"I was sort of in limbo for a bit until Clark found me." "What took him so long?" Barry asked his relationship with Kara's older cousin not much better than when they first met. The two have only minutes before they are being chased by a species they do not know or trust, humans. So, full disclosure now that you’ve chosen Supergirl and wrote this post, after allllllllllllllllll I learned about Barbara/Batgirl in your post last year, I was REALLY hoping you’d do Kara this year. Jonathan "Jon" Kent (born 2019 pre- Crisis; 2007 post-Crisis) is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, the twin brother of Jordan Kent, and a student at Smallville High School. Found inside – Page 1Kara DanversÕ hidden memories of her life on another planet are bubbling to the surfaceÑbut is she alone here on earth? In order to differentiate them a bit, some argue that she is the stronger of the two. As the city drifted towards Earth’s solar system, it was hit by a meteor shower, which forced Alura and Zor-El to place the 15-year-old Kara in a rocket and point her to Earth to be reunited with her cousin (Source). With DC's The New 52 relaunch, Kara, like most of the DC Universe, was revamped. Superman is older since he aged, while Kara was stuck in suspended animation. Looking forward to yours in a few days! I’m stunned to realize Kara/the original Supergirl was out from ’85 until ’04! Images "Hope, help, and compassion for all.That's what I stand for." —Supergirl to Red Daughter. Cat agrees to the request. Rose Zor-El (Born 2007; age 13) is the daughter of Valor and Supergirl. Featuring the first appearance of the Silver Age Red Tornado! I would agree with you that she can be more interesting than her cousin and she radiates the sort of hope and strength that is the perfect note to begin this series on :D. And I will definitely be coming back here to build my reading list when I dive into Supergirl’s comic history! Because of both sides of her heritage on her father's side she is Daxamite Royalty and on her mother's side she is the last daughter of Krypton. But from a biological standpoint, since her age was halted, she is younger. Now, she sees her all over town, always there, alway. As such (unlike Superman), she possesses memories of Kryptonian culture as . Notes: So I was walking the line of a Supercorp fan and it took all of thirty seconds for me to fall right in. Author's Note: having watched and read numerous iterations of the Superman / Supergirl story, I became very partial to the version where Supergirl is actually older than Superman and was supposed to arrive on Earth together with him as his caretaker. I’m happy Kara’s back though and I’m happy you kicked off our Fiction’s Fearless Females 2021 with her! Showcasing strong female friendships in works of fiction helps diminish so many negative stereotypes!! Great post to kick off our series this year! 2. level 1. When teenage Lena Luthor has enough she wishes for to be a grown up. Thanks to her CW show, Supergirl is finally getting as well-known as her cousin Superman. Being Kara's brother and dating Lena would include. In her origin story, Earth-2 Kara understands data and figures better because she was raised by an artificial intelligence. remain the property of their respective owners. That makes zero sense. Even within Kara’s characterization, she has had many different origins, retcons, and even deaths throughout her lifetime, just like her cousin Clark Kent, AKA Kal-El of Krypton, AKA Superman. In the few episodes Kara appears in in the DCAU (Superman: The Animated Series and Batman: The Animated Series), she either stops crime all on her own or teams up with Batgirl. =P For all that, Kara has a kind heart. Utkar22. Believing her to be General Zod, Kara just barely managed to defeat Clark and get him free of the influence of the Silver Kryptonite. She genuinely wants to help people and is unsure if she is worthy of the Super-mantle after all her cousin has accomplished. My past #FictionsFearlessFemales posts have been Wonder Woman and Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle). More on this story is below. Found inside – Page 1SUPERGIRL VOL. 1: THE GIRL OF STEEL features creators Jeph Loeb, Joe Kelly, Ian Churchill and more. Collects SUPERGIRL #0-10, #12 @shonen3: Superman went to Earth as a baby and aged normally. The fact remains that she REMEMBERS Krypton. • You're an agent in training at the DEO and you first met Lena when J'onn told you to go to L Corp with Kara to question her about some new technology she was working on +. Historically, DC has tried to change and retcon her story many times, but Kara’s indomitable spirit and cheerfulness has never wavered throughout her history. Eventually I settled on Kara Zor-El, better known as Supergirl. J'onn's backstory in this show is even more tragic than usual. For instance, the Superman/Batman run in 2004 (issue #8 published in May of that year kicked off this storyline, and the animated DC movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse adapted this story), Kara crashes to earth as a teenager from Krypton. Lena was supporting character in Supergirl until becoming a villain when she found out her best friend, Kara Danvers lied to her about being Supergirl. Lara Danvers is the daughter of Kara and Lena. Kara Danvers is the best Hockey Player at NCU, but the only person to ever make her trip up is the girl who serves hot chocolate - Lena Luthor. • You are older than both Kara and Alex +. in terms of birth years, Kara is older wand was born years and years before Kal. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. She struggles with trying to be a normal human being even though she is decidedly not. Lena Luthor is one of the tritagonists in CW's 2015 series Supergirl. There is one difference that, in my mind, has the potential to make Supergirl more of an interesting character. So thanks for that, too! Pre-series. She was supposed to keep him safe, take care of him, and be his protector and family. Supergirl And Superman Need To Team Up Again. She leaps out of a ship, dressed in a costume very similar to Superman’s. I’ve gotta be honest. World War 2 is over and the Allies have beaten back Nazi tyranny. The first episode of the series, Sweet Justice, introduces Kara . Kara Danvers knew about the Fortress of Solitude long before she officially became Supergirl, but season 6's episode 8 — called "Welcome Back, Kara!" — reveals exactly why she never visited her home away from home before taking up the superhero mantle in season 1. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959, and she first appeared in Action Comics, in whose first issue Superman himself was introduced. Having defeated Ultra-Humanite, Power Girl must face the wrath of his ex-girlfriend Satanna. For simplicity’s sake, this post will focus solely on Kara. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Impressionable girls need to see these kinds of friendships! Kara learned about Krypton by living there. When the Pre-Crisis version of Supergirl, Kara Zor-El, appeared on Earth, Linda returned to Pre-Crisis Earth in her . Supergirl is, if you hadn’t guessed by this point, derivative of Superman. This was a really interesting piece about a character I didn’t know much about. Meanwhile, Lena Luthor is homeless, and has been living on the streets for the last few years, hiding from her family, with her dog Krypto being her only . Summary. Also, this was supposed to be a one-shot, but it started getting way too long and I decided to split it up. And in this world, this is exactly what happens. The Fortress of Solitude is an ice fortress, a place of solace and . The great crusade is over. She wasn't. Supergirl IV (Linda Lang / Kara Zor-El [Post-Crisis]) Superman's older cousin, Kara Zor-El survived the destruction of Krypton thanks to her father, Zor-El, putting a protective force-field around Argo City that sent it hurtling into space. The Last Days of Krypton is the epic story of the destruction of the planet Krypton, an explosive event that sent Superman and his legacy to earth. This means that their grief is different. And, of course, the Superman and Batman animated series (also linked above) also show Supergirl and Batgirl teaming up to fight crime. Lara grew up on Paradise Island, never . That way, I can add more detail. It shows two sisters who genuinely love and support each other, though one is a literal alien related to the world’s greatest superhero, and the other is a LGBTQ+ human woman in a male-dominated profession. 2 The Day of the Doll There have been many incarnations of Supergirl, the most current "Girl of Steel" is Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin and last . I would argue there are more similarities between Clark and Kara than there are Barbara and Bruce Wayne. Not only does she make her cousin Superman more relatable, she is arguably more of a relatable character. Kara also shows the importance of female friendship. She’s a real teenage alien who just wants to fit in and do the right thing, in spite of the very obvious thing that makes her not a normal teenage human. 1.6K 83 34 TV Shows » Smallville. When questioned, she says she is the daughter of Alura and Zor-El, Superman’s uncle, making them cousins. In reality, Kara is actually older than her cousin, Clark, and spent time on Krypton before its destruction. I want DC to use that point more! Kara might or might not be more powerful than Clark, but she is definitely more impulsive, moody, and stubborn. Though I would love to see more done with her character due to her Kryptonian upbringing, Kara in my eyes is more than worthy of the S on her chest. Thanks, partner! In fact, several stories in the comics and television series show that Kara may actually be stronger than Superman! She is actually OLDER than Clark, at least she was and ought to be. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Supergirl's character design evolved from her design in Super Best Friends Forever: her hair gradually became shorter and her shape became slimmer, in addition to the general stylistic changes from SBFF to DCSHG. T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 1k+, favs: 1, follows: 1, 11h ago, Clark K./Superman, Lex L. 15 Thicker than Blood » by mrsfizzle Set . So far, nothing interesting had come up and Winn was now aimlessly flicking through all the different news channels. A New York Times Best Seller! She is older, she was even on Krypton holding Clark as a baby. And didn't start aging again until she was released. No, dear readers, I couldn’t have that. However Kara's pod was knocked off course by Krypton's explosion, sending her ship into the Phantom Zone, where she slept for decades while being suspended in time and . They choose to get me out instead." A tear fell down Kara's eyes but she refused to cry. "Supergirl based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family"--Copyright page. When Earth-2 Kara puts on her red wig, the rest of the world knows her as Karen Starr, the CEO of Starware Industries. Kara Zor El, now known as Kara Kent has been working as Superman's sidekick for months. Karamel is the het ship between Kara Zor-El and Mon-El from the Supergirl fandom. The show wanted and needed her to stand as a hero in her own right, and she succeeded by stopping Myriad all on her own. @shonen3: Superman went to Earth as a baby and aged normally. Wikipedia says, Kara Zor-El is the last survivor of Argo City, which had survived the explosion of the planet Krypton and drifted through space. He's talking about her origin from the show, which is what OP seems to be talking about. In last year’s FFF post about Barbara Gordon, I talked about Batgirl being derivative of her male counterpart Batman. Her parents were residents of Argo City, which survived Krypton’s destruction by breaking off the planet whole. She is adopted by a human family and given an Earth childhood (well, teenager-hood in her case). 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