Artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau posted a new variant cover for Dark Nights: Death Metal spotlighting Supergirl. The Girl of Steel is shown hovering over a burning landscape, fists clenched and face locked in a determined expression."Here is my full supergirl cover for Deathmetal 3," Artgerm wrote on Twitter. "A more serious tone for my favorite superhero."
Artgerm is no stranger to illustrating Supergirl, having drawn several variant covers featuring the hero, and even seeing one of those covers inspire a Kotobukiya statue. However, he usually draws Supergirl with an expression of joy on her face in bright blue skies. It only feels appropriate that he should shake things up, given the apocalyptic setting of Death Metal.
Prior to the events of Death Metal, Supergirl had been infected by the Batman Who Laughs and transformed into one of his Secret Six. Her cousin Superman has been locked in a Sisyphean endeavor — imprisoned in the sun itself, cursed to power it for all eternity. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, rebelled against the tyrannical rule of the Dark Knights and killed the Batman Who Laughs.
Dark Nights: Death Metal #1Â is currently on sale from DC Comics.