Overview
- Supergirl is the cousin of Superman and the last known Daughter of Krypton. Trapped in a meteor moments after escaping the destruction of the planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El finally managed to reach Earth only to discover her "baby cousin" had grown to become one of the planet's greatest heroes.
- Adopting her cousin's symbol, Kara struggles to adapt to life on Earth; torn between the desire to live a normal life and the desire to uphold the heroic legacy of her cousin.
- For the Bombshell counterpart, see Bombshell Supergirl.
Background
- When the Kryptonian scientist, Jor-El, attempted to warn the Science Council of the planet's impending destruction, while the council dismissed his assertions as paranoia, Jor-El's brother, Zor-El, heeded his brother's warnings and reverse-engineered force field technology left behind from when Brainiac bottled the city of Kandor. Although Zor-El could not perfect the device, he did succeed in creating a force field bubble that would enable Argo City to survive Krypton's destruction. However, Brainiac sensed that his technology was being used elsewhere and tracked Argo City down. He assimilated the city and merged it with the bottled city of Kandor as Krypton was in the process of exploding.
- During the assimilation, Zor-El and his wife, Alura, sent their daughter, Kara Zor-El, in a rocket ship programmed to follow after that of baby Kal-El to Earth. While she was originally intended to look after her infant cousin upon their arrival, her rocket was caught in a meteor that sent her rocket off course and trapped her in stasis for decades.
- When the meteor Kara's rocket was trapped within entered Earth's sector on a collision course with Earth, U.S. President Lex Luthor attempted to use the meteor, which was obviously of Kryptonian origin, in a campaign to make Superman a public fugitive. While Luthor issued a considerable bounty for the hero's capture, a bounty that numerous villains attempted to collect, and recruited a small task force of heroes, lead by Captain Atom, to apprehend him, the Batman aided the hero in fending of the bounty hunters and well-meaning apprehenders. As the meteor was destroyed by Captain Atom, Luthor attempted to kill Superman himself; publicly donning his LexCore battle armor to engage the hero in Metropolis only to be defeated and publicly outed as having formed an alliance with the New God, Darkseid for weapons and Apokoliptian technology.
- While Luthor's presidency was revoked, the villain escaped and the meteor's destruction resulted in fragments of Kryptonite meteors being scattered across the planet. One such fragment contained Kara's rocket, which crashed into the Gotham City harbor. Awakening from stasis, Kara commandeered the Batboat when the Batman arrived to inspect the meteor and discovered the rocket. Exhibiting enhanced powers and strength, in an unfamiliar city unable to speak or understand the language, Kara inadvertently caused a trail of destruction through the city before being subdued by Batman after he deduced she was a kryptonian.
- After alerting Superman, the two kryptonians converse and she tells him of their relationship as cousins. Ecstatic over the possibility of no longer being the last of his race, Superman takes Kara into his confidence, teaching her about life on Earth before Wonder Woman abducts her after receiving a prophesy that she would be abducted by Darkseid. Taking Kara to Themyscira, Diana begins training her in combat despite Superman's rejections, however, Kara is still abducted while the "Trinity" (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) and Amazons are distracted by an army of Doomsday clones.
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Jor-El · Brainiac · bottled · Kal-El · Lex Luthor · Superman · Captain Atom · Batman · New God · Darkseid · Kryptonite · Gotham City · Wonder Woman · Themyscira · DoomsdayCombat Statistics
- Supergirl (Legends PvP)
- Supergirl (Vendor)
- Supergirl (Metropolis General Hospital)
- Supergirl (Fortress of Solitude: Power Core)
- Hallucination (Supergirl)
- Supergirl (Brothers in Arms)
- Bombshell Supergirl (Legends PvP)
- Supergirl - TV Series Costume (Legends PvP)
- Controlled Supergirl
Involvement
- Enslaved by Brainiac, Supergirl is an opponent in the Fortress of Solitude: Power Core raid.
- Supergirl is a playable character for Legends PvP and Legends PvE.
- Supergirl is an ally in the Brainiac's Bottle Ship operation.
- Supergirl is one of the iconic heroes who fight the Anti-Monitor and his minions in the Attack of the Anti-Monitor anniversary event.
- Controlled Supergirl is one of the possible bosses for the Starro: Invasion! alert in the Deluge episode.
- Supergirl is an ally in the BoP: Fire & Brimstone raid in the Birds of Prey episode.
- Supergirl is a taskmaster in 31st Century: New Earth in the Long Live the Legion episode.
- Controlled by Brainiac she is a random first boss fight in the Brainiac: Hall of Justice raid.
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Brainiac · Fortress of Solitude: Power Core · Supergirl · Legends PvP · Legends PvE · Brainiac's Bottle Ship · Anti-Monitor · Attack of the Anti-Monitor · Starro: Invasion! · Deluge · BoP: Fire & Brimstone · Birds of Prey · 31st Century: New Earth · Long Live the Legion · Brainiac: Hall of JusticeHeroes
- Supergirl is a Vendor for the Meta Iconic Battle Suits: Sunstone Edge, Kryptonian Commander (controller only), Kryptonian Medico (healer only), Sunstone Bulwark (tank only) and Manta.
- Superman will contact you to locate Supergirl, who disappeared while investigating the rampaging metahuman patients at Metropolis General Hospital. She is being held captive by Doctor Psycho inside. Doctor Psycho would also conjure hallucinations of her, Power Girl and Wonder Woman in battle.
- Supergirl, located in the Meta Wing of the JLA Watchtower, will initiate the Level 30 mission to locate and assist her cousin, Superman, who is currently inside the Daily Planet building that is being shrunk and bottled by Brainiac.
- Supergirl is among the powerful beings captured and brainwashed by Granny Goodness in Halls of Power Part II. Heroes run the risk of fighting her in the Fatal Exams Alert.
- Supergirl is an ally for heroes in the Kandor Central Tower raid.
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Supergirl · Iconic Battle Suits · Sunstone Edge · Kryptonian Commander · Kryptonian Medico · Sunstone Bulwark · Manta · Superman · Metropolis General Hospital · Doctor Psycho · Power Girl · Wonder Woman · Brainiac · Granny Goodness · Halls of Power Part II · Alert · Kandor Central TowerVillains
- Supergirl is called upon by the Justice League to investigate reports of metahuman experimentation in a LexCorp-funded wing of Metropolis General Hospital. She finds extensive evidence of metahuman experimentation conducted by Dr. Psycho and attempts to liberate the meta-humans. She is thwarted and her DNA sampled by one of the new villains supported by the Secret Society of Super-Villains working for Lex Luthor.
- Supergirl is an iconic opponent for villains in Alternate Metropolis in the Brothers in Arms operation.
- Supergirl appears randomly as an opponent in the Police Station Tier 3 Duo.
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Metropolis General Hospital · new villains · Brothers in Arms · Police Station · DuoAssociated Equipment
- Fire Soul Costume Style
- Might of Krypton Costume Style
- Woman of Tomorrow Costume Style
- Woman of Tomorrow Duster Style
- Supergirl's Kandorian Battleboots
- Exobyte Data: Supergirl
- Exobyte Data: Supergirl - TV Series Costume
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Fire Soul · Might of Krypton · Woman of Tomorrow · Supergirl's Kandorian Battleboots · Exobyte Data: Supergirl · Exobyte Data: Supergirl - TV Series CostumeTrivia
- Supergirl first appeared in Action Comics #252 (May 1959).
- Supergirl's original appearance in DC Universe Online was based off of her "Classic" New Earth incarnation before the 2011 "New 52" reboot, however, as of The Death of Superman, Supergirl's look was updated to her "Rebirth" appearance.
- Supergirl is voiced by Adriene Mishler.
- As the two are separate versions of each other from alternate Earths, Power Girl's and Supergirl's hearts beat in perfect sync with each other.
- Supergirl is proficient in hand-to-hand combat from training with the Amazons of Themyscira. As a result she is considered an honorary Amazon of Themyscira.
- Kara is known as the "Trinity Child" due to her being unofficially "adopted" as a protégé by Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman (aka "The Trinity").
- Kara owns an orange and white striped tabby cat named Streaky. His name is derived from the fact that he has a lot of household "accidents" that ultimately streaks the furniture.
- Supergirl attends Metropolis University disguised as Linda Lang, the niece of Lana Lang. The duo live together in Hammersmith Tower.
- To celebrate the premier of the CBS Supergirl television series on October 26th, 2015, DC Universe Online temporarily updated Supergirl's in-game look to match her television appearance. This update was initiated on the 22nd of October, 2015, a month after which she returned to her typical in-game look. Her "television series" appearance is no longer currently available as a Legends PvP and Legends PVE avatar.
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The Death of Superman · Power Girl · Amazons of Themyscira · Metropolis University · Lana Lang · Legends PvPGallery
- Supergirl Gallery Page
External links
- Supergirl Wikipedia
- Supergirl DC Database