SUPERGIRL WEEK…

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Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock, is out this week, so we’ve gathered up the 13th Dimension crew to bring you our first-ever SUPERGIRL WEEK! Click here for more high-flying features!
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By PETER BOSCH
With Bill Morrison and Jim Beard’s terrific fashion pieces on Monday, you might be wondering about Supergirl’s hairstyle — or rather her original alter ego Linda Lee’s.
Just prior to Supergirl getting adopted by the Danvers family, DC Comics in 1960 ran a write-in poll asking readers to pick a new ’do for pigtail-sporting Linda. Here’s the page from Action Comics #273, which came out in December…

…as well as the winning style from Action Comics #281, released in August 1961. Art for both by Jim Mooney.

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MORE
— The Complete SUPERGIRL WEEK Index of Columns and Features. Click here.
— SUPERGIRL: 13 Fave Fashions of the MAID OF MIGHT — RANKED. Click here.
— MORRISON MONDAYS: What a Paper Doll! SUPERGIRL’s Swingin’ ’70s Fashion Show. Click here.