dibny
triggered a series of events leading to a crisis of infinite proportions.
To some extent,
Infinite Crisis constitutes a continuation of this minor crisis. That’s why I
set it as the starting point of my chronology.
2.Superman/Batman:
Public Enemies
·
Superman/Batman #01 – World’s Finest
·
Superman/Batman #02 – Early Warning
·
Superman/Batman #03 – Running Wild
·
Superman/Batman #04 – Battle On
·
Superman/Batman #05 – State of Siege
·
Superman/Batman #06 – Final Countdown
Kara’s spaceship left
Krypton shortly after her cousin’s. But it was trapped inside a huge chunk of
the planet, and the ship put her in a state of suspended animation. Years
later, this kryptonite asteroid finally heads towards Earth. This is the
leitmotiv of this story arc. In the end, the asteroid is destroyed.
II. 
Supergirl arrives to Earth
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1.Superman/Batman:
Supergirl
·
Superman/Batman #08 – Alone
·
Superman/Batman #09 –
Visitor
·
Superman/Batman #10 –
Warrior
·
Superman/Batman #11 –
Prisoner
·
Superman/Batman #12 – Traitor
·
Superman/Batman #13 – Hero
After the asteroid
breaks apart, the spaceship crashes in Gotham’s harbor. Batman finds Kara. This
story arc of Superman/Batman is the first time that Kara Zor-El from Krypton is
introduced in the DC Universe in the present continuity. Remember that all of
what happened before Crisis on Infinite Earths was erased from History.
At the end of this
arc, Kara is introduced to the superhero community and receives her costume.
2.Superman/Batman: Absolute Power
·
Superman/Batman #14 –
I Pledge Alliance...
·
Superman/Batman #15 –
What Price Freedom...
·
Superman/Batman #16 –
When Time goes Asunder...
·
Superman/Batman #17 –
A World without Batman…
·
Superman/Batman
#18 – Thy will be Done...
3.The new Adventures of Supergirl, the Girl
of Steel
·
Superman/Batman #19
4.Superman/Batman: Vengeance
·
Superman/Batman #20 –
Here Come the Maximums
·
Superman/Batman #21 –
Mistaken Identity Crisis
·
Superman/Batman #22 –
Heroes and Villains
·
Superman/Batman
#23 – Smoke and Mirrors
·
Superman/Batman
#24 – The Price of our Sins
·
Superman/Batman #25 –
Supermen/Batmen
5.SUPERGIRL: Power
·
SUPERGIRL
#01 – There can be only one
·
SUPERGIRL
#02 – vs. the Teen Titans!
·
SUPERGIRL
#03 – ...and Outsider?
·
SUPERGIRL
#04 – Judgment
·
SUPERGIRL
#05 – Supergirls
The regular series of
Supergirl starts here!
6.Green Lantern: Rebirth
·
Green Lantern Rebirth
#00 - The Day Before
·
Green Lantern Rebirth
#01 - Blackest Night
·
Green Lantern Rebirth
#02 - Enemies Within
·
Green Lantern Rebirth #03 - Yellow
·
Green Lantern Rebirth
#04 – Force of Will
·
Green Lantern Rebirth #05 - Rings
·
Green Lantern:
Rebirth #06 – Brightest Day
Hal Jordan, the
greatest of the Green Lanterns, is back. Just in time before the countdown to
Infinite Crisis begins. This story is indeed a turning point for the Green
Lanterns, it revived many elements of the Green Lantern mythos while
introducing some new elements.
Rebirth can be seen
as the first part of a trilogy, being the Sinestro Corps War the
second and “The Blackest Night"
(2009) the third and final part.
III. Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Kara has just arrived
to Earth and an Infinite Crisis is on its way. This is my recommended lecture
order for the issues that lead into it. Of course there is no need to read
everything to enjoy the seven issues of Infinite Crisis. But what is listed
here provides a full comprehension of all the events.
1.Superman: Lightning
strikes twice
·
Action Comics #826
·
Adventures of
Superman #639
·
Superman #216
2.The OMAC Project – Part I
·
Countdown to Infinite
Crisis
·
The OMAC Project #01
– The Eye in the Sky
3.Day of Vengeance – Part I
·
Day of Vengeance #01
– A Conversation in a Dark Place
·
Day of Vengeance #02
– Some Enchantress Evening
·
Day of Vengeance #03
– A Hot Night in Budapest
·
Day of Vengeance #04
– Monkey Business
4.The OMAC Project – Part II
·
The OMAC Project #02
– There is no I in Team
·
The OMAC Project #03
– The M-E in Team
5.Superman: Sacrifice
·
Superman #219
·
Action Comics #829
·
Adventures of
Superman #642
·
Wonder Woman #219
In this saga, specifically in WW #219, Diana makes a monumental decision: She kills
Maxwell Lord, committing homicide right in front of Clark.
As a consequence, this is a turning point of their
relationship.
6.The OMAC Project – Part III
·
The OMAC Project #04
– The King is Dead…
·
Wonder Woman #220
·
Superman #643
·
The OMAC Project #05
- … Long Live the King!
·
The OMAC Project #06
– Loss of Signal
7.Villains United – Part
I
·
Villains United #01 –
And Empires in their Purpose
·
Villains United #02 –
A Fire in the Steppes
·
Villains United #03 –
Privileged to Spill her Blood
8.JLA: Crisis of
Conscience
·
JLA #115 – Crisis of
conscience
·
JLA #116 – Breaking
the trust
·
JLA #117 – The
secret’s out
·
JLA
#118 – Tegrof!
·
JLA #119 – A league
no more!
After this story arc,
the JLA is dissolved. It shows the breakdown of relationships and trust within
its members.
9.Villains United – Part II
·
Villains United #04 –
A Weapon to Unify
·
Villains United #05 –
Victims of Aggression
·
Villains
United #06 – At the End of all Things
10.
The Rann-Thanagar War
·
Rann-Thanagar War #01
– The Fires of War
·
Rann-Thanagar War #02
– Dark Resurrection
·
Rann-Thanagar War #03
– Planetfall
·
Rann-Thanagar War #04
– Deadly Harvest
·
Rann-Thanagar War #05
– Betrayed
·
Rann-Thanagar War #06
– Seven Hells
11.
Wonder Woman: Pride of the Amazons
·
Wonder Woman #221
12.
JLA: World without a Justice League (Part I)
·
JLA #120 – Requiem
for a League
·
JLA #121 – Call to
Arms
·
JLA
#122 – OMAC Nation
·
JLA
#123 – Key Encounters
Kara joins the
Justice League for a couple of issues, just before Donna Troy comes back from
the dead to warn them about the Crisis, that is about to come. She is searching
for allies to confront the coming threat and Kara offers her help.
13.
Wonder Woman: Blood Debt
·
Wonder
Woman #222
14.
Superman: Supergirl’s Farewell
·
Superman
#223 – Stones
15.
Day of Vengeance – Part II
·
Day of Vengeance #05
– The Particle Theory of Darkness
·
Day of Vengeance #06
– The Death of Magic
Kara says goodbye to
Clark and flies off to aid Donna in space.
Before that, they
(Kara & Donna) go visit Diana and ask her to come, which she refuses. By
the way, Diana is in prison accused of having murdered Maxwell Lord. She feels
guilty about it.
IV. Infinite Crisis
This is the chronological
order with the main crossovers and tie-ins of this great DC event. I have also
included the issues with appearances of Supergirl, although some of them (like
Firestorm and the Outsiders) are not so important for the whole.
This means that the
only important tie-ins are the “Special” issues, apart from the Teen Titans
issues that make more dramatic the death of Conner Kent and the JLA issues
which continue from the “World without a Justice League” arc.
·
INFINITE
CRISIS #01
·
JLA #124
·
JLA #125
·
Plastic Man #20
·
Superman #224
·
INFINITE CRISIS:
Secret Files & Origins
·
INFINITE
CRISIS #02 – The survivors
·
Firestorm
#20
·
Outsiders #31
·
Outsiders #32
·
INFINITE
CRISIS #03 – Divine Intervention
·
Superman
#225
·
Day of Vengeance:
Special
·
INFINITE
CRISIS #04 – Homecoming
·
Rann-Thanagar
War: Special
·
Firestorm #21
·
Firestorm #22
·
INFINITE CRISIS #05 –
Faith
·
Teen Titans Annual
#01
·
Teen Titans #33
·
INFINITE CRISIS #06 –
Touchdown
·
Villains United:
Special
·
The OMAC Project:
Special
·
INFINITE CRISIS #07 –
Finale
V. The year without heroes
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In the aftermath of Infinite Crisis; Clark, Bruce and
Diana decide to retire temporarily from superhero activity for a while.
However, they are not the only heroes of the DC Universe. Kara is also missing,
she didn’t come back from space. She appears again in the World War III
miniseries.
This weekly series chronicles the events that took
place during the “missing” year.
·
52
#01
·
52 #02
·
52 #03
·
52 #04
·
52 #05
·
52 #06
·
52 #07
·
52 #08
·
52 #09
·
52 #10
·
52 #11
·
52 #12
·
52
#13
·
52 #14
·
52 #15
·
52 #16
·
52 #17
·
52 #18
·
52 #19
·
52 #20
·
52 #21
·
52 #22
·
52 #23
·
52 #24
·
52 #25
·
52 #26
·
52 #27
·
52 #28
·
52 #29
·
52 #30
·
52 #31
·
52 #32
·
52
#33
·
52 #34
·
52 #35
·
52 #36
·
52 #37
·
52 #38
·
52
#39
·
52 #40
·
52 #41
·
52 #42
·
52 #43
·
52 #44
·
52 #45
·
52 #46
·
52 #47
·
52 #48
·
52 #49
·
52 #50
World War III
·
World War III #01 – A
call to arms
·
World
War III #02 – The valiant
·
World War III #03 –
Hell is for heroes
·
World
War III #04 – United we stand
·
52 #51
·
52 #52
VI. 
One Year Later
1.Supergirl: All I want for Christmas…
·
DCU
Infinite Holiday Special #01
Kara helps Clark, who
is still powerless, answer some letters from children. It’s Christmas time!!
2.Superman: Up, Up and Away!
·
Superman
#650 – Mortal Men
·
Action Comics #837 –
Mild-mannered Reporter
·
Superman #651 – Bare Hands
·
Action Comics #838 –
Powers and Abilities
·
Superman #652 –
Speeding Bullet
·
Action Comics #839 –
This Looks like a Job…
·
Superman #653 – Up in
the Sky
·
Action Comics #840 –
The Adventures of Superman
Clark lost his powers
during the fight with Superboy-Prime in Infinite Crisis, that was the reason
why he was missing during the previous year. Now he recovers them to defend
Metropolis against Lex Luthor.
3.Teen Titans: The New Teen Titans
·
Teen Titans #34
·
Teen Titans #35
·
Teen Titans #36
·
Teen Titans #37
A new team of Teen
Titans is formed one year after I.C.
It has no connection
with Supergirl yet.
4.Birds of Prey: Blood & Circuits
·
Birds of Prey #100
·
Birds of Prey #101
·
Birds of Prey #102
·
Birds of Prey #103
5.
Blue Beetle: Bug on the run!
·
Blue Beetle #13
6.Superman/Batman: The Enemies among Us
·
Superman/Batman #28
·
Superman/Batman #29
·
Superman/Batman #30
·
Superman/Batman
#31
·
Superman/Batman
#32
·
Superman/Batman #33
In this storyline, an
alien race tries to turn the alien superheroes of Earth against the humans.
Kara is also affected by them, but the obsessive ideas about her mission to
kill Kal-El come back (this appeared for the first time in the Supergirl:Power
story arc, by Loeb) and take her out of the fight.
As a consequence,
after things go back to normal, Kara feels afraid of herself and quite messed
up. She decides to leave Clark and hides in Kandor after this storyline, just
to avoid having to think about it...
7.SUPERGIRL: Candor
·
Superman/Batman #27 -
Nevermind
·
SUPERGIRL
#06 – Nightwing & Flamebird
·
SUPERGIRL
#07 – Unmasked!
·
SUPERGIRL
#08 – Supergirl vs. Power Girl
·
SUPERGIRL
#09 – Lost Daughter of Krypton
The Supergirl series
continues one year and some months after Infinite Crisis. She is now in Kandor
and searching for Argo. There was some kind of problem with the writers and the
end comes all of a sudden, without much explanation.
The following issues
of the Teen Titans take place while Kara is with Power Girl in Kandor:
8.
Teen Titans: Titans around the World
·
Teen Titans #38
·
Teen Titans #39
·
Teen Titans #40
·
Teen Titans #41
9.Teen Titans – Speak of the Devil
·
Teen Titans #42
10.
Teen Titans: Titans East
·
Teen Titans #43
·
Teen Titans #44
·
Teen Titans #45
·
Teen Titans #46
11.
SUPERGIRL: Identity
·
SUPERGIRL
#10 – Secret Identities
·
SUPERGIRL
#12 – Rock on!
·
SUPERGIRL
#11 – Secret Admirer
·
SUPERGIRL
#13 – Love at first Fight
·
SUPERGIRL
#14 – Supergirl vs. Batgirl
·
SUPERGIRL
#15 – Love Hurts
·
SUPERGIRL
#16 – Origin Revealed!
·
SUPERGIRL
#17 – Slayer!
·
SUPERGIRL
#18 – Supergirl vs. Supergirl
·
SUPERGIRL
#19 – The Death of Superman again!
After leaving Kandor,
Kara still doesn’t want to talk to her cousin. So she tries to adopt a secret
identity, to join the Outsiders team, to begin a love relationship with
Powerboy… Nothing turns out right and in addition she is haunted with memories
of killing people in Krypton. All the questions are finally answered in issue
#16 and then… well, I guess you know. Finally, in #19 she sorts out her relation with Clark.
12.
Superman: Family
·
Action
Comics #850
In this special issue
we see that Kara is in the future with the Legion of Super-heroes. She is
witness to her cousin’s life.
At the end, Brainiac
5 sends her consciousness back in time to help Clark in the past. I guess that
it’s that scene what takes place after she makes it up with him.
13.
The Brave and the Bold: Lords of Luck
·
The Brave and the
Bold #01 – Batman & Green Lantern
·
The
Brave and the Bold #02 – Green Lantern & Supergirl
·
The
Brave and the Bold #03 – Batman & Blue Beetle
·
The
Brave and the Bold #04 – Supergirl & Lobo
·
The
Brave and the Bold #05 – Batman vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes
·
The
Brave and the Bold #06 – Green Lantern & Batman
In Supergirl #19,
Kara clears up her personal troubles with the other DC heroes and the dark part
of her personality is finally left behind.
George Perez draws a
very confident Kara in these issues.
14.
Superman: Last Son – Part I
·
Action Comics #844
·
Action
Comics #845
15.
Superman: The Third Kryptonian
·
Superman
#668
·
Superman #669
·
Superman
#670
16.
Superman: The Best Day
·
Superman
Annual #13 (The
backup story)
The story of “Last
Son” has been delayed more than imaginable. Therefore, it was difficult to find
it a place in continuity, but this is where it makes more sense. Chris Kent
arrives to Earth from the Phantom Zone. Clark adopts him. Afterwards, there is
the story about the third kryptonian, featuring the new member of Superman’s
family.
17.
Superman/Batman: Torment
·
Superman/Batman #37
·
Superman/Batman #38
·
Superman/Batman #39
·
Superman/Batman #40
·
Superman/Batman
#41
·
Superman/Batman #42
This storyline of
Superman/Batman is about the New Gods and the Fourth World. It seems to be a
Countdown tie-in, but it’s actually a prequel to that story.
After being freed
from the source wall in Superman/Batman #24, Darkseid had lost his Omega
powers. Desaad uses Clark to retrieve the Highfather’s staff from the wall and
give back his powers to the evil one.
18.
Justice League of America: The Tornado’s Path
·
Justice
League of America #00
·
Justice League of
America #01
·
Justice League of
America #02
·
Justice League of
America #03
·
Justice League of
America #04
·
Justice League of
America #05
·
Justice League of
America #06
·
Justice League of
America #07
The Justice League of
America is back on track!
Kara is considered as
a possible member, Diana votes yes, but Clark and Bruce disagree with her. In
the end, they decide to invite whoever happened to be in the Amazo fight.
There is a connection
between this story arc and the beginning of Countdown: There is a villain
called Trident. In the epilogue of #07, Batman discovers that he is actually
Karate Kid from the 31st century.
19.
Shadowpact: The Redemption Contract
·
Shadowpact #14
·
Shadowpact #15
·
Shadowpact
#16
I have set this as
the first mission of the new Justice League, just because it makes sense to me.
Kara makes a little appearance.
20.
The Sinestro Corps War, Prelude
I.
Wanted:
Hal Jordan
·
Green Lantern #14
·
Green Lantern #15
·
Green Lantern #16
·
Green Lantern #17
II. Mystery
of the Star Sapphire
·
Green Lantern #18
·
Green Lantern #19
·
Green Lantern #20
III. The
Dark Side of Green
·
Green Lantern Corps
#10
·
Green Lantern Corps
#11
·
Green Lantern Corps
#12
·
Green Lantern Corps
#13
There is no need to
read these issues to understand what is going on in the Sinestro Corps War. I
just like Green Lantern, so I have included them in my list. The first hints
about other lantern corps (other than green and yellow) are seen here. This
happens before the Countdown to Final Crisis begins.
VII. Countdown to
Final Crisis
Countdown to Final Crisis begins with the death of an
insignificant character: Duela Dent, daughter of the Jokester. She is murdered
by a monitor. In a way, it’s similar to the countdown to Infinite Crisis; which
began the day Ted Kord (another forgotten character) was murdered.
From that day on, the monitors will begin to argue
about the way of dealing with the safety of the Multiverse.
·
Countdown #51
·
Countdown #50
·
Countdown
#49
1.Wonder Woman: Love and Murder
·
Wonder Woman #06
·
Wonder Woman #07
·
Wonder
Woman #08
·
Countdown #48
2.Teen Titans: of Clowns and Clones
·
Teen
Titans #47 – Death of a Titan!
·
Countdown #47
According to TT #47, the amazons attack Washington
just the same day of Duela’s funeral. These previous issues take place around that
same day. Wonder Woman: Love & Murder is a prelude to Amazon’s Attack.
The following is the reading order of the issues of
this DC event, including the Catwoman, Teen Titans and of course Supergirl
crossovers; as well as Countdown:
3.
Amazons Attack – Part I
·
Amazons Attack #01 –
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
·
Wonder Woman #09
·
Amazons Attack #02 –
Battle Lines
·
Countdown #46
·
Countdown #45
·
Countdown #44
·
Countdown #43
Bart Allen, the Flash,
is murdered during the Amazonian war. For this reason, not all the heroes can
attend to his funeral (in Countdown #43).
4.Amazons Attack – Part II
·
Teen
Titans #48 – Flags of our Mothers
·
Amazons
Attack #03 – The Road to Hell…
·
Wonder Woman #10
·
Amazons
Attack #04 – Things Fall Apart
·
Countdown #42
·
Countdown #41
5.Amazons Attack – Part III
·
Teen
Titans #49 – Life during Wartime
·
SUPERGIRL #20 – No Good Deed...
·
Catwoman #69
·
Catwoman #70
·
Wonder Woman #11
·
Amazons Attack #05 – Trouble
on the Home Front
·
Amazons Attack #06 – Pyrrhic Victory
·
Wonder Woman #12
·
Wonder Woman #13
6.
Wonder Girl: Champion
·
Wonder Girl #01 – The
Labors of Cassandra
·
Wonder Girl #02 –
Hercules Unbound
·
Wonder Girl #03 –
Furies Unleashed
·
Wonder Girl #04 –
Enter the Olympian
·
Wonder
Girl #05 – Clash of the Titans
·
Wonder
Girl #06 – World of Wonders
·
Countdown #40
·
Countdown #39
·
Countdown #38
After the war, Kara
feels so ashamed of herself because she failed to get the president out of the
Air Force One. She won’t talk to Clark until Supergirl #22.
The “Last Son” saga
continues now, when general Zod escapes from the Phantom Zone and puts
Metropolis at risk. Chris Kent disappears afterwards, back to the Zone.
There is a brief
appearance of Chris in Superman/Batman #49, so the story arc of the Search for
Kryptonite must take place before. Although this is not the end of Earth’s
kryptonite -- It keeps showing up in many DC issues afterwards.
7.Superman/Batman: The Search for
Kryptonite
·
Superman/Batman #44 –
Strange Favor
·
Superman/Batman #45 –
Known Deposits
·
Superman/Batman
#46 – Varietals
·
Superman/Batman #47 –
WSDs
·
Superman/Batman #48 –
All-American
·
Superman/Batman #49 –
Cache
8.
Superman: Last Son – Part II
·
Action Comics Annual
#10
·
Action Comics #846
·
Action Comics #847
·
Action Comics #851
·
Action
Comics Annual #11
9.Superman: The Beast from Krypton
·
Superman #666
·
Countdown #37
·
Countdown #36
In Countdown #37, Jimmy finds out that Clark is
secretly Superman. This is a very important turning point, although nobody
seems to care about it, apart from the writers of Countdown. I will respect it
anyway.
10.
The Sinestro Corps War begins
·
Green Lantern:
Sinestro Corps Special
According to
Countdown #35, the S.C. War begins here!!
(We can assume that
the next issues happen simultaneously)
·
Countdown
#35
·
Countdown #34
11.
SUPERGIRL: Reunion
·
SUPERGIRL
#21
·
SUPERGIRL
#22
Supergirl finally
joins the Teen Titans in #22.
Also, in Supergirl
#21-22, Kara meets Karate Kid and Una, and suddenly remembers her time with the
Legion of super-heroes. That is why I think this is the correct point to insert
in the continuity the following series, just when Kara regains her memories. However, it takes place in the
XXXI century.
12.
SUPERGIRL and the LEGION of SUPER-HEROES
·
SUPERGIRL and the
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #16
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #17
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #18
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #19
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #20
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #21
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #22
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #23
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #24
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #25
·
SUPERGIRL and the LEGION
OF SUPER-HEROES #26
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #27
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #28
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #29
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #30
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #31
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #32
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #33
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #34
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #35
·
SUPERGIRL
and the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #36
- In Infinite
Crisis #06, Alexander Luthor is about to fuse Earth-Two and Earth-Three
together. Donna Troy and her team make their crucial action and manage to hurt
his hand. A few seconds make all the difference, and thus Nightwing has time to
knock Alexander down the tower. But suddenly, at that moment, they all
disappear.
- In World War
III #02, it’s explained that a zeta beam was activated somehow, but something
went wrong (maybe because of all the energy surrounding the heroes and the instability
of the fabric of space-time, with all those earths floating in space…
whatever): As a result; some heroes are lost in space, Red Tornado explodes,
Cyborg and Firestorm are fused together … and Kara is sent to the future.
There, she meets the Legion of super-heroes and stays with them for over a
year.
- In Supergirl
and the L.O.S.H. #36, Kara is sent back to the past, more precisely to the
World War III. Her memory is erased because it is not safe to remember the
future. In the continuity, everything is as if she had jumped forward in time
from Infinite Crisis #06 to WWIII #02. But from here on she has her memories
back.
However, in Supergirl #22, Karate Kid and Una don’t
remember having met her before. Kara thinks that it must be because her past is
still in their future (In other words, they left the future before she arrived
there) and is worried about having told them about the dominator war. The truth
is that K.K. and Una aren’t members of the Legion she met. There are, in fact,
three legions, each one from a different earth. Maybe Kara was in the future of
another different earth… This will be made clear in the series Final Crisis:
Legion of three worlds.
There is something I still don’t understand: The two
supergirls that are shown returning from the future in WWIII #02. Maybe it has
yet to be explained, or maybe we should just forget about it (because at that
moment nobody in DC seemed to care about it).
13.
TEEN TITANS: Passage
·
TEEN
TITANS #50
14.
Blue Beetle: Titans Together!
·
Blue
Beetle #18 – Away Game
15.
The Sinestro Corps War continues
·
Green Lantern #21 –
Fear and Loathing
·
Green Lantern Corps
#14 – The Gathering Storm
·
Tales of the Sinestro
Corps: Parallax
·
Green Lantern #22 –
Running Scared
·
Green Lantern Corps
#15 – The Battle of Mogo
·
Green Lantern #23 –
Broken Laws
·
Green lantern Corps
#16 – The Battle of Ranx
16.
TEEN TITANS: Titans of Tomorrow
·
TEEN
TITANS #51 – Futures of the Past
·
TEEN
TITANS #52 – Beat yourself Up
·
TEEN
TITANS #53 – Combine and Conquer
·
TEEN
TITANS #54 – Fight the Future
17.
The Sinestro Corps War ends
·
Tales of the Sinestro
Corps: Cyborg Superman
·
Green Lantern #24 –
In Blackest Day
·
Blue Beetle #20 –
Sinestro’s Reach
·
Green Lantern Corps
#17 – Lethal Force Approved!
·
Tales
of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime
·
Green Lantern Corps
#18 – Ion vs. Superman-Prime
·
Green Lantern #25 –
Beware our Power!
·
Tales of the Green
Lantern Corps: Ion
·
Green Lantern Corps
#19 - …Liberty’s Light!
·
Green Lantern /
Sinestro Corps: Secret Files and Origins
18.
Green Lantern: The Alpha Lanterns
·
Green Lantern #26 –
Who are the Alpha Lanterns?
·
Green Lantern #27 –
Sinestro Corps War Crimes!
·
Green Lantern #28 –
Judgment Day!
When the War is over,
Kyle Rayner joins the challengers in their journey through the Multiverse.
In CD #32 Supergirl
is attending to Black Canary’s bachelorette party.
·
Countdown #33
·
Countdown
#32
·
Countdown #31
·
Countdown #30
·
Countdown #29
·
Countdown #28
19.
The Brave and the Bold: The Book of Destiny
·
The Brave and the
Bold #07 – Wonder Woman & Power Girl
·
The Brave and the
Bold #08 – The Flash & the Doom Patrol
·
The Brave and the
Bold #09 – Hawkman & the all new Atom
·
The Brave and the
Bold #10 – Superman & the Silent Knight, the Teen Titans & Aquaman
·
The Brave and the
Bold #11 – Superman & Ultraman
·
The
Brave and the Bold #12 – (Practically the entire DC Universe)
In this second part
of “the Brave and the Bold” series, there is a villain named Ultraman. He is
not the same one that appears in Countdown: This one is from the Antimatter Earth,
while the other is from Earth-3.
·
Countdown #27
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #26
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #25
·
Countdown
to Final Crisis #24
20.
Titans: Old Friends
·
Titans East: Special
·
Titans
#01
·
Titans #02
·
Titans #03
·
…
21.
Superman/Batman: The Fathers
·
Superman/Batman #50
In Titans #01, we see
that Donna Troy interrupts the search for Ray Palmer to help her friends. It
doesn’t make much sense, taking into account that in Countdown they challengers
always seem to be in a hurry. But after CFC #24 it makes more sense. Donna
appears again in S/B #50.
We also see that Kara
is still with the Teen Titans.
22.
Teen Titans: The Great Divide
·
Teen
Titans #55 – Paradigm Rift
That’s it: Kara is no
longer a Teen Titan!
23.
Cyborg: Rage against the Machine
·
DC
Special: Cyborg #01
·
DC
Special: Cyborg #02
·
DC Special: Cyborg
#03
·
DC
Special: Cyborg #04
·
…
Cyborg says about
Kara that she was “one-time member” of the Teen Titans.
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #23
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #22
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #21
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #20
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #19
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #18
·
Countdown
to Final Crisis #17
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #16
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #15
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #14
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #13
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #12
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #11
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #10
·
Countdown
to Final Crisis #09
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #08
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #07
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #06
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #05
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #04
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #03
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #02
·
Countdown to Final
Crisis #01
I believe that from
Supergirl #23 on, the events take place after Countdown to Final Crisis. That’s
because in Action Comics #868 (part of the Superman: Brainiac story) Lois Lane
says something about her recent run-in with Reactron, and because it makes
sense to me.
The end of Countdown
to F.C. basically corresponds to the death of Darkseid. Final Crisis begins
with Orion’s death and the return of Darkseid and the evil Gods. There is a
lapse of time between these events, of undetermined length. According to recent
comments of Morrison, Final Crisis has such a surprising end that practically
all the series that are being published now take place before it starts.
Ok, then, the order
of the Superman & Supergirl storylines would be:
·
SUPERGIRL
#23-33
·
Superman:
Brainiac (Action
Comics #866-…)
·
Superman:
Atlas (Superman
#677-…)
·
New
Krypton (Involving Action Comics, Superman and
Supergirl)
VIII.
Final Crisis
·
DC Universe #0
·
Justice League of
America #21
·
FINAL CRISIS #01
·
FINAL CRISIS #02
·
Final Crisis: Requiem
·
FINAL
CRISIS #03
·
Final Crisis:
Revelations #01
·
Final Crisis:
Superman Beyond #01
·
…