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Supergirl (2025) #2
Supergirl Vol. 2: Hometown Horrors
Back in her Earth home of Midvale, Supergirl is trying to turn over a new leaf, but she can’t seem to catch a break. Her friendship with Lena Luthor is increasingly strained, her former robot double is out for vengeance, and her new partner—the reformed Lesla-Lar—has a little secret that could lead to disaster. Can Kara Zor-El keep everything under control…and maybe work up the courage to ask her crush out for Valentine’s Day?
And, in a special celebratory issue: Supergirl travels deep into space too and finds herself face-to-face with the galactic bounty hunter Lobo—plus two bonus stories celebrating Supergirl as she resumes her rightful place as the Heir to El!
Collects Supergirl #7-10 and the Summer of Supergirl Special, as writer/artist Sophie Campbell is joined by Mark Waid, Gail Simone, Belen Ortega, Joe Quinones, and more!
And, in a special celebratory issue: Supergirl travels deep into space too and finds herself face-to-face with the galactic bounty hunter Lobo—plus two bonus stories celebrating Supergirl as she resumes her rightful place as the Heir to El!
Collects Supergirl #7-10 and the Summer of Supergirl Special, as writer/artist Sophie Campbell is joined by Mark Waid, Gail Simone, Belen Ortega, Joe Quinones, and more!
144 pages, Paperback
Published September 15, 2026
About the author
Sophie Campbell
282 books242 followersOne 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.
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.
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September 7, 2026
(Read in single issues) What I like best about writer, and sometimes artist, Sophie Campbell’s run on Supergirl (aside from her great art, that is), is that she homages the Super Family’s Silver Age with her stories.
It’s like she read the old Curt Swan drawn Linda Lee-Supergirl and Superman comics from the 1950s and 60s, and updated some of their notions. As if sourced from the Super Family comics of the Silver Age, we have, in order: Supergirl being turned into a mermaid, and adventuring underwater in an ocean; a Linda Lee/Danvers robot that emerges from a hidden door in a tree at the orphanage she first lived at; kooky shades of kryptonite with weird effects on Kryptonian physiology (such as making Supergirl inebriated, and, another, to fall in love); adventures in the miniaturised bottled-city of Kandor; and, the common SA Superman trope of Supergirl preserving her Linda Danvers identity from a love interest with a duplicate to fool them! To an appreciator of Superman's and Supergirl’s Silver Age like me, this is all like catnip! (and Mark Waid’s doing similarly bring life to Superboy – another Silver Age mainstay – over in Action Comics. It’s a great time to be a Super Family fan).
Sophie Campbell updates these Silver Age tropes and breathes her own sensibilities about who Supergirl and her friends are. Supergirl’s friends and supporting cast are very important to Supergirl's identity, and to who she is as a hero. Part of this is that you get the feeling that the book is LGBTQ+ friendly, as well as body positive because of the various shapes and sizes the characters are drawn. And even inanimate beings have their sense of integral self that is positive in the way they choose, for their expression of Self. It’s all affirming for the type of hero Linda/Kara is trying to be. A lot of the book’s drama revolves around that, and her interactions with her friends and others.
The art across these issues is by Campbell herself at times, plus Joe Quinones and Haining. It all works, and Quinones evokes Campbell’s own geat artwork very well. The young people and their fashions are all drawn beautifully, and this is similar to the work by Campbell with excellent Jem and the Holograms reimagining. It’s very attractive art, all around.
The Summer Of Supergirl Special is also included in this volume. It features: a fight/team up with Lobo by Campell and drawn by Helen Ortega, a team up with Mary Marvel by Gail Simone and drawn by Emma Kubert, and a short by Mark Waid drawn By Cian Tormey. They all explore aspects of Supergirl fairly well, each in their own way. The book is designed to pull in those that watched the Supergirl movie I guess, and that’s maybe why they’ve got Lobo there. They’re good enough and entertaining stories in their own right.
Taken together with the other, regular issues lead by Sophie Campbell, this is a pretty good volume of comics, and I don't mind buying them month to month.
It’s like she read the old Curt Swan drawn Linda Lee-Supergirl and Superman comics from the 1950s and 60s, and updated some of their notions. As if sourced from the Super Family comics of the Silver Age, we have, in order: Supergirl being turned into a mermaid, and adventuring underwater in an ocean; a Linda Lee/Danvers robot that emerges from a hidden door in a tree at the orphanage she first lived at; kooky shades of kryptonite with weird effects on Kryptonian physiology (such as making Supergirl inebriated, and, another, to fall in love); adventures in the miniaturised bottled-city of Kandor; and, the common SA Superman trope of Supergirl preserving her Linda Danvers identity from a love interest with a duplicate to fool them! To an appreciator of Superman's and Supergirl’s Silver Age like me, this is all like catnip! (and Mark Waid’s doing similarly bring life to Superboy – another Silver Age mainstay – over in Action Comics. It’s a great time to be a Super Family fan).
Sophie Campbell updates these Silver Age tropes and breathes her own sensibilities about who Supergirl and her friends are. Supergirl’s friends and supporting cast are very important to Supergirl's identity, and to who she is as a hero. Part of this is that you get the feeling that the book is LGBTQ+ friendly, as well as body positive because of the various shapes and sizes the characters are drawn. And even inanimate beings have their sense of integral self that is positive in the way they choose, for their expression of Self. It’s all affirming for the type of hero Linda/Kara is trying to be. A lot of the book’s drama revolves around that, and her interactions with her friends and others.
The art across these issues is by Campbell herself at times, plus Joe Quinones and Haining. It all works, and Quinones evokes Campbell’s own geat artwork very well. The young people and their fashions are all drawn beautifully, and this is similar to the work by Campbell with excellent Jem and the Holograms reimagining. It’s very attractive art, all around.
The Summer Of Supergirl Special is also included in this volume. It features: a fight/team up with Lobo by Campell and drawn by Helen Ortega, a team up with Mary Marvel by Gail Simone and drawn by Emma Kubert, and a short by Mark Waid drawn By Cian Tormey. They all explore aspects of Supergirl fairly well, each in their own way. The book is designed to pull in those that watched the Supergirl movie I guess, and that’s maybe why they’ve got Lobo there. They’re good enough and entertaining stories in their own right.
Taken together with the other, regular issues lead by Sophie Campbell, this is a pretty good volume of comics, and I don't mind buying them month to month.
Review of advance copy
Ces nouvelles issues gardent la même volonté de réconcilier les nouveaux lecteurs avec certains éléments de l’histoire de Supergirl, notamment ceux du Silver Age. C’est plutôt intéressant et rafraîchissant, même si les histoires sont assez indépendantes les unes des autres, ce qui rend l’ensemble parfois un peu décousu.
Le fait d’avoir des dessinateurs différents selon les issues, plutôt que la dessinatrice attitrée de la série, rend aussi la lecture de ce TPB un peu moins fluide.
Au niveau du Summer Special inclus dans ce TPB, la première partie avec Lobo est sympa, notamment grâce au dessin d’Ortega, qui apporte un style vraiment agréable. La dernière partie, qui revient sur les différentes versions et réécritures de l’histoire de Supergirl, est également intéressante. Elle permet de reconstituer une origine plus complète à travers les différentes crises, même si tout cela reste assez superficiel et traité un peu à la truelle. Cela peut néanmoins être intéressant pour les nouveaux lecteurs.
Pour l’instant, la série reste donc plutôt agréable, mais sans être vraiment transcendante.
Le fait d’avoir des dessinateurs différents selon les issues, plutôt que la dessinatrice attitrée de la série, rend aussi la lecture de ce TPB un peu moins fluide.
Au niveau du Summer Special inclus dans ce TPB, la première partie avec Lobo est sympa, notamment grâce au dessin d’Ortega, qui apporte un style vraiment agréable. La dernière partie, qui revient sur les différentes versions et réécritures de l’histoire de Supergirl, est également intéressante. Elle permet de reconstituer une origine plus complète à travers les différentes crises, même si tout cela reste assez superficiel et traité un peu à la truelle. Cela peut néanmoins être intéressant pour les nouveaux lecteurs.
Pour l’instant, la série reste donc plutôt agréable, mais sans être vraiment transcendante.
July 26, 2026
That was actually really good. Maybe I like it because the comics coming out right now are finally moving away from sexualizing woman and while that usually comes with weirdly queer characters and childish storylines I think this supergirl run is doing really well at riding a fine line there. These little adventures, while they make no sense in the context of her previous comic runs, are easily understood and easy to hop into the middle of. Anyone who watched the new 2026 supergirl movie and read “being super” which is one of supergirls biggest sellers, can easily understand what’s going on in this new run. What I like even more is that there are throwback comments and Easter eggs that go all the way back to the silver age comics of supergirl. Hints of the NEW 52 run and even the REBIRTH run
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7-14
September 16, 2026
Four seasonal adventures for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years keep Kara and her new friends busy. The same kind of classic Silver Age storytelling that pervaded the first volume is still present here, aided by Sophie Campbell's artwork and new collaborators Joe Quinones and Haining.
I think there's just a few too many moving parts at the moment. Kara's got a very broad supporting cast, and because of that it's easy to lose her in the shuffle. More than once, it feels like the Lesla-Larr show rather than the Supergirl one, and then that plotline comes to an abrupt end (for now, at least). Sometimes, less is more.
The Summer of Supergirl Special is just okay - the lead story featuring Lobo is clearly just there for movie synergy, and the other two back-up stories aren't really long enough to have much impact, even if their heart's in the right place.
I think there's just a few too many moving parts at the moment. Kara's got a very broad supporting cast, and because of that it's easy to lose her in the shuffle. More than once, it feels like the Lesla-Larr show rather than the Supergirl one, and then that plotline comes to an abrupt end (for now, at least). Sometimes, less is more.
The Summer of Supergirl Special is just okay - the lead story featuring Lobo is clearly just there for movie synergy, and the other two back-up stories aren't really long enough to have much impact, even if their heart's in the right place.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
A solid improvement. I really enjoyed the issues where Kara is deciding how to help people and the choice isn't always easy. Some good emotional bits. It still feels aimed for younger crowd, and that's 100% okay, but I had a good time reading this stuff.
September 30, 2026
It's like a love letter to Silver Age Supergirl stories...
You've got weird kryptonite colors doing weird things.
There's Supergirl robots she hadn't used since her days in the orphanage
Animal hybrids with mysterious pasts?
Campy, goofy, with just a smidge of seriousness to keep it from going off the rails.
You've got weird kryptonite colors doing weird things.
There's Supergirl robots she hadn't used since her days in the orphanage
Animal hybrids with mysterious pasts?
Campy, goofy, with just a smidge of seriousness to keep it from going off the rails.
Review of advance copy
Reviewed for Supergirl #7-10, excluding the Summer of Supergirl Special
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
2.4 stars
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