Released January 1983

Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #3

Synopsis

Supergirl, "Decay Day."Supergirl is flying to school having missed her train for her first day at University. It is explained that she is still a bit “pooped” from her battle with Psi the previous day. She hopes to herself that she never has to face Psi again.She lands at school and quickly puts on her Linda Danvers clothes so she can go to class. The first thing Linda Danvers does when she gets to school is to go see her school advisor to her desired major, Psychology. Her advisor is Dr. Barry Metzner. Dr. Metzner provides Linda with a catalog to help her in organizing her schedule, he also offers her a job to replace his secretary; Linda accepts the job offer.We now go to a dark alleyway where we see the Decay attacking a homeless person and draining him of life, leaving nothing but the homeless person’s bones on the ground. The Decay walks out of the alleyway.Linda’s neighbor Johnny Ostrander is accepting a job to deliver a mysterious package for a Mr. Adams of the company Adams, Kyle, and Washburn Associates.Linda and her friend Joan Raymond leave school after their first day at Lake Shore University. Linda becomes distracted away from Joan’s attention by her super-hearing. She hears a lot of commotion in the distance and uses her super-vision to observe what is happening. She sees the Decay attacking Chicagoans. She snaps into action asking Joan to bring her school books to her apartment; Linda changes into Supergirl and flies to the scene.The Decay is demonstrating for a group of soldiers who are trying to stop him that he has the power to destroy objects with just a touch, as he says this he touches a large metal beam and it begins to disintegrate. Supergirl arrives and begins her battle with the Decay.The large brown blob refers to himself as, “The Lord of Decay.” Immediately Supergirl recognizes that the creature that she is fighting must be the thing that Psi was referring to in yesterday’s battle.Back at Mr. Howard Pendergast’s apartment...