CATALOG RECORD
Supergirl #3
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.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098930912811
This edition’s page - DC Universe Corner BoxThis edition’s page
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.
- Green Lantern (1990) #80
- Sovereign Seven (1995) #16
- Superman (1987) #117
- The Final Night (1996) #1
- The Power of SHAZAM! (1995) #20
- Batman (1940) #536
- Green Arrow (1988) #114
- Supergirl (1996) #3
- The Final Night (1996) #2
- Action Comics (1938) #727
- Aquaman (1994) #26
- Detective Comics (1937) #703
- Parallax: Emerald Night (1996) #1
- Superboy (1994) #33
- The Final Night (1996) #3
- Flash (1987) #119
- Hitman (1996) #8
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #62
- Takion (1996) #6
- The Final Night (1996) #4
- The Spectre (1992) #47
- The Power of Shazam! (2023) #2
- 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)