Adventure Comics #381

Adventure Comics #381 (On Sale: April 29, 1969) has a Neal Adams Supergirl cover as she takes over Adventure Comics from the Legion of Super-Heroes.

The full-length Supergirl story "The Supergirl Gang" is by Cary Bates, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. Supergirl stops a robbery in Metropolis committed by several young women, one of whom she recognizes as fellow Stanhope College classmate Judy. Judy and the rest of the girls are arrested, but none of them have any memory of committing the robbery.

A clue leads Supergirl to a sleuth school run by Jonathan Maxom. As Linda Danvers, Supergirl goes undercover at the school as a new recruit. When another robbery is committed by the girl gang, Supergirl allows them to escape in order to gather more evidence against Maxom.

Though holding back, Linda crushes the school's training course. She has to then fight against Barbour, the gang's champion fighter. Linda defeats Barbour and becomes a member of Maxom's girl gang. Later, Maxon hypnotizes Linda and the rest of the gang and orders them to commit a crime. Being that she is Supergirl, Linda does not fall under the spell of hypnosis and is able to free the other girls from their hexation.

Supergirl attempts to arrest Jonathan Maxom, but he uses Kryptonite to attack her. Linda is rescued by Barbour, who is actually Batgirl. Batgirl had also infiltrated the gang. Supergirl and Batgirl are able to capture Maxom and shut down his "school" for good. This tale was reprinted in Showcase Presents: Batgirl Vol. 1 TPB.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.