Supergirl is a global star, and one special hardcover coming soon from DC will make that fact front and center. Supergirl: The World is an anthology book containing fifteen new stories written and illustrated by talent from around the world.
Supergirl will have over a dozen adventures in Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Cameroon, France, Poland, Turkey, Finland, Colombia, Serbia, Japan, and the United States, each written by folks who live and work in those regions. “Each region contributes an original story that reflects its own voice, artistic style, and cultural perspective, creating a global mosaic of what Supergirl represents to fans everywhere,” says DC.
This is such a great idea, I don’t know why anybody hadn’t done it before — oh, wait. DC already released two previous volumes: Batman: The World and Joker: The World, which ran along the same lines. Well, no one told me!
There are no plot details as of yet, but here are the writers and artists behind the fifteen stories:
United States: Mariko Tamaki (writer), Skylar Patridge (artist), and Joëlle Jones (cover)
Spain: Aneke (writer, artist, cover)
Italy: Francesca Michielin (writer) and Federica Croci (artist, cover)
Serbia: Uroš Dimitrijević (writer) and Stevan Subic (artist, cover)
Cameroon: Njoka Suyru (writer), Coeurtys Ulrich Minko (thumbnails), and Ejob Nathanael Ejob (artist, cover)
Finland: Johanna Sinisalo (writer) and Rosi Kämpe (artist, cover)
Argentina: Tomás Wortley (writer) and Rocío Zucchi (artist, cover)
Turkey: Mahmud Asrar (writer, artist, cover)
France: Kid Toussaint (writer) and Joël Jurion (artist, cover)
Brazil: Fernanda Chiella (writer, artist, cover)
Poland: Anna Krztoń (writer) and Kasia Nie (artist, cover)
Mexico: Mariana Moreno (writer, artist, cover)
Germany: Yann Krehl (writer) and Marie Sann (artist, cover)
Colombia: Sara Rodríguez (writer, artist, cover)
Japan: Satoshi Miyagawa (writer) and Kai Kitago (artist, cover)
Since DC doesn’t distribute on a global scale (no book publisher does), different publishing houses across the world will print their own version of Supergirl: The World: Panini (Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico), Ovni (Argentina), Zebra Comics (Cameroon), Dargaud/Urban Comics (France), Story House Egmont (Poland), Story House Egmont Oy Ab (Finland), Čarobna Knjiga (Serbia), and JBC (Turkey). All versions of the book will launch on the same day, June 2. Here, the book will cost 25 American dollars.
And now — variant covers!
