Supergirl

Revision as of 12:17, 14 July 2005

Art by Jim Mooney Color by Nightwing

Real Name: Kara Zor-El Secret Identity: Linda Lee Danvers.

The daughter of Jor-El's brother, Zor-El and his wife, Alura. She is Superman's cousin. Kara was born in deep space aboard the fragment of Krypton containing Argo City enclosed in a protective bubble.

Upon it's tragic destruction by a deadly meteor shower that ripped through the lead shielding and exposing the Anti-Kryptonite, Kara was rocketed to Earth as a teen by her parents where she first met her famous cousin, Superman.

Kara/Supergirl was Superman's secret emergency weapon when he was away on a mission and was unable to respond to a distress signal. Supergirl kept her true nature hidden under the secret identity of Linda Lee, an orphan at Midvale Orphanage.

She finally was adopted by Fred and Edna Danvers and then revealed to the world by Superman in an exciting serial in the pages of Action Comics. She later joined the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Among her boy friends have been Brainiac 5, Jerro, the Merboy from Atlantis, Biron (in human form), and boy-next-door Richard "Dick" Malverne (see Dick Malverne).

Pets: Streaky the Supercat, Comet the Super Horse and Streaky II, the non-super cat .

Supergirl is a major character of the Superman family mythos and her feats, beauty and kindness are legend.

External Links to Online Comics

"Meet the Supergirl From Krypton" from Action Comics No. 258

Supergirl is revealed to the world in "The World's Greatest Heroine" Action Comics serial reprinted in 80 Page Giant Action Comics No. 360