COVERGIRL: I’m starting to feel guilty about my relationship with Kara. Because I don’t really care that she’s been nabbed by a strangely toothed squid monster. I fear I’m already thinking about who I’m going to replace her with come October.
Also, my daughter just woke up and is doing forbidden somersaults on the couch. My attention, not fully snared by Supergirl, has been diverted by verboten furniture gymnastics.
INSIDE STORY: Supergirl hangs with her cuz Superman at the icy Fortress of Solitude. Superman tries to convince Supergirl to make it the icy Fortress of Duo-tude, but she’s outta there, headed for the ocean deep where a piece of her pod landed. After battling a long-legged sea-beastie, Supergirls arrives at a glowy underwater HQ occupied by none other than Simon Tycho. Mwah ha ha.
RAMBLE: See “Covergirl.” Also, "Lazy."
Who the Hell are These People and What the Hell is Going On?
Supergirl/Kara Zor-El: Recently arrived to earth from her home planet, Krypton. Older cousin of Superman on Krypton; younger cousin of Superman on earth
Simon Tycho: Evil genius who, earlier in the comic’s run, undergoes the requisite chemical transformation required of villains before they’re allowed into Supervillain HQ.
Supergirl’s home planet, Krypton, has been destroyed, along with most of its inhabitants. She and an unknown number of other Kryptonians are on earth. Supergirl is confused about everything, and has been zip-zapping around earth and the cosmos seeking answers and defeating various baddies.