Supergirl (DC Comics) Character Review
Supergirl is a female counterpart to Superman. As his cousin, she shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in the Action Comics comic book series and later branched out into animation, film, television, and merchandising. In May 2011, Supergirl placed 94th on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time.
Supergirl (Kryptonian name Kara Zor-El) plays a supporting role in various DC Comics publications, including Action Comics, Superman, and several comic book series unrelated to Superman. In 1969, Supergirl's adventures became the lead feature in Adventure Comics, and she later starred in an eponymous comic book series which debuted in 1972 and ran until 1974, followed by a second monthly comic book series titled The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl, which ran from 1982 to 1984.
Supergirl dies in the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, and DC Comics subsequently rebooted the continuity of the DC Comics Universe, reestablishing Superman's Character as the sole survivor of Krypton's destruction. Following the conclusion of Crisis on Infinite Earths,
several different characters written as having no familial relationship
to Superman have assumed the role of Supergirl, including Matrix (Lex Luthor Creation), Linda Danvers (Kara Zor-El), and Cir-El (The alleged daughter of Superman). Following the cancellation of the third Supergirl
comic book series, starring the Linda Danvers version of the character,
a modern version of Kara Zor-El was reintroduced into the DC Comics
continuity in issue #8 of the Superman/Batman
comic book series titled "The Supergirl from Krypton" (2004). The
modern Kara Zor-El stars as Supergirl in an eponymous comic book series,
in addition to playing a supporting role in various other DC Comics
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Original Character (Biography)
Kara Zor-El is the last survivor of Argo City, which had survived the explosion of the planet Krypton
and drifted through space. When the inhabitants of the colony are slain
by Green Kryptonite, which was released by meteorites striking the lead
barrier, Kara is sent to Earth by her father Zor-El
to be raised by her cousin Kal-El (Superman). Fearing that she might
not be recognized by Superman, Kara's parents provide a costume based on
the Man of Steel's own.
On Earth, Kara acquires powers identical to Superman's and adopts the
secret identity of Linda Lee, a resident of Midvale Orphanage. She
conceals her blonde hair beneath a brunette wig and functions as
Supergirl only in secret, at Superman's request, until she can gain, in
his opinion, sufficient control of her powers. After she is adopted by
Fred and Edna Danvers, Superman decides his cousin is ready to begin
operating openly as Supergirl.
She attends Midvale High School as Linda Lee Danvers. In later years,
after graduating from Stanhope College, she changes careers several
times, holding jobs in student counseling, news reporting, and acting in
a TV soap opera titled Secret Hearts. She also attends college in Chicago. Kara has many boyfriends, including Richard (Dick) Malverne, Jerro the Merboy from Atlantis, and Brainiac 5, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. She does, however, shun serious commitments, putting her super-career first.
Supergirl's secret identity is a closely held secret known only to Superman, her foster parents, and the Legion of Super-Heroes, of which she is as a member for a time. Like all Kryptonians, Supergirl is vulnerable to Kryptonite. Streaky,
her orange cat, acquires temporary superpowers as a result of its
exposure to "X-Kryptonite", a form of Kryptonite Supergirl accidentally
created in an unsuccessful attempt to neutralize the effects of Green
Kryptonite. Comet the Superhorse, a former centaur, is Supergirl's equine companion.
Supergirl's biological parents survive the radiation poisoning that
killed everyone else in Argo City by entering the Survival Zone (a
parallel continuum akin to the Phantom Zone). They are eventually rescued by Supergirl and decide to live in the bottle city of Kandor.
One way DC demonstrated the epic nature of its 12-issue limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths
(April 1985-March 1986) was through the deaths of important characters.
In issue #7 (October 1985), Supergirl sacrifices her life to save her
cousin and the multiverse from destruction. When the Superman continuity rebooted after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC editors felt that Superman should be the sole survivor of Krypton, resulting in Kara being removed. Unlike a number of other characters who are shown dying in the Crisis, no one remembers Kara dying or even ever having existed.
After the events of Infinite Crisis, the sequel to Crisis on Infinite Earths, many historical events from the multiverse are now being remembered. Donna Troy, after her rebirth and inheritance of Harbinger's Orb, recalls the original Kara Zor-El and her sacrifice.
A Post-Crisis Supergirl appears in Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes,
in which she is transported to the 31st century, and, as a result of
her disorientation, for a time believes she is dreaming her surroundings
into existence until finally convinced otherwise. Although her memories
of her time with the Legion are erased before she returns to the
present, the mental blocks break down upon encountering the pre-Crisis versions of Legionnaires Karate Kid and Triplicate Girl (Una).
Supergirl exhibits new powers, manifesting sunstone crystals from her
body; so far she only does so while under great stress (for example,
when Cassandra Cain tries to kill her). Supergirl's father implants the
crystals within his daughter's body to protect her from malevolent
beings from the Phantom Zone. The Zone dwellers are released when Jor-El
creates the Phantom Zone Projector and exploits the Zone as a prison.
Kara's father, believing that Kal-El is a lure to the Zone denizens,
instructs Kara to destroy him. More recent comics have cast this
plotline as the result of Kryptonite poisoning from the Kryptonite
asteroid in which she was trapped.
A recently completed storyline focused on her promise to a little boy
that she would save him. She tries to make good on her promise,
following different avenues searching for a cure for his cancer. After
he died, she tracks down a villain with the ability to jump through
time, but decides not to use that solution, as she would just be doing
the same thing as the villain. She accepts that sometimes she cannot
save everyone.
After Superman manages to rescue the Kryptonian bottled city of
Kandor from Brainiac, Kara is reunited with her parents. However that
reunion becomes bittersweet, as Reactron kills her father, and her
mother dies when New Krypton is destroyed by a trap in Reactron left by
Lex Luthor.
Kara currently operates out of Metropolis, adopting the secret identity of Lana Lang's niece, Linda Lang.
In Other Media
- The first live action depiction of Supergirl was in the eponymous 1984 film, starring Helen Slater as Supergirl. The film is a spinoff from the Superman film series starring Christopher Reeve, to which it is connected by Marc McClure's character Jimmy Olsen. Its plot concerns Supergirl, Superman's cousin, leaving her isolated Kryptonian community of Argo City for Earth in an effort to retrieve the unique "Omegahedron", which has fallen into the hands of the evil witch Selena (Faye Dunaway). The film was poorly received and did poorly at the box office.
- Supergirl was voiced by Nicholle Tom in Superman: The Animated Series, an American television show. She is depicted as Kara In-Ze, not Superman's cousin as in the comic book, but rather a near-Kryptonian from Krypton's sister planet Argos, whom Superman brings back to Earth and treats as a cousin. As continued in Justice League Unlimited, she and Superman grow very close, almost like siblings, but she departs when she falls in love with Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the distant future, feeling that she had never really fitted in on Earth in the present.
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, a direct-to-video animated film released in September 2010, largely parallels the origin-story arc launched in the Superman/Batman comic series in 2004, with some minor plot differences. Kara Zor-El, voiced by Summer Glau, is described unambiguously as Kal-El's cousin from Krypton.
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