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Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

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Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"

Editors

Joe Orlando

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Yes, Judy... A falling star... Perhaps it tried to climb too high and burned itself out...

— Supergirl

Adventure Comics #410 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1971.

Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

Linda Danvers is visiting Nasthalthia (Nasty) at her apartment. Nasty is hopeful that Linda will agree to move in with her so that she can keep her under surveillance and prove she is Supergirl. While touring the apartment Linda spots a horrifying scene in the apartment next door. Linda changes into Supergirl and bursts in next door where a man is being attacked by strange manbird creatures. She subdues the creatures and pursues them as they fly out the window but she loses her super powers. Her powers have been coming in and out since swallowing a drug in issue 404. Supergirl falls from the apartment to the street but manages to catch herself. She returns back to the mans apartment dressed as Linda and finds Nasty coddling the handsome young man that had been attacked. The young man introduces himself as Mike Merrill. He seems to be under the impression that it was Nasty that saved him from the bird creatures. He invites both girls out to dinner. They dine at the Club 500 where Mike devotes most of his attention to Linda instead of Nasty. Mike and Linda spend most of their time on the dance floor and find that Nasty has left apparently out of jealousy and boredom. Mike and Linda leave the club where they are both abducted once again by the bird creatures.

The bird creatures whisk both of them away to an island inhabited by other bird creatures. They are brought before the leader where Mike is accused of stealing jewels. The chief bird explains that they used to be villagers with normal human appearances until a professor came accompanied by Mike and performed bizarre experiments on them. The injections they received from the Professor and Mike altered their appearance into the bird like creatures. They also steal a jewel from a sacred idol as they prepared to evacuate the island. The leader then explains that the Professor was later found dead on the beach. Supposedly murdered by Mike. Mike denies the accusations so the bird creatures threaten to drop Linda into a volcano to make Mike confess. At that point Mike reveals that the Jewel is back at his apartment. He and Linda are imprisoned until the jewel is recovered. They are imprisoned in a cage but Mike tries to escape by setting a fire. As they escape, Mike is attacked b the bird creatures once more. Linda changes into Supergirl and flies Mike to safety off the island. As she is flying, Supergirls powers fade away yet again. She is rescued by Mike who swims her back to the beach. He lays Supergirls unconscious body down and confesses that he knows that Supergirl and Linda are one and the same. He also reveals that he lied about the location of the jewel and admits that Supergirl will eventually have to hunt him down as he walks away from Supergirls unconscious body on the beach.

Appearing in Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

Featured Characters:

Supergirl

Supporting Characters:

Nasthalthia Luthor

Antagonists:

Bird-Men (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Mike Merrick (First appearance)
Paul (Single appearance)

Locations:

California
- San Francisco

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #326.

Saturn Girl has called together all the female members of the Legion of Super-Heroes to betray the male members. Phantom Girl, Triplicate Girl, Light Lass, Shrinking Violet, and Supergirl all join Saturn Girl on their crusade to defeat all the male members. Using their feminine charm to lull the male members into a sense of false security, each female member manages to easily defeat each male member they charm.

After all the male Legionnaires are defeated, the girls party until they're called by Queen Azura from the planet Femnaz. She explains that after the men on her world were deemed week, she and her people decided to target the male members of the Legion of Super-Heroes believing them to be just as weak. She then used special hypnosis devices to convince the female Legion members to join in this cause.

However, the Queen realized the error of her ways when Mon-El and Ultra-Boy saved one of Femnaz's moons, and thus releases the female Legion members from her control. The female members then revive and save their male counterparts and after all is explained, they make peace.

Appearing in Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

Featured Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes

Supporting Characters:

Proty II

Antagonists:

Queen Azura

Other Characters:

Locations:

Metropolis (30th Century)
- Legion Clubhouse

Items:

Vehicles:

Mark III Star Cruiser

Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"

Supergirl is on patrol in search of Mike Merrick from the first story. She encounters a huge ape creature causing havoc on the city block below. She notices that the beast is clutching a small boy in its hand. Supergirl quickly subdues the creature and rescues the boy. As she is setting the boy down, Supergirl notices flames coming from a nearby storage room. She tries to blow the flames out using her super breath but finds that her super powers have disappeared again. Suddenly a young girl appears out of nowhere and seemingly blows out the flames with a super breath of her own. Supergirl is amazed with the little girls power. The little girl explains that she does not have any parents, only a stepfather. She explains that she had accidentally traveled to earth on a spaceship. The craft exploded once she landed and now she is trapped on earth. She demonstrates her powers of flight and offers to help Supergirl fight crime on earth. She also reveals that she knows Supergirls secret identity. The little girls name is revealed to be Judy and Supergirl allows her to assist in crime fighting adventures. One night Judy receives a telepathic message from her step father. The stepfather remarks that Judy was sent to earth to destroy all superheroes starting with Supergirl. The stepfather encourages Judy to shoot Supergirl with a green death ray gun but the little girl refuses. The stepfather is enraged and attempts to shoot the little girl with a death ray of his own but Supergirl blocks it from hitting Judy. In the meantime the United States Air Force has detected the stepfathers ship hovering in the sky. They shoot it down with their weapons as Supergirl and Judy view the night sky. Judy points to trailing flames of the craft and remarks that it is a falling star. Supergirl responds by sayin it was a falling star that climbed too high and burned itself out.

Appearing in Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"

Featured Characters:

Supergirl

Supporting Characters:

Equila/Judy (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Unnamed Alien (Equila's step-father) (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

Locations:

California
- San Francisco

Items:

Vehicles:

Alien Spacecraft

Notes

This issue features the first appearance of a new Supergirl outfit. It was designed by fan John Sposato from Edison, N.J., as indicated in the letter page of this issue. The costume proved popular enough that it became Supergirl's main outfit for the upcoming years including her first own comic book until it was changed during her second title in 1983.

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-| Synopsis3           = After Supergirl subdues a giant ape which has broken free from a circus, she sees a young girl named Judy, about 6 years of age, blow out a fire nearby with super-breath.  Supergirl questions Judy, who tells her she is from another planet and came there when she climbed aboard a spaceship, accidentally started it, and wound up on Earth.  Judy also demonstrates other super-powers, such as flight and super-strength, and says that she knows Supergirl is Linda Danvers from watching her on interplanetary television.  Supergirl takes Judy under her wing and lets her assist her in her duties with her super-powers, while trying lucklessly to find her stepfather.  One night, her stepfather mentally contacts her, reminds her he put her on Earth to destroy its super-heroes, starting with Supergirl, to pave the way for its conquest, and demands she kill Supergirl with the Kryptonite ray he has given her.  Judy almost does so, but turns away at the last moment.  Angered, her stepfather tries to kill Judy with a force-bolt from his ship, but Supergirl shields her from the bolt.  Judy confesses all to Supergirl.  The Girl of Steel tries to capture the alien's ship, but USAF planes have detected it and are engaging it in battle, about to destroy it.  Supergirl returns to Judy, telling her she could not locate the ship.  Both look out the window and see the explosion of her father's ship, which Judy thinks is a falling star.
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+| StoryTitle1         = Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"
+| Synopsis1           =
+Linda Danvers is visiting Nasthalthia (Nasty) at her apartment. Nasty is hopeful that Linda will agree to move in with her so that she can keep her under surveillance and prove she is Supergirl. While touring the apartment Linda spots a horrifying scene in the apartment next door. Linda changes into Supergirl and bursts in next door where a man is being attacked by strange manbird creatures. She subdues the creatures and pursues them as they fly out the window but she loses her super powers. Her powers have been coming in and out since swallowing a drug in issue 404. Supergirl falls from the apartment to the street but manages to catch herself. She returns back to the mans apartment dressed as Linda and finds Nasty coddling the handsome young man that had been attacked. The young man introduces himself as Mike Merrill. He seems to be under the impression that it was Nasty that saved him from the bird creatures. He invites both girls out to dinner. They dine at the Club 500 where Mike devotes most of his attention to Linda instead of Nasty. Mike and Linda spend most of their time on the dance floor and find that Nasty has left apparently out of jealousy and boredom. Mike and Linda leave the club where they are both abducted once again by the bird creatures.
+The bird creatures whisk both of them away to an island inhabited by other bird creatures. They are brought before the leader where Mike is accused of stealing jewels. The chief bird explains that they used to be villagers with normal human appearances until a professor came accompanied by Mike and performed bizarre experiments on them. The injections they received from the Professor and Mike altered their appearance into the bird like creatures. They also steal a jewel from a sacred idol as they prepared to evacuate the island. The leader then explains that the Professor was later found dead on the beach. Supposedly murdered by Mike. Mike denies the accusations so the bird creatures threaten to drop Linda into a volcano to make Mike confess. At that point Mike reveals that the Jewel is back at his apartment. He and Linda are imprisoned until the jewel is recovered. They are imprisoned in a cage but Mike tries to escape by setting a fire. As they escape, Mike is attacked b the bird creatures once more. Linda changes into Supergirl and flies Mike to safety off the island. As she is flying, Supergirls powers fade away yet again. She is rescued by Mike who swims her back to the beach. He lays Supergirls unconscious body down and confesses that he knows that Supergirl and Linda are one and the same. He also reveals that he lied about the location of the jewel and admits that Supergirl will eventually have to hunt him down as he walks away from Supergirls unconscious body on the beach.
-| Appearing1 =
+| Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]
+* {{a|[[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[Nasthalthia Luthor (Earth-One)|Nasthalthia Luthor]]
+* {{a|[[Nasthalthia Luthor (Earth-One)|Nasthalthia Luthor]]}}
-'''Villains:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
 * Bird-Men {{Only}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
 * Mike Merrick {{1st}}
+* Paul {{Only}}
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[California]]
+* {{a|[[California]]}}
-** [[San Francisco]]
+** {{a|[[San Francisco]]}}
 '''Items:'''
-* None
+* <br/>
 '''Vehicles:'''
-* None
+* <br/>
+| StoryTitle2         = Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"
-| Appearing2 =
+| Synopsis2           = {{StoryGrab|Adventure Comics Vol 1 326|1}}
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]
+| Appearing2          = {{AppearanceGrab|Adventure Comics Vol 1 326|1}}
-** [[Querl Dox (Pre-Zero Hour)|Brainiac 5]]
-** [[Reep Daggle (Pre-Zero Hour)|Chameleon Boy]]
-** [[Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)|Colossal Boy]]
-** [[Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)|Cosmic Boy]]
-** [[Jan Arrah (Pre-Zero Hour)|Element Lad]]
-** [[Lyle Norg (Pre-Zero Hour)|Invisible Kid]]
-** [[Ayla Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)|Light Lass]]
-** [[Garth Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)|Lightning Lad]]
-** [[Tenzil Kem (Pre-Zero Hour)|Matter-Eater Lad]]
-** [[Lar Gand (Pre-Zero Hour)|Mon-El]]
-** [[Tinya Wazzo (Pre-Zero Hour)|Phantom Girl]]
-** [[Imra Ardeen (Pre-Zero Hour)|Saturn Girl]]
-** [[Thom Kallor (Pre-Zero Hour)|Star Boy]]
-** [[Dirk Morgna (Pre-Zero Hour)|Sun Boy]]
-** [[Superboy (Earth-One)|Superboy]]
-** [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]
-** [[Luornu Durgo (Pre-Zero Hour)|Triplicate Girl]]
-** [[Jo Nah (Pre-Zero Hour)|Ultra Boy]]
-'''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[Proty II (Pre-Zero Hour)|Proty II]]
-'''Villains:'''
-* Queen Azura
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* [[Science Police]]
-* Queen Azura's subjects
-'''Locations:'''
-* [[Earth-One|Earth]]
-* [[30th Century]]
-** [[Metropolis]]
-*** [[Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters|Legion Clubhouse]]
-**[[Science Police|Science Police Academy]]
-'''Items:'''
-* [[Green Kryptonite]]
-* [[Legion Flight Ring]]
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* None
+| StoryTitle3         = Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"
-| Appearing3 =
+| Synopsis3           =
+Supergirl is on patrol in search of Mike Merrick from the first story. She encounters a huge ape creature causing havoc on the city block below. She notices that the beast is clutching a small boy in its hand. Supergirl quickly subdues the creature and rescues the boy. As she is setting the boy down, Supergirl notices flames coming from a nearby storage room. She tries to blow the flames out using her super breath but finds that her super powers have disappeared again. Suddenly a young girl appears out of nowhere and seemingly blows out the flames with a super breath of her own. Supergirl is amazed with the little girls power. The little girl explains that she does not have any parents, only a stepfather. She explains that she had accidentally traveled to earth on a spaceship. The craft exploded once she landed and now she is trapped on earth. She demonstrates her powers of flight and offers to help Supergirl fight crime on earth. She also reveals that she knows Supergirls secret identity. The little girls name is revealed to be Judy and Supergirl allows her to assist in crime fighting adventures. One night Judy receives a telepathic message from her step father. The stepfather remarks that Judy was sent to earth to destroy all superheroes starting with Supergirl. The stepfather encourages Judy to shoot Supergirl with a green death ray gun but the little girl refuses. The stepfather is enraged and attempts to shoot the little girl with a death ray of his own but Supergirl blocks it from hitting Judy. In the meantime the United States Air Force has detected the stepfathers ship hovering in the sky. They shoot it down with their weapons as Supergirl and Judy view the night sky. Judy points to trailing flames of the craft and remarks that it is a falling star. Supergirl responds by sayin it was a falling star that climbed too high and burned itself out.
+| Appearing3          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]
+* {{a|[[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)|Supergirl]]}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* Equila {{Only}}
+* Equila/Judy {{1st}}
-'''Villains:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
 * Unnamed Alien <small>(Equila's step-father)</small> {{Only Dies}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
 * <br/>
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[California]]
+* {{a|[[California]]}}
-** [[San Francisco]]
+** {{a|[[San Francisco]]}}
 '''Items:'''
-* None
+* <br/>
 '''Vehicles:'''
-* [[Glossary:Space Ship|Alien Spacecraft]]
+* Alien Spacecraft
 | Notes               =
+* This issue features the first appearance of a new Supergirl outfit. It was designed by fan John Sposato from Edison, N.J., as indicated in the letter page of this issue. The costume proved popular enough that it became Supergirl's main outfit for the upcoming years including her [[Supergirl Vol 1|first own comic book]] until it was changed during her [[Supergirl Vol 2|second title]] in 1983.
-* "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires" was originally printed in [[Adventure Comics Vol 1 326|''Adventure Comics'' #326]].
 | Trivia              =
-| Recommended         =
+| Recommended         = {{main|Supergirl Recommended Reading}} {{Supergirl RR}}
-* [[Action Comics Vol 1|Action Comics]]
-* [[Adventure Comics Vol 1|Adventure Comics]]
-{{LSH RR}}
-* [[Supergirl Vol 1|Supergirl (Volume 1)]]
-* [[Supergirl Vol 2|Supergirl (Volume 2)]]
-* [[Superman Family Vol 1|Superman Family]]
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-| CustomText1         =
-* [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)/Gallery|Supergirl image gallery]]
-* [[Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)/Appearances|Supergirl appearances list]]
-* [[:Category:Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)/Quotes|Supergirl quotes page]]
 | Links               =
-* [[Wikipedia:Supergirl|Supergirl article at Wikipedia]]
-* [http://www.toonopedia.com/suprgirl.htm Supergirl article at Toonopedia]
-* [http://supermanica.info/wiki/index.php/Supergirl Supergirl article at Supermanica]
-* [http://www.dcuguide.com/profile.php?name=supergirlprec Supergirl article at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]
-* [http://www.dcindexes.com/database/character-details.php?storycharid=321 Supergirl article at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics]
-* [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/mythguide/supergirl.html Supergirl at the Guide to the Mythological Universe]''
-* [http://dccomics.com/features/supergirl/ Supergirl page at DC Comics]
-* [http://karalives.com/ Supergirl page at Kara Lives]
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Changes: Adventure Comics Vol 1 410

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Contents

Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

Appearing in Supergirl: "The Nature of the Beast!"

Synopsis for Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

Appearing in Legion of Super-Heroes: "The Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"

Appearing in Supergirl: "The Ruler Without a Planet"

Notes

See Also

Recommended Reading

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