• Total issues: 6
• Download first issue for free on DC Kids
• Published: December 2008 – May 2009 (cover dates: February – July 2009)
• Published in single issue, trade paperback, and digitally through Comixology

This six-issue miniseries is a humorous re-invisioning of Supergirl’s early Silver Age adventures aimed at tween readers. Kara is a typical teenager from Krypton’s moon, Argo, who unintentionally ends up on Earth and meets up with her cousin, Superman. Kara is given a cover identity as Linda Lee and enrolled in middle school to acclimatize to her new surroundings. During the series Kara befriends a local student named Lena Thorul who is more than she seems, and deals with her doppleganger Belinda Zee, before ultimately being drawn into reality-bending adventure of epic proportions.

The series has been received by young and adult readers alike, and is notable for being the first Supergirl comic appropriate for young girls to be published by DC since the early 1980s (the ongoing Supergirl series being published in the main DC line at the time was aimed at older readers). The creators had planned a series of sequels that would see Kara mature throughout high school, but so far DC Comics has declined. Art concepts and story pitch for the sequel can be viewed at Landry Walker’s blog: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 9th Grade.

Trade Paperback

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures Trade Paperback on Amazon.com

On sale date: Dec 29, 2009
144 pages. $12.99 USD.

Description:
It’s an all-ages extravaganza as young Supergirl meets Belinda Zee, a new junior high adversary, in this title collecting the 6-issue miniseres. And that’s just the start of the fun that includes super-powered pets and cosmic adventure!

Written by: Landry Q. Walker
Pencilled by: Eric Jones
Inked by: Eric Jones
Cover Color by: Thomas Mason
Lettered by: DC Lettering; Travis Lanham

SPOILER ALERT for issue descriptions

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #1

Description: “Meet Linda Lee! She’s the newest kid on the block — and the planet, too! Find out how an ordinary girl from Krypton became the most extraordinary girl on Earth in the pages of this brand new monthly series. And if you think life is tough as a hero, try being in the eighth grade.” — DC Comics

Synopsis: Kara arrives on Earth via rocket from Argo, a moon colony of Krypton’s that was sent into a dimension called quasi-space when the planet exploded. With the help of Superman, she enrolls in boarding school as Linda Lee while she learns about her powers and her new home. — Grand Comics Database

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #2

Description: “Super strength, the ability to fly and extra-speedy reflexes should make a girl’s life easier, but they only seem to complicate things for Supergirl. Life gets a lot crazier, though, when a new enemy named Belinda Zee shows up. And with girls like Belinda around, facing down Super-Villains doesn’t seem so bad.” — DC Comics

Synopsis: A bizarre accident creates a dark-haired opposite of Linda Lee, a.k.a. Supergirl. This “Version B” adopts the name Belinda and runs for class president against the original, who makes a surprising new friend. — Grand Comics Database

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #3

Description: “As if being an 8th grader wasn’t hard enough, a meteor strikes and makes all of the students at Stanhope Boarding School really super. And why is Belinda Zee suddenly being so nice?” — DC Comics

Synopsis: Part 1: Supergirl has a run-in with a glowing red asteroid. Part 2: Linda discovers that most of the students at Stanhope have developed super-powers. Part 3: Supergirl brainstorms a way out of the chaos resulting from Lena and Belinda’s actions. — Grand Comics Database

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #4

Description: “A little orange cat with a big attitude shows up on the scene, but is he friend or foe? And Lena makes a discovery that may change her friendship with Linda forever.” — DC Comics

Synopsis: Part 1: The girls arrive in class to find everyone else gone. Part 2: Supergirl meets Streaky the Supercat, who leads the girls to a secret laboratory. Part 3: The stolen students are put back where they belong and Streaky records an entry in his ship’s computer log. —Grand Comics Database

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #5

Description: “It’s graduation day, and things couldn’t be more complicated! The whole gang is here, and the cosmic craziness is about to get way out of hand!” — DC Comics

Synopsis: With graduation day at Stanhope approaching, things get crazy. Belinda Zee embraces her inner super-villain, Lena Thorul puts her master plan into action, and Supergirl is visited by a time-traveling version of herself with news from the future. — Grand Comics Database

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #6

Description: “How will Supergirl ever wrap up all of the cosmic craziness that has developed since her arrival on Earth? Arch-frenemies, scheming faculty, an intergalactic orange kitty and a flying horse are just a few things that come her way in this final, action-packed issue!” — DC Comics

Synopsis: (MAJOR SPOILER CHARACTER) reveals his part in Kara’s exile on Earth and his plan to become supremely powerful. Only Supergirl, her former best friend, and her alternate-future self can stop him, but the cost may be too great. — Grand Comics Database

References

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• Issue data courtesy of Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution