Supergirl must deal with both Superman’s absence AND a Kryptonite dust storm!
This issue begins with (rinse, lather, repeat) Supergirl using her powers to make her fellow orphan’s lives just a bit less sucky. This time she fixes up carnival displays which have been blown over by a storm during the night. Supergirl then gets a message from her cousin, he want to see her right away (uh-oh). But this, for once, is good news! As soon as Superman returns from a extra-dimensional mission he will reveal Supergirl to the world. Supergirl is ecstatic…for about 2 minutes.
Supergirl’s lucks takes a 180 degree turn when a Kryptonite dust cloud envelopes Earth. Superman is safe on another dimension (hmm…almost like he planned this) but Supergirl can’t reach a safe place before her powers give out. At the last moment she dives into the ocean and is pulled deep under sea by her kinda-sorta merman boyfriend Jerro. Kara is happy and safe among her friends in Atlantis…for about 2 minutes.
News agencies from around the world report that the Kryptonite cloud would have either killed Superman or driven him to a safe spot. Every crook worth his (stolen) salt knows that this is the perfect time to commit as many crimes as time permits (every other super-hero on the planet must have the day off…work with me here). Supergirl being the ingenious lass that she is fights the crime spree from under the sea. The authorities and crooks alike assume that it’s Superman that is the one trapped underwater.
Everything’s coming up roses for Supergirl now. The Kryptonite dust storm has dissipated and the crime spree is over. Superman will shortly return from his mission and will debut Supergirl to a world-wide audience. Seriously, Kara couldn’t be happier…for about two minutes. Right before Superman’s televised announcement to the world Supergirl’s powers disappear. Superman decides that they can’t reveal a power-less Supergirl to the world so he returns Linda to the orphanage. As he flies away Superman promises Linda that he will do everything possible to find a solution for her. I’m kinda shocked a group of Legionnaires didn’t come back through time to expel her from the Legion, considering how anal-retentive they are about the ‘no powers, no membership’ clause in the Legion Constitution.
To Linda’s credit she reacts to her situation like a trooper.
On my patented Supergirl Wink © scale this issue gets:
2 Winks
