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Supergirl #3 goes on sale this Wednesday.

I'm not going to post a preview here because here is the link (https://bleedingcool.com/comics/supergirl-3-preview-kara-punches-her-own-face/) to Bleeding Cool's 4 page preview:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/supergirl-3-preview-kara-punches-her-own-face/ (https://bleedingcool.com/comics/supergirl-3-preview-kara-punches-her-own-face/)

Keen-eyed readers may recognize the costume that Supergirl is wearing in this issue (in the current storyline, her new costume was damaged so she is trying out her old ones while Lena works on repairing the damaged one.)

I will say that this is the first title in a long time that I have been enjoying. In fact, it's an absolute blast.

I'm going to post a few samples from issues #1 and #2 when I get a chance.

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Oh, and if you want to read up on Satan Girl (who makes her first appearance in the above's issue #3) here is an excellent run-down ("Satan Girl, A Full History") (https://blogofsupergirl.com/2025/07/04/satan-girl-a-full-history/) at "The Daring New Blog of Supergirl (https://blogofsupergirl.com/)"

(https://blogofsupergirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-03-113039.png) (https://blogofsupergirl.com/2025/07/04/satan-girl-a-full-history/)

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I walked by it in a comic shop and did not buy it, like a big dummy. Loving the new series so far, though.

I've been doing a read-through of all Superman family comics in the last 3 years, everything before Crisis except for a few newspaper strips and promos (if anybody knows where to find the Superman-Tim catalog, let me know!) I really enjoyed Supergirl and am glad that the new series is making references to the Bronze Age.

Any other current comics that you're reading?

I've really been enjoying the new Supergirl title; along with the Krypto miniseries; both are a lot of fun and my current favorites.

I'm also following Mark Waid's recent storyline in Action Comics which is basically now in effect "The adventures of Superboy."   I suspect, but I'm not sure (my knowledge is way out of date), this could be the first post-Crisis full-on "Superboy" storyline, with Clark in high school while also having adventures (and troubles) as Superboy, in an actual Superboy costume and using the actual Superboy name.

In style the issues read to me a lot like Birthright (https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/theages/History/birthright/) (which now seems to be canonical?  Again, not sure) and Waid's earlier story, Young Luthor in Smallville (https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/tales3/young/).  I think that he clearly loves these characters.  The current storyline involves a "mysterious visitor" who knows Clark's secret identity, but doesn't reveal it.  The way this plot thread is told, and the hints that are dropped, remind me a lot of Strange Visitor (https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/superboy-lives/visitor/) - I'm curious to see if the visitor will be the same person when his identity is revealed.

I don't know about a "catalog" but the DC Vault book (2008) included a facsimile repro of a Superman-Tim store booklet from March 1944.  It included puzzles, a message in secret code, some promotional pitches and a text-piece story or two, along with a few illos of Superman.

I'm not reading any monthlies now, but I just finished Waid's "Last Days of Lex Luthor" and thought it really captured the spirit of a Silver Age "Imaginary Story" like "The Amazing Saga of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue" or "The Death of Superman."  It felt like it could've been used to wrap up pre-Crisis Superman instead of Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow."  In particular I think it captures the spirit of old school Lex Luthor; brilliant but held back by petty grudges and personal demons, and yet -- in Superman's eyes -- never totally beyond hope of reformation.  A really good tale but -- without spoiling anything -- one that has to be out of continuity.  Not that that isn't a major plus at this stage.

I don't have a local comic shop but I have a subscription to the DC Digital app, which lags about 6 months behind. All of this phase of Superman comics has been pretty great, I didn't think I would be a fan of the Superman-as-a-father concept after watching the Superman and Lois pilot, but the new Superman Family vibe is fun. The Power Girl series is good.

I have read almost everything chronologically, so there are certain stories (like "Let My People Grow," Great Darkness Saga) that hit really well after reading everything that came before it. House of Brainiac was one of those recently, it incorporated things from his full history including the L.E.G.I.O.N. series.

I think you're right that Waid's Action Comics is the first real non-Legion Superboy story since the TV series, if you don't count Smallville. I've been thinking lately about doing a Superboy podcast after reading through all of it.

I'll have to look for the DC Vault book, thanks for the tip!