A key issue noted for First appearance of Supergirl. Supergirl #1 was published by DC Comics on September 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1996. Chris Duffy and Peter David write, and art comes from Cam Smith, Digital Chameleon and Gary Frank. This 36-page issue features Superman, Supergirl, Matrix, Linda Danvers and Fred Danvers, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.