she and Supergirl (Matrix) combine into a single, symbiotic entity. Linda gives the artificial, shape-shifting life-form a single, organic life, while the depressed teenager is now given superpowers (albeit not on the order of Superman's) and a purpose in life.

For the next 40 issues, fully half the run, this "merged" Supergirl, after an act of self-sacrifice for an unworthy individual, now becomes further merged with an angel to become an earth-born-angel known as the "Angel of Fire". This brings Linda even greater power, and made her adventures about both the traditional super-heroic theme of "saving" people and also the religious theme of "salvation".

Following the defeat of the Angel of Fire's principal enemy, the Angel of Fire "left" Supergirl, and she was once again as she had been inthe first 9 issues. The loss was difficult for her to bear, however, and she immediately set out on a mission to find this "lost" half of her self. She would spend all but the last 5 issues of the run doing so. In the end she was briefly reunited with her Angel.

In what would become the last "arc" of David's run, the original Kara Zor-El suddenly appeared in her life, just when she was comfortable again being only Supergirl. This crossover between Supergirl of Earth 1 and Supergirl of post-Crisis Earth finally linked her to Krypton in a more tangible way than the Byrne/David creation had never quite managed to achieve. Ironically, as soon as these events concluded, Linda seemingly took off the "big red S" for