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CATALOG RECORD

Supergirl #3

DC · Series began 1996 · November 1996

first appearance of Reverend Varvel

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Reverend Varvel (DC) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date
November 1996
On sale
September 11, 1996
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Story arc: The Final Night

This is part 8 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Green Lantern (1990) #80
  2. Sovereign Seven (1995) #16
  3. Superman (1987) #117
  4. The Final Night (1996) #1
  5. The Power of SHAZAM! (1995) #20
  6. Batman (1940) #536
  7. Green Arrow (1988) #114
  8. Supergirl (1996) #3
  9. The Final Night (1996) #2
  10. Action Comics (1938) #727
  11. Aquaman (1994) #26
  12. Detective Comics (1937) #703
  13. Parallax: Emerald Night (1996) #1
  14. Superboy (1994) #33
  15. The Final Night (1996) #3
  16. Flash (1987) #119
  17. Hitman (1996) #8
  18. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #62
  19. Takion (1996) #6
  20. The Final Night (1996) #4
  21. The Spectre (1992) #47
  22. The Power of Shazam! (2023) #2
  23. DC Finest: Supergirl: Body & Soul (2025) #nn

Creators

pencils: Gary Frankinks: Cam Smithcolors: Patrick Martin, Gene D'Angelo, Digital Chameleonletters: Todd Klein, Pat Prenticescript: Peter David, Chris Duffy

Stories

  • And No Dawn to Follow the Darkness · 22 pages

    Gorilla Grodd unleashes a talisman called the Heart of Darkness on Leesburg, and everyone but Sylvia Danvers is turning into beasts. Supergirl goes to stop it, but is converted herself.

Characters

Gorilla GroddSupergirlFred DanversSylvia DanversMattie HarcourtBuzzCutter SharpReverend Varvel

Reprinted in

Supergirl (1998), Supergirl (2016), DC Finest: Supergirl: Body & Soul (2025)

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