Publisher:
Gender:
Character Type:
First Appearance:
Is a Member Of:
Appears in:
327 issues
Page Views:
330
This page covers the DC comicbook hero Power Girl also known as Nightwing , Kara of Atlantis , Karen Starr , Galatea . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
While her origins have been confusing in the past, it is now known that Power Girl is in fact the cousin of the Superman of Earth-2, somehow having survived the "Crisis on Infinite Earths."
My eyes are up here...
Page Switcher
Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths
Power Girl.
When Kara’s father, Zor-L, discovered that Krypton was able to explode, he placed Kara in a spaceship and shot it towards Earth. This happens at the exact same time as Kal-L’s ship was being launched towards Earth. However, Kara’s ship traveled much more slowly then Kal-L’s ship and resulted in Kara arriving on Earth decades after her cousin. Kara’s ship was called the Symbioship and it was designed to keep her in a stasis mode during her flight to earth. It also provided her with a virtual reality that gave her life experiences and education as if she was still living on Krypton. She was also able to interact with virtual copies of her parents and friends in her home city Kandor. Kara finally arrives on Earth in her early 20’s, but was later rewritten for her to arrive on Earth around 18 years old in the modern age. Kara would later be trapped in her Symbioship here it would project a virtual world that made Kara believe she was still on Krypton, she also marries and has a child. She was helped freed by a newspaper reporter named Andrew Vinson, and afterwards Kara destroyed the ship.
On Earth-1 as DC mains character was called, Superman had been joined by his cousin Supergirl, whose existence he had kept a secret from some time while she performed helpful tasks in secret and training for the day when Superman felt that she was ready for public heroeing. The Older Earth-2 Superman however never had met
Super girl(Super girl was introduced in the 1950s after the hypothetical cut-off dates from that of Earth-2 stories from Earth-1's). So the quickest ways to add a powerful female character to the Justice Society was to make a parallel Earth-2 Supergirl. So as a result Earth-2 Super girl was added because of her existence on Earth-1 had been kept secret from the world for some time. And it was also easier to add her because Superman had kept her secret for some time but only longer in Earth-2 than in Earth-1 Supergirl. Also it was made believable because Earth-2 Superman was named Kal-L instead of of Zor-El, just as the Earth-2 Supergirl name would be Kara Zor-l instead of Earth-1's Supergirl Kara Zor-El.
Joining the JSA
When Clark discovered her, Kara was not introduced to the public right away. Instead, Clark and his wife Lois decided to adopt Kara and provided her a family to help her adjust to life on Earth. She began her superhero career soon after, but instead of becoming Supergirl, Kara sought to distance herself from her overbearing cousin. To do this, Kara adopted the name Power Girl and a costume that is clearly different from Superman's iconic suit. The only thing that was in common with Power Girl and Super Girl was their hair color. Other than that Power Girl was her own character.
She began her very first adventure when she assisted the Justice Society members Flash and Wildcat by helping them stop a volcanic eruption. Due to her early life being raised by a virtual reality in a kryptonian spaceship, she found it difficult to adjust to life on Earth. Kara would finally adopt a secret identity with the help of Andrew Vinson.
Power Girl and Huntress
Kara became Karen Starr, a computer programmer, which she had gained the knowledge due to exposure to Wonder Woman’s Purple Ray. Power Girl became a full time member of the Justice Society upon the retirement of Superman, and her best friend was the Huntress (who on Earth-2 is the daughter of Batman and Catwoman).
Power Girl is looked up to.
Power Girl and Clark
Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths essentially erased Earth-2 from existence, major revisions had to be made to Power Girl. Her new origin was retconned and told that she was the descendant of the Atlantean sorcerer named Arion, while she had been in frozen in suspended animation for thousands of years. When the Justice Society of America disbanded, Power Girl eventually became a member of the Justice League.
During her time as a member of the Justice League Europe, she suffered a serious injury in battle against a mystical being. Using his heat vision, Superman was able to perform surgery on Power Girl, cutting through her otherwise invulnerable flesh. Upon recovery, Power Girl found that she was significantly weaker, having lost her super hearing and sight and the ability to fly. Eventually these powers would return. During the Zero Hour event, Power Girl became impregnated by magical means. She gave birth to a son, Equinox, who aged rapidly and disappeared. He has not been mentioned since. Power Girl was one of the very first Bird of Prey, that is, an field agent of Oracle. However, due to a failed mission that resulted in the deaths of dozens of bystanders, Power Girl has refuses to ever work with Oracle again. Although the two have worked together occasions when needed, there is significant friction between them. When the Justice Society reformed in the late 1990's, Power Girl became a key member of the team. During one of her adventures with the JLA, Kara meets Arion, who reveals that her Atlantean heritage is a lie.
Infinite Crisis
Power Girl
Power Girl later learns from Arion that her Atlantean origin was a lie. It had been her foster mother, Lois Lane Kent, that created that origin for Kara to help protect her. When Kara was kidnapped by the Psycho-Pirate, he attempted to drive Kara insane by showing her different origins. However, he later reveals that her true origin is that she is a Krypton Survivor and one of the only other people from Earth-Two to have survived Crisis on Infinite Earths. It still has yet to be revealed how she survived the Crisis on Infinite Earths and how she was able to retain her Pre-Crisis origin. (Every other character had their origins rewritten or adjusted after the Crisis except for Power Girl.) It has been hinted that Power Girl’s survival after Crisis on Infinite Earths is connected to Earth-Two’s Kal-L and his survival by remaining in a different dimension.
During Infinite Crisis, Kal-L had broken down the walls of the paradise dimension he had been living in with Lois, Alexander Luthor Jr., and Superboy-Prime since the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths. They had become disappointed with where Earth-One had been heading and all the corruption in that Earth. They devised a plan in which will help them replace Earth-One with Earth-Two. Kal-L’s first priority was to find Kara and explain her true history to her as his cousin. Later Kara accidentally touches Lois and it restores Power Girl’s entire memory of Earth-Two.
Later, Kara is assaulted by Superboy Prime and he beats her unconscious and attached her to Alex Luthor's "cosmic turning fork" in order to bring back the multiple Earths. Luthor Jr. was able to trick Black Adam into saying “SHAZAM” and as a result, his magical lightning hit the tower. This resulted in the reappearance of Earth-Two and everyone that was from that Earth, was transported there.
Power Girl as Nightwing
However Power Girl was not transported there because of her location next to the tower. Later Power Girl was freed by Wonder Girl and Kon-El and they went into battle against Superboy-Prime and Luthor Jr. Superboy’s fight was taken to Mogo where Superboy-Prime beats Kal-L to death. Later Superboy-Prime would kill Kon-El and Power Girl was brought to Mogo by the Green Lanterns just in time to see her cousin die.
One Year Later
Powergirl flying
Power Girl remained a member of the Justice Society of America. She would later take the code-name Nightwing and try to free some natives on a city called Kandor. Kandor had been taken over by Ultraman who was pretending to be Superman and claimed Kandor as Krypton. When Power Girl was captured and about to be executed by Ultraman, Kara Zor-El would rescue her from it as Flamebird. The two of them would eventually leave Kandor when they discover more information about Supergirl’s past and purpose. Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman have all agreed to invite Kara to the new Justice League of America. Kara was also offered to rejoin the Birds of Prey, however Power Girl has declined to join. She is currently acting as chairwoman for the JSA
Powers and Abilities
As a Kryptonian of the Earth-Two universe, Power Girl has all the powers of Pre-Crisis Superman. She has super strength, speed, flight and invulnerability. She also has super sense and heat vision.
When Supergirl of Earth-One arrived, the two's power seemed to go haywire when they touched each other. They battled briefly and appear to be evenly matched. Power Girl also has the same weakness as Superman except hers is an occasional weakness to Kryptonite. The reason it is occasional weakness is because she is from Earth-Two. It was revealed in Infinite Crisis that she and other Earth-Two Kryptonians could only be affected by Kryptonite from Earth-Two and not Earth-One.
Justice League Unlimited
In the Justice League Unlimited cartoon, Galatea is actually a clone from Supergirl. She was created by Professor Hamilton and Project Cadmus. She was designed to defeat Supergirl and Superman if they were to go rogue and destroy Earth.
Even though Galatea was cloned from Supergirl, her mental state and age appearance make them different.
Galatea is portrayed in Justice League unlimited as Galatea but is really suppossed to be Power girl who is Supergirl in a parallel universe known as Earth-2. Even her costume is more inspired by Power Girl's than Supergirls.
Galatea = Power Girl?
My eyes are up here...
Page Switcher
Power Girl Appears in These Volumes
All Topics from the Power Girl Forum
| Topic (jump to last post >>) | User | Last Post | Views | Forum | Posts | |
|
New Power Girl series coming >> |
G-Man Started Apr 18, 2008 |
TheCleverGuy >> Post Apr 19, 2008 |
Power Girl |
12
|
|
|
|
Comic appearance? >> |
G-Man Started Mar 11, 2008 |
zero edge >> Post Mar 12, 2008 |
Power Girl |
11
|
|
|
Power Girl Movie? >> |
Methos Started Mar 21, 2007 |
aztek_the_lost >> Post Feb 23, 2008 |
589 | Power Girl |
27
|
|
powergirl and/or supergirl >> |
weather witch Started Jan 15, 2008 |
Nobody >> Post Jan 15, 2008 |
86 | Power Girl |
16
|
|
My pic for Powr Girl in a movie >> |
Andferne Started Dec 18, 2007 |
Colt Python >> Post Jan 2, 2008 |
574 | Power Girl |
101
|
|
Implants? >> |
Starleafgirl Started Jun 17, 2007 |
PolarisJunkie >> Post Nov 16, 2007 |
898 | Power Girl |
45
|
