Supergirl (2025-) #1

Supergirl (2025) (Single Issues)

by Sophie Campbell

Kara Zor-El has been a key member of the Super-Family in Metropolis, but what happens when she strikes out on her own? Follow Kara as she returns to her roots in Midvale… home of Supergirl! But how could this be?! Our hero has not been back in years, and the protector of that town has been saving the day for weeks. Can Supergirl stop the impostor before they steal her fresh start and life?Celebrated writer/artist Sophie Campbell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, WetMoon) makes her mark on the DC Universe with this thrilling debut issue! Plus a new costume designed by bestselling cover artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

First published May 14, 2025

About the author

One of the most exciting and talented creators working in comics today, Sophie Campbell has made her mark on IDW books such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Jem and the Holograms.

A graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design, Campbell began her career writing and drawing independent comics primarily focused on the lives of young women from all walks of life, including Wet Moon, Shadoweyes, and the Abandoned. She further proved her versatility as an artist when she began drawing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW, where her kinetic action sequences and distinctive character art were a hit with fans and critics alike.

Campbell was brought on as the first artist on the IDW continuing series Jem and the Holograms, where she was responsible for the modern redesign of the characters and establishing the unique look of the comic. Her work on Jem with writer Kelly Thompson was so well received that the two were profiled by the New Yorker in 2015.

Campbell continues to work on several projects for IDW, as well as her own creator-owned independent comics.

Reviews

[Jadyn❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3.5* Something about it feels very “well isn’t that convenient” but otherwise as someone who doesn’t read much Supergirl I was entertained and interested the whole time. Plus the art is great

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

MISADVENTURES IN MIDVALE PT.1
May 2025

"Supergirl! You're amazing way better than Superman!"

This definitely isn't my first SUPERGIRL comic...so it might take me a while to get used to this ALL AGES rendition of her.
Sort of in the same ballpark as the recent POWER GIRL revamp.

Though having SOPHIE CAMPBELL as writer/artist helps a lot.

[Hannah Call · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3.5/5

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a lot of fun. :) I believe this is my first Supergirl comic. Liked the art style a lot. The story is quite entertaining as well. :)

[adeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

started this yesterday and it’s a great entry point to anyone who’s looking to read supergirl for the first time. this was my first kara comic and i can’t wait to read more

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for something more serious. It was fun and the art is honestly really good. I’ll probably keep reading just for the Supergirl content.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

A colorful and fun first issue. Supergirl returns home to find that someone else has taken her identity. I'm curious to see how this plays out. It has some good slice of life vibes going on which is fine by me.

[Roland Baldwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really fun. I’m getting echoes of Sterling Gates and Steve Orlando. Sophie Campbell has really captured the essence of Kara. I’m looking forward to seeing where this one goes

[whoknowswhynot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Retro fun dampened by continuity

I get what Sophie Campbell is trying to do here with returning SG to her silver age roots (quite literally with one silly concept) but I think trying to keep this book in continuity is going to make it suffer. I’d love to be proven wrong though as it’s a very pretty book.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4
Fun, competent story. Did they just de-age Kara?

[Joseph Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

What is Kara up to these days. Going back home.

[Rory C · Rating 5 out of 5]

DC just keep hitting it out of the park for me!

This first issue of a new series has just about everything I could want from a Supergirl comic and is an absolute delight. It's has something of a vibe of an Archie (make that a Betty) comic but is very definitely set in the DC universe. I love that Supergirl/Kara shows such compassion towards her adversaries and has moments of self doubt in all aspects of her life, despite her extraordinary abilities. These are the elements of an interesting hero's story that I want to read.

Sophie Campbell does a wonderful job on writing and her overall design choices are superb, and she leaves us with a intriguing cliffhanger ending for this issue. What a talent!

Finally, I have to make mention of the gorgeous variant cover by Stanley Artgerm Lau on the copy I picked up. It has left me with the dilemma of wanting the same artist's variant cover for issue 2 and I can't find it anywhere... 😭

Update 7/12/2025

Just finished reading this issue. Absolutely love this portrayal of Supergirl by Sophie Campbell, but I really wanted to mention how gorgeous the colouring work by Tamra Bonvillain is! Hope both creators come under consideration the next time the comic book awards season comes around.

[Cybernex007 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This rocks!! I was reading interviews beforehand with Sophie Campbell about her love for the silver age of supergirl, and this issue exudes love for the silver age. This issue even includes a really cool editorial break in the middle with an interview with the Writer/Artist, and the passion she has for bringing back obscure characters and things that haven’t been around since the silver age is admirable and I love it so much! And this issue starts on an even higher note, as princess shark, adorned with a squid dress, invades metropolis by dropping a bunch of sharks on it. LMFAO, that is one of the most highly ineffective attacks ever, and supergirl quickly picks her up and drops them all back in the ocean to cool off. What I also love about this issue is the Streaky and Krypto inclusion. Sure we only see a bit of streaky, and that mainly includes supergirl stopping them fron knocking Kandor off a table, but Krypto more than makes up for the lack of streaky. Krypto hilariously barely does anything, but he is always there just being such a good boy, or sniffing out danger. It’s adorable.

Since Clark was banned from the bottle city of Kandor during the events of action comics, a lot more pressure has been put on supergirl to adorn her yelling ring of Nor-Kann, a silver age device that lets her keep her powers inside (so cool), and head into the city for patrols. And good thing so did today, as she ended up stopping a runaway train taken over by the Kryptonian werewolf, Lar-On. Didn’t take her long to wrap him up in her cape and deliver him back to his therapy program. She tried talking to the science council about revising his program but that was denied, instead asking if she would become Lar-on’s sponsor and help him through his therapy. She wants to help people, but isn’t sure that personal approach is something she would be good at or even can do.

Later on, while saving a plane with a blown engine, Supergirl gets a call from her adoptive DEO agent parents (had no clue about that lol), as it turns out they have moved back to Midvale and eould love for her to come to their renovated house warming party. That boring place is the last place she wants to be, but for them she decides to go. Packing up in metropolis she discovers that her old chromatic super-comb still works, I’m assuming this is a piece of silver age tech and it’s really cool as with just a brush it changes her hair from blonde to brunette. A pair of glasses later and she is back to being Linda Danvers. But once the time finally arrives for her to show up in Midvale…things are wrong. There is a giant sign outside of it introducing it as the home of supergirl, and venturing deeper into town there are supergirl things everywhere! She hasn’t been back here in years and they don’t know who she is, so what gives? When she heads back to her neighborhood she notices the old house looks great, but also notices all of her old stuff being thrown out, including her old costumes!! The last thing she needs is anyone seeing them, but before she can fly them to the fortress of solitude she is interrupted by the town talker, Clarissa Giltedge, who recognizes her as Linda Danvers. Another character awesomely life boated from the silver age, and my description of town talker is not inaccurate as the entire next page is just full of her word balloons, lol. She actually gives some good exposition by informing Linda that supergirl has been in Midvale for a bit and just showed up out of the blue. Personally Clarissa has been away and just got back, so she doesn’t get the hype, but everyone in Midvale has to latch onto something that isn’t boring. Either way Clarissa had to go meet her parents so she set off…but as she did a runaway car came around the corner and started speeding towards Clarissa! With a quick change of clothes and a comb of her hair, and colar for Krypto, Linda becomes supergirl just in time to stop the car whose brakes went out. As the locals gathered to save her, Clarissa is the first to point out that she isn’t supergirl?! Huh?! She looks different and is apparently the “imposter” their full blue suit supergirl told them about. And that’s when the short haired, full blue suit, supergirl of Midvale flew down and showed herself. Joined by Candy the super bunny, which is just adorable. This supergirl then proceeds to expose Kara by using her “discombobulation generator prototype,” on Kara. Which really means that she just sprayed her with a bunch of weird liquid and zapper her with something that made her head spin before this imposter just flew away. With these events over, Kara proceeded to hide her clothes in one of her old hollow tree hiding spots and the changed back to head inside her childhood home. But as her parents answered the door…they didn’t recognize her?! As a confused Krypto and Linda pushed their way inside her parents began to freak out, thinking she may need an ambulance. Then that’s when it happened, Linda Danvers came downstairs to greet her. Crap. Seems that this “supergirl of Midvale” has taken more than her super identity and even her parents don’t realize it. Which leads me to a few theories, first off based on the character appearances I think this is the old supergirl foe Lesla-Lar. I really don’t know anything about her besides that, and that she is so silver age. But I think we also may have seen her in Kandor earlier in the issue. When Kara was taking on Lar-on she saved a red head with a very similar face structure to the supergirl of Midvale, but when she tried to tell supergirl how amazing and better the Superman she is…she was met with discomfort when supergirl told her it’s not a contest. Based on this imposters over-reliance of technology, that Kara pointed out, I wonder if this is the girl we saw in Kandor and she is using tech to confuse the town, and Kara’s parents, into believing she is the one true supergirl. No clue if that’s how it will play out, but I’m excited to keep going!

[Wm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great artwork. But I can't read this. I'm past teen angst (no diss to young fans), and suddenly cursing Al Ewing for "bringing back" thought balloons. Sure, he might use them masterfully (at least in The Immortal Thor, Vol. 1: All Weather Turns to Storm), but they were cringe – easily the worst aspect of the comics I grew up on – and the shift to narration IMO continues to be the right choice.

[Logan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very uninteresting first issue.

A lot of drama that has little to no stakes and just a bunch of bickering nonsense. They give Supergirl two villains that are laughable (in a bad way) then have her strolling around doing unimportant things. The end of the issue has me guessing where they are going with this story, but I honestly couldn’t care less.

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

Definitely not written for someone like me. I prefer something like the Supergirl we got from Tom King.

[Pavlo Chehovets · Rating 4 out of 5]

📕 Supergirl (2025) #1 — Misadventures in Midvale, Part 1 (Нещастя у Мідвейлі)
Сценарист та художник: Софі Кемпбелл
Почалось все, як на мене перспективно та цікаво. Особливо для мене майже не знайомим з Карою Зор-Ел. Тож познайомлюсь із нею через новий онґоїнґ DC — Supergirl.

Стандартно нам показують буденні пригоди Кари, вони разом з Крипто рятують мешканців Метрополіса від людей-акул, цікаво чи пов'язані вони з Королем Акул хех. Кара опікується двома речами, Метрополісом і Кандором. Вона вирушає до Фортеці Самотності, відганяє милого котика на ім'я Смугастик від ідеї скинути зі столу колбу з Кандором. Кандор, планета котра часто згадується в контексті Суперґерл, вона як могла його відвідувати, так і знищіти (див. My Adventures with Superman 2023 рік). Як я поняв, доволі популярна ця тема у поєднанні разом з Карою. Вона так само рятує мешканців, тепер вже Кандору, надихає собою одну дівчинку, яка кричить у відповідь "Суперґерл, ти набагато краща за Супермена!". Рятує вона від монстра, якого впізнає і хочу йому допомогти. На що вчені консули Кандору відповідають відмовою але пропонують Карі взяти участь у дослідженні його лікантропії.
Далі, як на мене пішло цікавіше. Карі телефонують батьки з новинами, щодо переїзду назад до Мідвейла і запрошують Кару з візитом. Кара переглядає старі речі, і для мене стало сюрпризом, що вона також має secret identity — Лінду Денверс. Вона так само має земних прийомних батьків, як і Кларк одягає окуляри, розчісує волосся і все - нова людина. Родина Кентів - Кларк Кент, родина Денверсів - Лінда Денверс (автор Пітер Девід до речі). Прикольно! Разом із Крипто вирушають до Мідвейлу та знаходять те, що Мідвейл є містом Суперґерл, чому Кара дуже здивована. Гуляють по місту, бачать багато атрибутики та людей з футболками з логотипом Кара нічого не розуміє, та зустрічає стару подругу. Поки вони розмовляють, Кара помічає автівку, котра прямує прямо на її подругу, героїня швидко реагує і перевтілюється, рятує її. Народ помічає Суперґерл і радіє цому, на що її подргуа - Кларісса кричить "ВОНА НЕ СУПЕРҐЕРЛ" бо кольори костюму не такі, це явно не вона. Люд трохи розходиться бо може НЕсуперґерл їм зашкодить, Кара заперечує і каже, що ніколи їм не зашкодить. Гарна сцена. І на нас спускається "справжня" суперґерл, яка називає нашу кару фальшивкою, і вприскує на неї реагент який міняє кольори костюму Кари. Кара знатно ахуєває і шурує до батьків. Вони її не впізнають. Взагалі. До них з батьками спускається та сама суперґерл і каже, що вона Лінда Денверс.
- я поки задоволений певен цікавою буде арка, з багатьма посиланнями на різні періоди суперґерл. Круто. Малюнок Кемпбелл гарний і дуже кольоровий, дякуючи Бонвіллен. Буду читати. ✍️

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 2 out of 5]

La verdad es que supongo que esta propuesta lo tiene complicado de entrada para un gran número de lectores potenciales sobre todo que hayan disfrutado en demasía del Woman of Tomorrow de Tom King y Bilquis Evely y que el propio DCU fílmico lo tendrá como base para el futuro cinematográfico del personaje. Incluso por lo visto en últimos tiempos con el Absolute Power incluso referenciado en este número, lo que apunta esta nueva cabecera de Supergirl por parte de Sophie Campbell cuesta de corear con entusiasmo. Y es cierto que entre tanta narrativa hiper grandilocuente y apremiante, el poner los pies en el suelo con uno de esos reencuentros con lo sencillo y mundano del entorno bucólico rural norteamericano siempre le bienen bien a los Kryptonianos criados en esta bola de barro. Como autora completa, Sophie Campbell caracteriza muy bien la propuesta en un enfoque colorido y ameno que puede colindar mejor con ciertos fans de la versión televisiva de la CW del personaje o etapas clásicas como la que alude la identidad de civil de Kara o ese peine cromático tan "Silver Age". El presentar la trama de inicio en torno a una suplantación por parte de otra denominada Supergirl , también es en consonancia total inicial con lo liviano del conjunto. Pero quedo con el interés de saber si habrá un fondo más oscuro en torno a esto.

[Jerry Aguirre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not an origin story. This picks up with Supergirl years later after finding out who she really is and is now an established person. The story begins by sharing Metropolis from Princess Shark, introducing Kyrpto and Streaky the super cat, too. Then she goes to Argo where she saves people from a monster. She tries to help the monster but she didn’t want to mentor it.

Later, after talking to her mom, she plans to go back home to Midvale, even though she doesn’t like it. It was a time when she was learning who she is so it’s more of a boring past she doesn’t want to revisit.

As she gets there and runs into an old friend, who she then saves, she learns that there is a second supergirl that lives in Midvale. In fact, she comes and uses gadgets against Kara. Kara decides to go home only for her parents not to recognize her. And then, dun dun dun, the other supergirl shows up as Linda Danvers. Seems like she has taken Kara’s life.

Why? What does she want? Who is she? Was she the same person from earlier? And why is Supergirl still depicted like some teenager? These are the answers we are looking forward to for next issue.

[Scratch · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up on a whim, for some reason hoping that it was going to address my favorite Supergirl, Linda Danvers, who became an earthborn angel of fire under Peter David's iconic (but complicated) run.

Instead, the name Linda Danvers came up quite a bit, but the second Supergirl present in this story appears to be somebody else. Whoever this woman is, she seems a little more plus-sized than Linda, and she displayed a slightly different powerset. She flies okay, but she used a bunch of gadgets in place of telekinesis or flame vision or standard Kryptonian powers.

Sure, I suppose I am curious who this other Supergirl is. But, I'm just disappointed that my Supergirl doesn't even get mentioned anymore. And I'm not really a fan of Kara. She comes across as self-involved, and DC is trying so hard to make the TV show explanation about the parents she grew up with canon, even though Dean Cain was such an ass in real life, they all-but wrote out his character.

[✨Genessa✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the Silver/Golden Age Supergirl references made me so happy, ngl. The art was very nice and appealing, I love how bright the colors are. And the comic gave a similar style to how the 1972 Supergirl comics were, while also maintaining a modern feel. So that's pretty cool. Only dislike so far is that Kara feels like she's been slightly deaged again, despite being 22-23 at this point (which is such a recurring thing DC does to Kara, so not a fan of that).

That aside, overall, Im really liking the direction of where this is going.

[Dylan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kara. Wholesome, heroic, Kara. The mystery is going in an interesting and enticing direction.

I have to say, I'm not a big fan of the Danvers family, though. I much prefer it when Kara is just raised by her Kryptonian parents, then she stays with the Kents. Do you really think Clark and his parents wouldn't welcome his only blood-relative with open arms? I know they would. So whenever I see the Danvers family, it just doesn't make sense. I get we wanna give Kara more independence, but sometimes, it just doesn't make sense story-wise.

Still, good issue. Beats her being drunk for sure.

[Yasser Maniram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where to begin. An enjoyable read, fans of the CW Supergirl show would enjoy as it also suffers from a getting out of Superman's shadow complex and turning it into Supergirl is way better than Superman. Initially seemed to be aimed at a much younger demographic but as the story went on I believe fans of all ages and political spectrums would enjoy.

[Funny Funny · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was terrible. Kara acts like a child, nothing like who she did in the past. Is this meant to be the same girl filled with inner turmoil and anger? What happened? Her maturity practically vanished.

The dialogue of the book is dreadful, and the thought bubbles are incredibly annoying. The art is decent but looks like it belongs in a Young Readers book.

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the Supergirl #1 Superman Day Special Edition

A whole new Supergirl series that skews toward younger readers. It has too much internal monologuing, quite reminiscent of the Archie comics that I read in my youth.

This was the cover of the Superman Day Special Edition.

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. art and colours were really nice.
the tone was very silver age, just modern sensibility.
thought ballooned are back!

it mentions without mentioning woman of tomorrow as part of her history.

[alejandro galvez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good.

A good mystery here! I had no expectations, but this turned out to be a good comic. It may not be for everyone's taste, but they can't all be serious comics. A fun read though. The art is good too. I will be back for more!

[corecollects · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the setup so far, supergirl thinking she’s going home to a very familiar boring town to find out she’s been swapped out with a new bustier supergirl apparently and even her parents think this supergirl is her. Very wild and can’t wait to see how it unravels and what is really going on.

[Powerman61 · Rating 4 out of 5]

First-time reading any issue of Super girl .
Felt lost in the story.
The ring of Nor-kann, and Miniaturization tunnel
made me feel out of place.
The storyline became interesting when Kara wasn't kara.
Artwork was excellent.

[Carly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't read much of Supergirl, but I'm really curious about what's going on here, so I'll definitely continue this.