Supergirl Confirms the Phantom Zone Does What Arkham Never Could
Warning: contains spoilers for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8!
Although Superman’s Phantom Zone gets a bad rap, Supergirl has just proven it can do what Arkham Asylum cannot in DC Comics. In Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8, Supergirl exiles the bloodthirsty Krem of the Yellow Hills to the Phantom Zone—and when he is released many years later, he is a changed man. The issue, the final of the eight-issue miniseries, is on sale now in print and digital.
Although exact depictions of the Phantom Zone have differed over the years, the basic concept remains the same: it is an extradimensional prison, discovered by Superman’s father Jor-El, that is home to some of the universe’s worst criminals, including General Zod. Those imprisoned in the Phantom Zone have consciousness and awareness but are physically unable to act on their thoughts. Recently, the pirate Krem seemingly killed Krypto and left Supergirl for dead under a red sun, sending the Maid of Steel on a galactic revenge quest, with the alien Ruthye, whose family was also killed by Krem, in tow. Now, the two have tracked their quarry to a distant world, where they are about to avenge themselves on the bloodthirsty pirate. The issue is written by Tom King, illustrated by Bilquis Evely, colored by Mattheus Lopes and lettered by Clayton Cowles.
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Krem has been utterly defeated, reduced to groveling for his life and making empty threats. Neither Ruthye or Supergirl kill the pirate, deciding on another punishment. Hundreds of years later, Supergirl and Krypto appear to a now elderly Ruthye; readers learn Krem was sent to the Phantom Zone. Supergirl tells Ruthye that during the first hundred years of his
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