Supergirl
Supergirl is a comic book character that first appeared in Action Comics #252
Among the many incarnations of Supergirl, the most prominent and current "Girl of Steel" is Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin and last survivor of Kryptons' Argo City.
Supergirl Origins
DC Comics tested three different female versions of Superman prior to Kara-Zor-El's debut as the official Supergirl .Lois Lane (Action Comics #60)
A hospitalized Lois Lane dreams she has gained superpowers while Superman gives her a blood transfusion to save her life. She begins her own career as "Superwoman"Claire Kent (Superboy #8)
Superboy (Clark Kent) saves the life of Shar-La, an alien woman who turns Superboy into a girl in retaliation for his thoughts about women drivers which she picked up telepathically.Supergirl (Superman #123)
Jimmy Olsen wishes upon a magic totem for a "Supergirl" to be Superman's sidekick.Kara Zor-El (Silver Age)
Girl of Steel
Supergirl
Death of Supergirl
Supergirl is dead on the famous cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7
Paul Levitz who was writing the 'Legion of Superheroes' title at the time made a last attempt to save Kara Zor-El with his 'Who is Sensor Girl?' story arc. The reader as well as some characters believed her to be Supergirl. In fact she was Supergirl until DC denied Levitz the character. Sensor Girl became Projectra and the Supergirl clues became a red herring.
However this did not stop characters claiming to be Kara returning. In Christmas with the Superheroes Kara returned to stop Deadman from stealing people's holidays. She reminded him that they do not become heroes for glory but because it must be done even if no one remembers that you even exist. The story was dedicated to Otto Binder and Jim Mooney with the words 'We still remember'.
A character claiming to be Kara also appeared in the Linda Danvers run of the Supergirl title. She appeared to be a spirit of fire but while calling herself Kara it was not conclusive that it was Kara Zor-El. Kara did undeniably appear in the volume in 'Many Happy Returns'.
Supergirl (1987-2003)
Following Kara Zor-El's death,several characters unrelated to Superman soon took on the Supergirl persona.Matrix
Matrix
Like Superman, she is super strong, fast and could fly, but also has the
powers of shape shifting, telekinesis and invisibility.
See Matrix page for more information
Linda Danvers
Linda as Supergirl
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Cir-El
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Supergirl Returns
In an effort to revitalize the Supergirl series (starring Linda), Kara Zor-El returned in the "Many Happy Returns" graphic novel in 2003. In this story Kara's ship crash lands on the wrong earth and Linda must take care of the teenage Kara. Kara's personality is that of how she was written in her early appearances in the 1950's. This arc was a success in that the readers wanted Kara to return more than ever. This leads to her debut in Superman/Batman #8 and the relaunch of the Supergirl series in 2004.
Modern Age Kara Zor-El
Like the pre-Crisis version, this Kara claims to be the daughter of Superman's uncle Zor-El and his wife Alura. The new Kara is actually older than Superman; she was a teenager when he was a baby. When Krypton exploded, she was sent in a rocket (in suspended animation) to find and look after Superman. However, her rocket got caught in a huge chunk of the planet and she arrived on Earth years after her cousin did. Meanwhile, she was put in suspended animation, so while chronologically born before Kal-El, she is still the age of a teenager. Her arrival is discovered by Batman, who initially doubted that she was really Kryptonian, thinking that it was too much of a coincidence. Not to mention he couldn't understand a thing that she said because she only spoke in Kryptonion. Kara is scared being on a unfamiliar world, and unable to understand English, not knowing about the powers she gets from being on earth does some damage. Batman subdues her using kryptonite and brings her to the batcave to conduct more research on her but she soon awakens attempts to fly off but is prevented from doing so by Superman. Discovered by her cousin she spends a long time at the Fortress of Solitude catching up on all the time she has missed and learning about earth and its past. She is astonishingly able to learn all of earths languages in just three months. During her stay at the fotress Kara does not get along with Krypto, Supermans dog which makes Batman suspicios of her.
Superman defeats her and returns her to Earth, where he fakes her death so Darkseid will not come looking for her. She then assumes the role of Supergirl. But she feels out of place, not sure where she really belongs. At the start of Kara's career as Supergirl she joins the Justice Society in a fight with Grundy but actually just watches from a distance as she talks to Star Girl who assures her they can handle it. During the battle Power Girl arrives to help the Justice Society but finds herself loosing Kara to him much to her surprise which leads Kara to save her. Kara is unable to associate closely with Power Girl because their powers go out of control when they touch each other. Kara has also been feeling out of place because she does not know where she should belong. Because of this she finds most solace with the Amazons on Themyscira. She finds kindred spirits in her other "cousin" Superboy, Wonder Girl, and Starfire.
Supergirl is invited by Starfire to join the Outsiders in which she accepts and develops a heavy crush on Nightwing.
The Evil Kara is revealed
Supergirl in Infinite Crisis
During the Infinite Crisis, Supergirl joins the heroes that Donna Troy has recruited to operate in deep space during the crisis. However, Kara's return from deep space is disrupted by the zeta-beam malfunction which hits Donna's space team. While some incur grievous physical injuries and deformities ( Adam Strange loses his eyes; Hawkgirl grows to enormous size), Supergirl simply disappeared. It was revealed that prior to the crisis, it was because of Superman Prime's reality-altering ripple effect, which brought Kara Zor-El back to existence. Kara finds herself in the 31st century and she eventually thought that the 31st century was a dream she had created.Saturn Girl scans her mind to find out what has happened to her and sees glimpse of the zeta-beam. The Legion hypothesized that due to her suspended animation and all the trauma she has gone through that she has made herself believe that the 31st century is a dream. Another complicated matter is that whenever Kara wants something, she automatically gets it. For example, she could not be an official member of the Legion of Superheroes but when she said she wanted a flight ring, Brainiac 5 sends a ring to her.
Her supposed dream world was shattered and in shambles when the very same Brainiac, concerned about the effects of a super powered being like her slipping in madness, exposed her to green Kryptonite, sedated her and left in care of Kandorian scientists in the enlarged Rokin / New Krypton Kandor City to be "re-educated" on the uses of the last Kryptonians (with even language changed in a thousand years, Kara couldn't even be an effective member of Rokin society, thus making her an outcast again), and her "romance" with Cosmic Boy was dismissed as the side-effect of the residual zeta-beam radiation affecting the young boy's body chemistry.
One Year Later
One Year after Infinite Crisis, Supergirl returns to the 21st century, and assumes the identity of Flamebird to fight crime in Kandor with Power Girl as Nightwing. They opposed a religious cult based around warped versions of Superman's earlier
Kara Zor-EL as Flamebird
Back on Earth, Kara visits the Kents to mourn the lost of Conner with them. There, Kara decided to take one of Conner's "S" black shirt. She would later give the shirt to Cassie, who was still mourning for Conner. Cassie and Kara begins to develop a close friendship. Kara also befriended Captain Boomerang, who obviously wants to date Kara, but she only thinks of him as a brother. Kara was also tired of the "hero" thing and living in Superman's shadow, she tries to begin a normal life.
She enrolls in a high school under the alias Claire Conners. Kara used a wig and glasses to hide her identity and attempts to make friends. However, she was considered an outsider and girls would eventually play pranks on her. Kara would drop out after a week when some girls humiliated her in front of a crowd. With the help of Captain Boomerang, he got the Outsiders to let Supergirl try out for the team again. On their first mission, the Outsiders got irritated at her for using lethal force on the criminals. Eventually Kara would also get irritated and decided not to join the Outsiders.
Batgirl vs Supergirl
Supergirl breaks up with Power Boy
Kara attempts to throw the Fatherbox into the sun but was not fast and a huge explosion happens resulting in a bright light. Later, Kara begins having more visions of her father. Eventually, her father would reveal that the Phantom Zone had possessing demons that escapes when it is used. Zor-El also discovered a way to destroy it by implanting a sun stone in it. He implanted one in Kara to make her immune to them. Zor-El then shows her that they were sentenced to exile in the Phantom Zone by the Kryptonian Council. Kara then sees a memory when her Kryptonian classmates were possessed and attacking them at their home. Shortly after, Krypton's destruction occurred.
Kara then wakes up and flies back to Earth to discover the Phantom demons possessing people. Kara was attacked by Wonder Girl who forced her to reveal her dark secrets and released her when she was disgusted with her. She soon goes to the Batcave in an attempt to get help from Batman, but found him possessed and he had sealed himself in the cave. She is soon confronted by Robin who forces her to stab him with a sun stone, but instead of killing him it released the Phantom from his body.
Robin had been keeping track of Superman who has been using a batsuit that Batman gave him since the sun became red and he lost his powers. With Robin's help she was able to locate Superman and found that Phantoms were coming
Kara first apoligizes too Captain Boomerang for leading him on to which he replies that she has nothing to apologize for and clearly forgives her. Kara then apoligizes to Grace for letting her get seriously wounded in battle because Kara had failed to act. Grace agrees on the condition that she gets one free punch to which Kara allows only for Grace to end up hurting her hand again. Kara locates Power Girl who is still angry with her for being selfish and abandoning the citizens of Kandor for her own personal needs. Realizing that Karen needs more time Super girl finally apologizes to Superman to which they go off together to have a friendly race.
Amazons Attack
All the women who had any connection to the Amazons were being contained in internment camps. Wonder Girl and Supergirl attack the camp in an attempt to free their friends and family, but Robin informs that it would be better to use negotiation. The two then travel to talk to Queen Hippolyta. Hippolyta tells them that they need to bring the President to her to talk. The girls block Air Force One's path and convinced the President to go with the, but the plane is brought down by two Amazons. The two realize their foolishness and are helped by Superman who helps them with the Amazons.Teen Titans
After the Amazons retreat, Supergirl is given membership into the Teen Titans. During her time on the team she attends Bart Allen funeral and is also present during the private wake held at Titans Tower. Kara helps to reveal using her x-ray vison to Robin and Wondergirl that the arrival of Kid Flash in the tower is actually Miss Martian who unfamliar with human customs tries to cheer them up. On one of her first missions with the Titans she helps them battle Lobo. She also battles against a clone of Superman(who at that time,was a clone of Kon-El/Conner Kent/Superboy)from the Titans Tomorrow storyline. The Titans of tomorrow have once again returned to help the prsent day titans battle Starro as if the outcome of the battle with Starro will heavily effect the future. Kara is left to tag with Wondergirl in fighting a mind controlled Brimstone while the the future Connor and Cassie supersive them much to their dismay.
Kara leaves the Teen Titans because of Wonder Girl.
FINAL CRISIS
Supergirl is seen fighting Mary Marvel who was posessed by desaad during Final Crisis
New Krypton
Superwoman and Kara fight in Supergirl #40
Kara punches Superman after he touches her mother
Kara faked going with Superwoman and punched her back, afterwards a battle ensued, which saw Kara plummeting into a ocean. Kara returned to earth and was found by Reactron, his mission was to kill her, he stole her power with his Gold Kryptonite, but Kara remembered her training with Batman, she used her resources to beat him. After putting two and two togather, Kara found Super-woman and attacked her, upon on masking her she found out that she was Major Lane, Lois Lane's younger sister, the fight that follows between them shows Kara ripping Lane's uniform and her body apparently contorting and exploding, apparently killing her. Later on, she tells Lois Lane about everything that happened with Superwoman and Lois doesn't like what she hears and tells Kara to leave. She later talks to Lana Lang about Lucy Lane and feels better about herself after all the bad things that had been happening and tells Lana she can call her Linda. She then leaves to New Krypton happily deciding she'll tell her mother everything about Superwoman and also to tell her she's a big girl and can take care of herself now.
Supergirl's Powers
The modern age Kara Zor-El's power is extremely powerful. Many others, including Kara, believe that she is stronger then Superman himself. However, Superman explained that he holds back his powers so he does not hurt people, while Kara has no experience and does not care about the collateral damages as much. While Kara was in suspended animation, her rocket ship had a yellow sun inside, which she was exposed to throughout her journey to Earth. Also, her father Zor-El had implanted Kryptonian sun stones in her. The sun stones would activate when she is not exposed to yellow sunlight, and it would feed her yellow sunlight. This means she would still retain her powers under red sunlight. Kara was also trained by the Amazons and is now a well trained fighter.- Flight
- Hearing
- Heat Vision
- Invulnerability- Supergirl can survive re-entry into the earth.
- Super Breath
- Super Strength- Although she is not as strong as superman, she is still very strong
- Super Speed
- Super Stamina
- Telescopic / Microscopic Vision
- X-Ray Vision
Supergirl in Cartoons
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Supergirl appeared in one episode in the New Batman Adventures (also known as Batman the animated series season 4) in the episode "Girl's Night Out." Kara was at Clark's apartment in Metropolis while he was out of town. Batman calls Clark's apartment, Kara picks up the phone and he tells her to tell Clark that Livewire is in Gotham City. Kara decides to go after Livewire herself. When she arrives in Gotham City, she saves Oracle (Batman was out of town) aka Batgirl from Livewire when she short circuited the Batmobile.
Supergirl meets Batgirl for the first time
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Supergirl first appeared in the DC Animated Universe's Superman: The Animated Series in the season 2 two-part episode entitled "Little Lost Girl." This incarnation of Supergirl was not Superman's cousin, and not even Kryptonian. She was from Krypton's sister planet "Argo," which was destroyed after Krypton exploded. Kara In-Ze was a teenage girl who was put in suspended animation with her parents just before Argo was destroyed, in hopes that they would survive. Superman was searching around Krypton, looking to find anything from his home planet. There, he finds a heat signature at a nearby planet, which was Argo. Superman would find Kara, the only survivor in suspended animation. Due to Argo becoming a cold wasteland, Kara developed cheimatophobia, which is the fear of cold. Superman takes Kara back to Earth and arranges her to live with the Kents while she adjusts to Earth life. 
Supergirl teams up with Jimmy Olsen
Justice League Unlimited
Animated Supergirl
However, she also began killing people and since she was a clone of Supergirl, Supergirl could see all the killings happening. Supergirl would battle against her and ebat her badly the first time. Professor Hamilton would take her back to the lab for her to recover, while also making upgrades. Amanda Waller would order Galatea to lead an army to fight the Justice League. Supergirl would battle Galatea again and defeated her when she pushed her into an electrical cable in the Justice League Watchtower. Green Arrow also begins developing somewhat of a father / daughter relationship with Supergirl, and talks to Superman about her well being many times.
Supergirl decides to keep her legion flight ring
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| Super Name: | Supergirl |
| Real Name: | Kara Zor-El |
| Aliases: |
Kara Zor-El Kara-El Matrix Mae Kara Kent Cara Kent Linda Lee Linda Danvers Cir-El Girl of Steel Galatea Flamebird Claire Connors Linda Lang Interceptor Ms. Danvers Linda Lee Danvers Maid of Might Mighty Maid Girl of Steel Teen of Tomorrow |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | Action Comics #252 |
| Appears in: | 993 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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