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Revision as of 22:11, 28 May 2016
- "I was sent here to protect my cousin. Turns out he didn't need my protection. But there's a whole planet full of people who do. Earth doesn't have just one hero anymore. Now it has me. Now it has Supergirl."
- —Kara Danvers[src]
Kara Zor-El of Krypton (c. 1966) is the titular character of the Supergirl television series. She is the daughter of Kryptonian scientist Zor-El and his wife Alura. Sent to Earth from the dying planet of Krypton to protect her younger cousin Kal-El, 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 un-aging. Her pod later escaped, and she arrived on Earth where she was placed with the Danvers family by an adult Kal-El, later becoming Kara Danvers. She was formerly the personal assistant of Cat Grant at CatCo Worldwide Media, and the hero known as Supergirl.
Biography
Life on Krypton
Kara was born on Krypton to her father Zor-El and mother Alura Zor-El, about 50 years ago in relation to Earth time. One night Kara stayed up late to see her mother. Questioning her mother as to why she had come home so late, Kara was told by Alura that a Hellgrammite had been brought before the citadel. When Kara mentioned that she wanted to help people like Alura did one day, she was told by her mother that she would, as she had the heart of a hero. After being told to get some rest by her mother, Kara researched Hellgrammites.[1]
Kara was given a spy beacon by her aunt, Astra, which could be used to call her. When Astra disappeared, Kara messaged her and Astra arrived, telling her that Krypton is dying. Unbeknownst to Kara, it was part of Alura's plan to lure Astra out of hiding to arrest her for her crimes.[2]
Phantom Zone
Kara in her pod, preparing to be rocketed away from the dying planet of Krypton.
When she was thirteen years old, Kara was sent to Earth from the dying planet of Krypton, charged with protecting her baby cousin Kal-El. Her mother told her that due to Earth's yellow sun, she'd have extraordinary powers and go on to do amazing things. However, when Krypton exploded, Kara's ship was knocked off course by the shock wave, pushing it into the Phantom Zone.[3] She slept there for 24 years until she awoke and noticed computer console in her dashboard that lights up with a logo with three dots in a triangular shape, before Fort Rozz's engines activated.[4]
Sent to Earth
Kara's pod finally landed on Earth. Since time doesn't pass in the Phantom Zone, she still appeared as a 13-year-old girl. She was found by a then adult Kal-El, who had gone on to fame as Superman. She was then taken by Kal-El to live with Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, a pair of scientists who once helped him understand his own abilities.[3]
She was enrolled at Midvale High School along with Alex. Kara was freaked out by her new world along with her developing powers. When they went to the beach she embarrassed Alex by staring at the birds as they did not have them on Krypton. When a car crashed close by Kara ran at super-speed to the rescue saving a mother and her child with her super-strength. However Alex was injured by a car door when it exploded. After that, Jeremiah and Kara decided that it was best for Kara to hide her powers.[5]
Catco Worldwide Media
Deciding that the world didn't need another hero, for the next twelve years Kara decided to live a normal life. Kara got a job interview at CatCo Worldwide Media as personal assistant to founder and CEO Cat Grant. On her way in she bumped into Winn Schott almost injuring him the process he warned her about Cat's personality. At first Ms. Grant was dismissive of Kara as just another millennial, but due to her unusual behavior and what appeared to be initiative, but was just Kara using her powers she was offered the job on the spot. [6]
Becoming Supergirl
Kara after saving Flight 237.
After a failed date, Kara saw on the news that Flight 237, the one her sister Alex Danvers was flying on to go to her conference in Geneva, was going down. Kara's instincts kicked in, and she used her abilities for the first time in years, successfully helping the plane land, though not without causing damage to Otto Binder Bridge. Though was later berated at her apartment by Alex, who was upset that she had revealed herself to the world, and couldn't take it back. Deciding to become a hero, Kara confided her secret in Winn Schott the next the day, on the roof of CatCo. With Winn's help, a costume was made, and Kara was able to stop a bank robbery and car chase. Kara was later subdued by the Department of Extra-Normal Operations while trying to stop a fire, the latter whom used Kryptonite darts. While meeting Director Hank Henshaw at the DEO base, it was explained to her that when her ship got loose from the Phantom Zone it dragged Fort Rozz, Krypton's maximum security prison with it to Earth. Though she offered to help, her offer was rejected by Henshaw. The next day, Kara was furious Cat Grant had dubbed her Supergirl, later being contacted by a Fort Rozz escapee, Vartox, and although she was defeated on their first encounter, she later convinced Henshaw to give her another try, in which she defeated him. It was later revealed to Kara that Superman had asked James to come to National City, as Superman had asked him to come there to keep an eye on her. Kara was confused as to why he didn't just tell her he wanted her to be a hero himself, with James revealing to her that Superman wanted her to choose it for herself, the same way he had to, as that was what made a hero. Kara was then given the blanket Kal-El was wrapped in as a baby, that James had been entrusted to give to Kara for her to use as a cape.[3]A week after revealing herself to National City, Kara's abilities were put to the test by Hank Henshaw and the D.E.O.. After finishing and talking with Alex over the necessity of the tests, Kara was alerted by Winn about a fire raging at the National City. Arriving at the Port, Kara prevented the fire from reaching a ship holding a million barrels of of crude oil, though in doing so caused the oil to spill into the National City bay. The next day even after three showers, Kara arrived at CatCo reeking of oil. Later at a content meeting, Cat Grant criticized Supergirl for the oil spill, telling her employees that she wanted an interview with Supergirl. However, Kara expressed to James that she wasn't going to do the interview as Cat would recognize her. After contemplating whether or not she had become a superhero too soon, Kara was given a pep-talk by James. She was later called by Alex in regards to an alien theft at Plastino Chemicals. Remembering being told about Hellgrammites by her mother years ago, Kara told Henshaw and Alex that, that was the alien they were looking for at the D.E.O. base. Though Kara offered to subdue the Hellgrammite after the D.E.O. tracked it down, her offer was rejected by Henshaw who wanted her to prove that she could handle herself without being killed beforehand. Kara was then brought into the D.E.O. training room and swiftly defeated by Alex with the assistance of Kryptonite emitters in the wall. Kara later arrived at work the next day sore from her sparring match with Alex. The next day at work, Kara took advice given by Cat Grant of starting small and working her way up, Kara enlisted the help of both Winn and James, who alerted her of several emergencies occurring in National City while simultaneously advising her on how to handle the situations. Later at her apartment, Kara thanked by Winn and James for their help, soon after being given an apology by Alex for how she handled things at the D.E.O.. The following day at work, Kara listened in on James' conversation with Cat Grant, offering to do the interview with Grant after James was given the dilemma of getting Cat the interview within 24 hours or being fired. Switching positions with James, Kara gave him a pep-talk after he explained to her how he hoped moving to National City he could be his own man. Directly after, Kara was called by Henshaw who notified her that Alex had been abducted by the Hellgrammite. At the D.E.O. base Kara berated Henshaw for putting her through tests instead of trusting her, as the situation could have been prevented if she had been there. Using her super-hearing, Kara tracked down Alex at the warehouse she was being held captive at. There, she discovered her Aunt Astra was still alive, and a fight between the two ensued. Kara and Alex were later saved from Astra by Henshaw who stabbed the latter with a Kryptonite knife, forcing her to fly off. Later at the D.E.O. base Kara was shown a room that had been setup for her to communicate with the A.I. that had been sent with her pod. Kara later carried Cat's car to a remote location for their interview, telling Grant that James Olsen had told her that Cat had wanted to talk to her.[1]
Personality
Kara is kind, caring, selfless, intelligent, courageous, and has a sense of justice, honor and good morals. However, when she makes mistakes, she feels guilt and remorse for her actions. Due to her being a new superhero, Kara unfortunately does not have the confidence that her cousin Kal-El possesses. She is also short-tempered and sometimes lets her emotions get the better of her.
Powers & Abilities
Powers
- Kryptonian Physiology: Like all Kryptonians, Kara possesses the power to absorb the light and radiation of young stars, specifically those in the main sequence yellow spectrum. Her body is constantly absorbing and storing energy from Earth's yellow sun, which in turn grants them incredible powers, such as superhuman strength, senses, impenetrable skin, and even the power to defy gravity.
- Yellow Solar Energy Absorption: Like all Kryptoninans in Earth's environment, Kara is able to absorb solar energy from a yellow sun. Her Kryptonian body cells absorb, metabolize and store the energy like a living solar battery, which manifest as her various abilities.
- Super strength: Chief among Kara's superpowers is her incalculable strength. As all Kryptonians under a yellow sun, Kara has an enormous level of superhuman strength, enough to easily kill a normal human if she were to punch them directly. After embracing her powers and becoming Supergirl, Kara's true potential started to manifest in a slow pace, allowing her to stop a train moving at Mach 1, or even more impressively, lift over a million tons of condensed star material. Additionally, Kara proved strong enough to literately lift Fort Rozz out of the Earth and into Outer Space. While not limitless, the extent of her super-strength is undetermined as of yet; making her among the strongest terrestrial beings in the known universe alongside her cousin and the Martian Manhunter. Despite her strength, Kara still must physically exert herself when fighting other superpowered beings of similar levels of strength and durability, such as other empowered Kryptonians.
- Super speed: Kara possesses the ability to move at incredible super speeds, far greater than that of any normal human, essentially making her "faster than a speeding bullet"; able to exceed well over the Mach 1 - the speed of sound. Once she started to actually use her powers in a less restrained way, she was easily able to move at supersonic speeds surpassing Mach 3, even to the point where she can almost catch up with a speedster like Barry Allen but only for a few seconds. Ultimately, Barry proved to be faster. Barry is much faster than her, also because Kara has no connection to the Speed Force which explains why Kara is unable to travel through time. Barry's current speed limit is about Mach 13, though Eobard Thawne once said that in one point, Barry will move with infinite speed.
- Flight: As all Kryptonians under a yellow sun, Kara is able to fly at supersonic-speeds by manipulating her own gravitational field.
- Invulnerability: Kara is essentially invulnerable to all Earthly weapons, with bullets simply ricocheting whenever they come in contact with her skin. However, her durability has proved to be somewhat weaker than that of her cousin, Kal-El.
- Accelerated healing factor: Kara is able to heal much faster than a normal human. Also, Kara's body processes and burns calories much more faster than any other normal human, essentially allowing her to eat all she wants without actually increasing in weight.
- Super hearing: Kara has super-sensitive ears that can pick up sounds from miles away.
- Super breath: Kara is able to exhale powerful gusts of air from her mouth. She can also cause the temperature of her breath to drop, therefore able to freeze nearly anything.
- X-ray vision: Kara is able to see through all solid objects; except for lead.
- Heat vision: By concentrating every solar-energy reserve she has in her body, Kara can emit powerful heat lasers from her eyes.
- Immunity: Like all Kryptonians, Kara is immune to all forms of diseases and illnesses.
- Telepathic Immunity: Like all Kryptonians, Kara is immune to all forms of telepathy.
Abilities
- Multilingual: Kara is capable of fluently speaking English and her native Kryptonese.
- Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Since joining the D.E.O., Alex has been teaching Kara to better handle herself in battle against opponents with formidable powers of their own, including how to use their own momentum against them. Ultimately, even with her powers temporarily disabled, Kara has become a highly proficient fighter, able to compete against the more experienced Alex and Astra. As the series went, Kara became even better at this, managing to equal indigo in their fight, also defeating Maxima.
Weaknesses
Kara possesses all the typical weaknesses of a super-powered Kryptonian.
- Green Kryptonite: Like all Kryptonians, Kara can be weakened by green kryptonite, as it is a radioactive mineral from her home planet Krypton. Green Kryptonite leaves her vulnerable to weapons and anything in general that can kill a normal human. If she is exposed to it for too long, it will kill her.
- Red Kryptonite: Like all Kryptonians, if Kara is exposed to red kryptonite, it gradually destroys her inhibitions. Gradually she will be left without morality, rationality, or any cares whatsoever. Left with only malice, pride and wrath, Kara will become malevolent and prone to hostility and aggression, making her a danger to everyone around her.
- Lead: Kara can not see through lead, even with her X-ray vision.
- Red sun energy: The energy from a red sun is known to be the Kryptonian's natural sun and therefore, exposure to it will strip them of their powers, rendering them equivalent to an ordinary human on Earth.
- Extreme energy: Extreme amounts of energy can be enough to kill Kara.
- Solar energy depletion: Using her powers to its maximum for an extended period can significantly drain her solar energy to the point where Kara loses all of her powers and is rendered more human like for at least a day. This renders her as weak as a human, allowing Kara to get injured and killed as easy as killing a human.
- Magic: Like all Kryptonians, Kara can be affected by most forms of magic like any ordinary human. This is because her powers are derived from her natural physiology, not from the supernatural.
- Super hearing: Though considered a strength, Kara's hearing does have its disadvantages. Since her hearing is more sensitive than a normal human, higher pitch noises (sonic screams, etc.) can disorient her and cause pain in her ears, leaving her vulnerable in a fight.
Equipment
- Supergirl suit: Kara wears a suit as her super-heroine alter-ego, Supergirl, to hide her identity from her enemies, when she goes out fighting crime. It was designed by Winn Schott, it is also unknown what materials it is made from.
- Lead lined glasses: As a teenager Kara was given a pair of lead lined glasses to help her control her visual powers.
Appearances
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The Flash
Season Two
- "Welcome to Earth-2" (Vision)
Season Three
- "TBA"
Arrow
Season Five
- "TBA"
DC Legends of Tomorrow
Season Two
- "TBA"
Adventures of Supergirl
Trivia
- Physically, Kara is 24 years old. However, due to her being 13 when she left Krypton, spending 24 years in the Phantom Zone (and not aging while in there), spending the next 12 years on Earth hiding her powers, and then about 1 year using them, Kara is chronologically 50 years old.
- Kara normally wakes up at 6:45 a.m.[7]
- Kara once mentioned that she has been to 12 different planets, aside from Earth and Krypton.
- Apparently Kara practice paintings on canvas.
Notes
- Kara Zor-El debuted in Action Comics #252 (May, 1959) as the cousin of Superman, rocketed from Argo City before it's destruction. She later died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths (October, 1985) event. Kara was later re-introduced into the DC continuity in Superman/Batman #8 (2004). She was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.
- In the comics, Supergirl has used several aliases for her civilian identity including: Kara Kent, Linda Lang, Claire Connors and most famously Linda Lee Danvers, who was later adapted to be a separate character altogether. Supergirl's name on the show, "Kara Danvers", is a combination of some of those aliases, this being the first instance this particular name has been used.
- Supergirl marks Kara Zor-El's third live action appearance; previously appearing in the 1984 Supergirl film (where she was portrayed by Helen Slater), and Smallville (portrayed by Laura Vandervoort). Both actresses who played Supergirl previously have appeared in this show.