Comic Title: Showcase Presents Supergirl Vol. 2 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: December 4, 2008 Direct Market Date December 3, 2008
Source: Previews, #239

Direct Market Date December 4, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Thursday, December 4, 2008

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 512
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Girl with the X-Ray Mind"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #295 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Supergirl (last appearance in Action Comics #294; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #38)

Supporting Character(s)

• Fred Danvers (last appearance in Action Comics #294; next appearance in Action Comics #297)
• Edna Danvers (last appearance in Action Comics #294; next appearance in Action Comics #296)
• Dick Malverne (last appearance in Action Comics #292; next appearance in Action Comics #296)
• Lena Thorul (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23; next appearance in Action Comics #296)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #129; next appearance in Action Comics #296)
• The Bank Busters (a gang of bank robbers led by Dr. Anton; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two FBI chiefs (no further appearances)
• A bank manager (no further appearances)
• The warden of Metropolis Prison (no further appearances)
• Luthor’s parents (appear in flashback; revealed to have died in a car accident in this story; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Lena Thorul (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23)
• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superboy #125; next appearance in Superman #173)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Superboy (in flashback to the first story of Adventure Comics #271)

Synopsis:
Linda Lee meets a new resident of Midvale, Lena Thorul. Lena possesses ESP and becomes Linda’s friend. When Lena is rejected for a job at the FBI, Linda decides to find out why her friend was rejected as Supergirl.

Supergirl learns that Lena has no record of her past. The Girl of Steel flies back in time to find out what happened and learns that Lena is Lex Luthor’s kid sister. Her name was changed long ago to protect the family from Lex’s shame. Lena was told her brother died in a climbing accident and has no knowledge about Lex’s survival. Supergirl also views Lena gain her ESP ability from a space-brain that Lex was experimenting with.

Lex Luthor learns through the criminal grapevine that his sister has joined a gang of bank robbers. He alerts Supergirl because he wants to protect his sister. Supergirl finds that Lena has joined the gang, but only to trap them to impress the FBI. The Girl of Steel also decides it is best to keep Lena’s heritage a secret.