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Summary
As one of DC ’s classic hero sandwich , Supergirlhas almost always had a design equally iconic as she is . From her sports fan - favorite 80s headband wait to her more foreign newfangled 52 blueprint , Kara Zor - El is almost always sway some variation of her Kryptonian cousin ’s world - famous red and risque . But a battle with an notorious Superman foeman has just yield Kara a wardrobe outside of her cousin ’s shadow — and it needs to be permanent .
Zen : Lost#8 by Priest , Carlo Pagulayan , Jason Paz , Will Conrad , Jeromy Cox , and Willie Schubert finds the titulary hero attempting to talk down his adversary Metallo after the villain absorbs several warships off the sea-coast of China . Before Clark can finish convincing his old foe to aid in disaster relief , his Kryptonian cousin , Kara , soars through Metallo ’s core while put on Kal - El ’s personal survival suit — ashen with a gold siemens - carapace — which he used during his odyssey through spacetime .
With its unparalleled radioactivity shielding protecting her from John Corben ’s Kryptonite essence , Kara fells the cyborg in one strike . In the process , Supergirl shit the instance for embrace this uniquely foreign look full - time .
DC ’s Supergirl has her stock give away in Supergirl : Being Super , but Kara Danvers also reveals some of the struggle teen superheroes treat with .
The Woman Of Tomorrow Needs A New Look
Supergirl ’s costumes have always featuredvarious design elements that draw her to her cousin , Superman . normally including the same colour dodging and cape as well as the El sept crest , there ’s rarely any incertitude over which superhero family count Kara as a phallus . regrettably , that does n’t always result a lot of room for identity in costume design — but this young white suit could be the utter middle earth . Aside from its hard-nosed benefit like radiation sickness shielding , this look also has the benefit of tell Supergirl from the rest of the Superman Family while maintaining the core ocular indicator of her affiliation to her fellow Kryptonians .
Not only does the yellow allegory match Kara ’s key signature blond locks , but the extraterrestrial nimbus generated by the suit emphasizes Kara ’s more foreign nature . After all , while Clark was raised on Earth and considers a very actual part of himself to be fairly human , Supergirl had an integral life-time on Krypton and now and again still grapples with happen her place on her adopted homeworld . This white suit could also relate to Kara ’s otherworldly nature as a mod interpretation of the “ Earthborn Angel ” identity associate with the Matrix version of the Supergirl drapery . forgo the traditional Kryptonian backstory , that interlingual rendition of the Supergirl characterhad more spiritual and angelic tie to the mystical corners of the DC Universe .
This White Suit Was Made For Supergirl
Kara Zor - El adopting this somewhat celestial look could be a play nod to a piece of Supergirl ’s history that is often overlooked . Supergirl has always been one of Superman ’s closest allies , and she ’s always dress the part . alas , that has also meant that many of Kara Zor - El ’s most iconic looks are modeled in her full cousin ’s shadow . DC may not let Superman sway this iconic new clean courtship full - time , but it ’s the thoroughgoing wardrobe variety to remind fans just how iconicSupergirlis all on her own .
Superman : Lost#8is available now from DC Comics .
SUPERMAN : LOST # 8 ( 2023 )
