Adventure Comics #390
Adventure Comics #390
Cover Credits
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Murphy Anderson

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Title: "When Supergirl Played Cupid"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Supergirl (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #289 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

Guest Star(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Other Character(s)

  • Helen of Troy (no further appearances)
  • Rhondous and Patronius (a court advisor of King Tyndareus and an aide; no further appearances)
  • A minotaur and a unicorn (no further appearances)
  • Tthe people of ancient Troy (no further appearances)
  • Luma Lynai (super-heroine of planet Staryl; resembles Supergirl as an adult; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

  • Cupid (on Splash page only)
  • An unnamed alien friend of Superman (as a character in Supergirl’s dream)
  • Cleopatra (as a picture in a history book)

Comments:
Since the Adult Legion of Super-Heroes exists in an alternate future of the Legion’s timeline, it cannot be assumed that Triplicate Girl lost one of her bodies to Computo and became Duo Damsel in this reality; thus, although not named in this story, she may be assumed to be called Triplicate Woman as an adult.

Superman and Supergirl invent the Legion flying belts in this story to replace the jetpacks. The teenage Legion will also begin using the flying belts, although presumedly they were not created by Superman. In this alternate future, the Adult Legion never used flying rings.

This story was originally entitled: "Superman’s Super-Courtship"

Synopsis:
Supergirl embarks on a campaign to see Superman happily married. Travelling into the past, she unsuccessfully attempts to interest him in Helen of Troy. Her similar effort in the future era of the Legion of Super-Heroes also fails, when she learns that Saturn Woman, the adult Saturn Girl, is already married to Lightning Man, the adult Lightning Lad.

Finally, she locates Superman’s ideal mate on a distant world, where Luma Lynai, a superwoman who resembles Supergirl herself as an adult, falls in love with the Man of Steel. When it turns out that Luma Lynai cannot survive on Earth, however, the couple are focused to part, and Supergirl learns not to interfere in her cousin’s love life.


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