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Linda Lee Danvers

Linda Lee Danvers

46 appearances Β· Silver Age Β· 1961–2025 Β· 4 key issues
Who is Linda Lee Danvers?

Linda Lee Danvers was the secret human identity adopted by Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin from Krypton, when she arrived on Earth and enrolled at Midvale Orphanage. Posing as an ordinary girl, she kept her extraordinary Kryptonian abilities hidden while learning to live among humans.

Few secret identities in the Silver Age carry as much weight as Linda Lee Danvers, who stepped onto the page in Action Comics #279 in 1961, brought to life by the legendary Jerry Siegel and artist Jim Mooney. A creation of DC's most imaginative era, she has endured across an remarkable 64 years of publishing history, turning up in the pages of Action Comics, Superman, and even earning a place in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe β€” the kind of canonical recognition reserved for characters who truly matter. She shares her stories with some of the most iconic names in comics β€” Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Clark Kent, and Supergirl herself β€” which tells you everything about the rarefied company she keeps. With four key collector issues to her name and a presence stretching well into the 2020s, Linda Lee Danvers is a Silver Age original whose place in DC history is as genuine as it gets.

Teams & affiliations
Daily PlanetKryptoniansLegion of Super-HeroesBlackhawk Squadron
β˜… First appearance
Action Comics #279
Aug 1961

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1963–2025

Adventure Comics #304 β˜… 1963
Adventure Comics #304
Action Comics #340 1966
Action Comics #340
Superman #241 1971
Superman #241
Weird Western Tales #39 1977
Weird Western Tales #39
DC Comics Presents #38 β˜… 1981
DC Comics Presents #38
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3 β˜… 1985
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3
Superman in the Sixties #[nn] 1999
Superman in the Sixties #[nn]
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition #[nn] 2004
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition #[nn]
DCU: Legacies #5 2010
DCU: Legacies #5
DC Universe: Legacies #[nn] 2012
DC Universe: Legacies #[nn]
DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel #[nn] 2025
DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel #[nn]

Appearances

Action Comics (1938)
Superman (1939)
Superman Annual (1960)
#6
Adventure Comics (1938)
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954)
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958)
#60
Blackhawk (1957)
DC Special (1968)
#3
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (1971)
#6
The Superman Family (1974)
Limited Collectors' Edition (1972)
Weird Western Tales (1972)
#39
Hembeck: The Best of Dateline: @!!?# [Hembeck Series] (1980)
#1
DC Comics Presents (1978)
#38
The Best of DC (1979)
#36
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
The Official Crisis on Infinite Earths Index (1986)
#1
Superman in the Sixties (1999)
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition (2004)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
DC Universe: Legacies (2011)
DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel (2025)