We're inching towards the much-hyped Summer of Superman with James Gunn's hotly-anticipated new movie coming soon, not to mention a whole heap of comics from DC. Kal-El isn't the only member of the Super-Family getting a new comic and a new movie, however. Ahead of next year's Supergirl movie, this May will see the release of a brand new ongoing Supergirl series from long-running Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer Sophie Campbell, who will both write and draw the book.
According to DC, the new Supergirl – which is part of the regular DC All In continuity, rather than the Absolute Universe – will see Kara Zor-El return to the town of Midvale (on the outskirts of Metropolis). She will also get a new costume designed by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau.
You can check out Campbell's main cover for Supergirl #1 above, alongside a cardstock and foil variant from Artgerm, and variants from Bilquis Evely, Joshua Middleton, W. Scott Forbes.
"I came up in the comics industry doing mostly graphic novels that I wrote and drew myself, so doing the same with Supergirl feels like I'm returning to my storytelling roots," said Campbell in a statement. "My main touchstones to Kara Zor-El were the stories and the wild costumes from the 70's, the 1984 Supergirl movie, and The CW show, which I was a huge fan of. In creating this version of Supergirl, I'll be drawing on some of those influences as the series unfolds."
Also recently announced by DC, Krypto – Superman's super-powered mutt – is also set to get a new comic. Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton is a five-issue limited series from the creative team of writer Ryan North and artist Mike Norton that offers a "heartfelt and moving view of humanity, good and bad, through the empathic eyes of the ultimate outsider: a poor, lost dog, who just happens to have superpowers."
"Krypto's origin has always been done at kind of a high level," said North. "The little guy starts out on Krypton, ends up on Earth, and helps Superman fight crime. The chance to really define Krypto – to show what a little lost dog would go through if he landed all alone on a strange alien world named Earth – was really enticing. And I also fell in love with the idea of treating Krypto as the actual dog he is: he doesn't talk, and we don't cheat by reading his thoughts in balloons either. Mike Norton's art captures exactly what needs to be 'said' in every scene."
Supergirl #1 will be published by DC on May 14, with Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 following in June 18.
Find out more about the comics history of Supergirl.
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