Supergirl
Origins - Kara Zor-El is the last survivor of Argo City of the planet Krypton. Although Argo, which had survived the explosion of the planet, drifted through space as a self-sustaining environment, the soil of the colony eventually turned into Kryptonite. Though Kara's father Zor-El placed lead sheeting above the ground to protect the citizens from radiation, meteorites pierced the sheeting and the Kryptonians died of radiation poisoning. Supergirl adopts the identity of Linda Lee, an orphan at Midvale Orphanage presided over by headmistress Miss Hart. She disguises herself by hiding her blond hair beneath a brunette wig. During this time, Supergirl interacts with humans on a person-to-person basis performing good deeds and saving the world by helping one person at a time. Supergirl also uses clever schemes in order to act as "Superman's Secret Weapon" saving him many times, while avoiding adoption before Superman can introduce her publicly. Kara is also a member of the Legion of Superheroes, where she becomes close to Brainiac 5. After her death during The Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kara Zor-El eventually would resurface and claim to be the biological cousin of Kal-El. Although chronologically older than Superman, the ship in which she traveled to Earth was caught in a large green kryptonite meteorite which held her in a state of suspended animation for much of the journey. Kara Zor-El begins training in the use of her newly manifested powers under the tutelage of Wonder Woman and the Amazons on the island of Themyscria. She is then captured by Darkseid and brainwashed into becoming the leader of his Female Furies. Following a rescue mission led by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, Kara Zor-El assumes her heroic identity as Supergirl. Kara assumes the identity of Flamebird to fight crime in the bottle city of Kandor with Power Girl as Nightwing. While in Kandor, Kara is telepathically manipulated by an evil version of Saturn Girl named Saturn Queen into falling in love with Ultraman who has claimed to be Kal-El. After Ultraman is defeated, Saturn Queen tells Kara of Argo city's survival in exchange for her sparing the life of Ultraman. Soon after the end of the Amazon War, Supergirl receives membership with the Teen Titans. During her first mission as an official member of the team, she and the other Titans find themselves confronting the sinister "Titans of Tomorrow," and she finds herself battling against a re-cloned Conner Kent. After this, there is a big falling out between Wonder Girl and Supergirl, which leads to Supergirl leaving the Teen Titans. In the midst of the Brightest Day event, Kara is called to Germany by Congorilla, and arrives just in time to see an insane Power Girl attempting to kill the members of the Justice League and the Justice Society. The two women fight to a standstill, with Kara ultimately distracting Power Girl long enough for Jade to knock her unconscious. Following this, Kara is told by Batman that she can stay with the League, as they will likely need her help in discovering what drove Power Girl insane. After learning that Power Girl and other meta humans across the world are being possessed by a cosmic entity known as the Starheart, Supergirl travels to Gotham in order to save the city from a crazed water elemental named Naiad. After defeating and capturing Naiad, Supergirl is officially welcomed into the JLA by Batman. Kara has recently become a founding member of Superman's new team, the Supermen of America.
Powers and Abilities - Like all Kryptonians under a yellow sun, the current version of Kara Zor-El possesses vast superhuman strength, speed, and stamina, invulnerability, supervision, flight, super smell, super scream, self sufficiency (not needing food or sleep), super breath, x-ray vision, telescopic and microscopic vision, freeze breath, heat vision, and super hearing. Kara also has increased healing abilities, super immunity, super equilibrium, The modern day Kara Zor-El is also a capable martial artist, having trained with both the Amazons and the New Gods of Apokolips. Continued exposure to a yellow sun will cause the level of her abilities to slowly increase. Many characters in the DC Universe have noted that Supergirl appears at times to be even more powerful than Superman. However, as Superman explains, this may be because he has spent a lifetime subconsciously suppressing his powers so that he doesn't hurt the people around him, while Kara, without such experience, simply uses her powers to the fullest without being as fearful of risks to others. Batman's own analysis of Supergirl indicates that Kara possesses "extremely high concentrations of neural stem cells" and that "her cellular structure is a shade more dense than Superman's." He is not sure of the reasons for the difference, but the result, he tells Superman, is that she metabolizes sunlight more efficiently. The bottom line result being that she could be more powerful than Superman. Kara is easily strong enough to lift 100 tons with ease. The exact magnitude of her strength is unknown but it is said that she could easily crack a planet in half and is capable of pushing one out of orbit. She has been trained by Batman in advanced martial arts and trained with the Amazons ,on Themyscira, in combat and sword fighting. She has trained with Wonder Woman and Artemis extensively and knows Klukor (Kryptonian Martial Arts), one of the few people on Earth who do. While under Darkseid's mind control she was made a Female Fury and presumably trained with them. Supergirl speaks a multitude of languages fluently. She learned all of Earth's languages in less then a month. She also speaks interlac. She is also fluent in Kryptonese. Plus, through precise muscle control, she can mimic other peoples voices. Supergirl has shown incredible intelligence and computational abilities; her mind works sharply and with extreme speed relative to earth-humans. Her analytical powers are impressive she is able to use her senses to read information directly from machines and, with careful usage of her heat vision, she can even reprogram machines. While she lived on Argo City Kara learned much about science and technology. Supergirl excels in engineering and has been shown to be able to reprogram advanced Kryptonian technology with little effort. She is a member of the Kryptonian Science Council the ruling body of Krypton. Kara is also very artistic.
Weaknesses and Limitations - Kryptonite is the biggest weakness of any Kryptonian. If Supergirl is not exposed to the rays of a yellow sun her powers will begin to fade and weaken. Withstanding large amounts of damage continuously over time will rapidly deplete her solar reserves. Supergirl is shown having a weakness to magic and magic energies. Her x-ray vision cannot penetrate anything lead or lead lined.
Origins - Kara Zor-El is the last survivor of Argo City of the planet Krypton. Although Argo, which had survived the explosion of the planet, drifted through space as a self-sustaining environment, the soil of the colony eventually turned into Kryptonite. Though Kara's father Zor-El placed lead sheeting above the ground to protect the citizens from radiation, meteorites pierced the sheeting and the Kryptonians died of radiation poisoning. Supergirl adopts the identity of Linda Lee, an orphan at Midvale Orphanage presided over by headmistress Miss Hart. She disguises herself by hiding her blond hair beneath a brunette wig. During this time, Supergirl interacts with humans on a person-to-person basis performing good deeds and saving the world by helping one person at a time. Supergirl also uses clever schemes in order to act as "Superman's Secret Weapon" saving him many times, while avoiding adoption before Superman can introduce her publicly. Kara is also a member of the Legion of Superheroes, where she becomes close to Brainiac 5. After her death during The Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kara Zor-El eventually would resurface and claim to be the biological cousin of Kal-El. Although chronologically older than Superman, the ship in which she traveled to Earth was caught in a large green kryptonite meteorite which held her in a state of suspended animation for much of the journey. Kara Zor-El begins training in the use of her newly manifested powers under the tutelage of Wonder Woman and the Amazons on the island of Themyscria. She is then captured by Darkseid and brainwashed into becoming the leader of his Female Furies. Following a rescue mission led by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, Kara Zor-El assumes her heroic identity as Supergirl. Kara assumes the identity of Flamebird to fight crime in the bottle city of Kandor with Power Girl as Nightwing. While in Kandor, Kara is telepathically manipulated by an evil version of Saturn Girl named Saturn Queen into falling in love with Ultraman who has claimed to be Kal-El. After Ultraman is defeated, Saturn Queen tells Kara of Argo city's survival in exchange for her sparing the life of Ultraman. Soon after the end of the Amazon War, Supergirl receives membership with the Teen Titans. During her first mission as an official member of the team, she and the other Titans find themselves confronting the sinister "Titans of Tomorrow," and she finds herself battling against a re-cloned Conner Kent. After this, there is a big falling out between Wonder Girl and Supergirl, which leads to Supergirl leaving the Teen Titans. In the midst of the Brightest Day event, Kara is called to Germany by Congorilla, and arrives just in time to see an insane Power Girl attempting to kill the members of the Justice League and the Justice Society. The two women fight to a standstill, with Kara ultimately distracting Power Girl long enough for Jade to knock her unconscious. Following this, Kara is told by Batman that she can stay with the League, as they will likely need her help in discovering what drove Power Girl insane. After learning that Power Girl and other meta humans across the world are being possessed by a cosmic entity known as the Starheart, Supergirl travels to Gotham in order to save the city from a crazed water elemental named Naiad. After defeating and capturing Naiad, Supergirl is officially welcomed into the JLA by Batman. Kara has recently become a founding member of Superman's new team, the Supermen of America.
Powers and Abilities - Like all Kryptonians under a yellow sun, the current version of Kara Zor-El possesses vast superhuman strength, speed, and stamina, invulnerability, supervision, flight, super smell, super scream, self sufficiency (not needing food or sleep), super breath, x-ray vision, telescopic and microscopic vision, freeze breath, heat vision, and super hearing. Kara also has increased healing abilities, super immunity, super equilibrium, The modern day Kara Zor-El is also a capable martial artist, having trained with both the Amazons and the New Gods of Apokolips. Continued exposure to a yellow sun will cause the level of her abilities to slowly increase. Many characters in the DC Universe have noted that Supergirl appears at times to be even more powerful than Superman. However, as Superman explains, this may be because he has spent a lifetime subconsciously suppressing his powers so that he doesn't hurt the people around him, while Kara, without such experience, simply uses her powers to the fullest without being as fearful of risks to others. Batman's own analysis of Supergirl indicates that Kara possesses "extremely high concentrations of neural stem cells" and that "her cellular structure is a shade more dense than Superman's." He is not sure of the reasons for the difference, but the result, he tells Superman, is that she metabolizes sunlight more efficiently. The bottom line result being that she could be more powerful than Superman. Kara is easily strong enough to lift 100 tons with ease. The exact magnitude of her strength is unknown but it is said that she could easily crack a planet in half and is capable of pushing one out of orbit. She has been trained by Batman in advanced martial arts and trained with the Amazons ,on Themyscira, in combat and sword fighting. She has trained with Wonder Woman and Artemis extensively and knows Klukor (Kryptonian Martial Arts), one of the few people on Earth who do. While under Darkseid's mind control she was made a Female Fury and presumably trained with them. Supergirl speaks a multitude of languages fluently. She learned all of Earth's languages in less then a month. She also speaks interlac. She is also fluent in Kryptonese. Plus, through precise muscle control, she can mimic other peoples voices. Supergirl has shown incredible intelligence and computational abilities; her mind works sharply and with extreme speed relative to earth-humans. Her analytical powers are impressive she is able to use her senses to read information directly from machines and, with careful usage of her heat vision, she can even reprogram machines. While she lived on Argo City Kara learned much about science and technology. Supergirl excels in engineering and has been shown to be able to reprogram advanced Kryptonian technology with little effort. She is a member of the Kryptonian Science Council the ruling body of Krypton. Kara is also very artistic.
Weaknesses and Limitations - Kryptonite is the biggest weakness of any Kryptonian. If Supergirl is not exposed to the rays of a yellow sun her powers will begin to fade and weaken. Withstanding large amounts of damage continuously over time will rapidly deplete her solar reserves. Supergirl is shown having a weakness to magic and magic energies. Her x-ray vision cannot penetrate anything lead or lead lined.
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