Kara Zor-El, also known as Supergirl and formerly known as The Warrior, is the tritagonist of My Adventures with Superman.
Born into the House of El, Kara is the daughter of Zor-El, the brother of Jor-El, thereby Kal-El's paternal cousin. She was sent away by her father in the last moments before Krypton fell, the same day when Clark was sent away by his parents.
But it was all for naught, as Kara was found by Brainiac, following the aftermath of her home planet's destruction. Kara was then raised and brainwashed to serve the evil machine as his second in command 'The Warrior' in his campaign to conquer throughout the universe. After discovering Brainiac's malevolent intentions, she turned against, and ultimately destroyed her former mentor once his invasion of Earth was thwarted.
Wishing to redeem herself for her actions under Brainiac's control, and as a way to honor Krypton's wish for peace, she followed her cousin's example and became a hero of planet Earth, officially taking up the mantle of 'Supergirl' in the process.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Kara Zor-El was born on the planet Krypton to young Zor-El and his wife, Alura In-Ze. She was placed into a pod by her father to avoid Krypton's inevitable destruction, during the last moments before the planet fell, the same day when her cousin Kal-El was sent away by her aunt and uncle, Kara was sent away just before the explosion.
But she was later found by Brainiac, the robotic entity who wiped out her entire race, he then raised her in order to serve the maniacal A.I. as his second-in-command in his campaign to conquer the rest of the universe. At some point Brainiac subjected Kara to intense brainwashing methods; from then on whenever Kara came across a new world Brainiac would activate her programing and cause mass destruction to the planets and their inhabitants, while Kara would have no memory of the pain and devastation she caused.
Season 1[]
Hearts of the Fathers[]
After Superman destroyed his ship and the portal. Brainiac went off to tell Kara that the planet has resisted their efforts of conquest. The mind-controlled daughter of the House of El says that their resistance is irrelevant, for in the end, Earth will kneel
Season 2[]
Finding the Only Person Who Understands Her[]
Two Lanes Diverged[]
After Kara receives a message from Earth, she learns her cousin, Kal-El was alive, so she immediately left Brainiac's base Kandor intending to locate him.
Most Eligible Superman[]
When arriving to Earth, she encounters Jimmy Olson, whom due to a misunderstanding mistake him as the leader of the Planet and ask for his help to search for her cousin. After Jimmy offers to help her, the two come across an ice cream shop and upon hearing she never tried it before Jimmy bought her some and she simply adored the new sensation she just tasted. The two bond over touring Metropolis before eventually heading to the contest, where Jimmy learns Kara was searching for Superman, who is named the winner. However, Kara was disgusted by what she was seeing.
Suddenly, just as Lois Lane and Superman are having an argument, Kara, who has identified Superman as her cousin, Kal-El. She came to Earth because she finally wanted to meet her cousin, expecting to meet a powerful warrior. Instead, she is disappointed to see her cousin partake in frivolous activities, such as superficial entertainment. She manifests a black armor around her and gives Superman a choice: join her in conquering Earth and kneeling before the Kryptonian Empire.
Superman tries to reason with Kara and explain to her that the Kryptonian Empire is gone, Brainiac's voice tells Kara that the Kryptonian Empire is eternal and orders Kara to take her cousin down. Kara attacks Superman, who desperately tries to keep the battle from hurting innocent people. Once they reach the streets of Metropolis, Brainiac in Kara's bracelet tells her not to hesitate in her mission and she continues attacking Superman. Despite Superman unlocking the power of ice breath in their ensuing fight, Kara defeats him. Interested in Superman, Brainiac that has been monitoring Kara tells her to bring Kal-El to him. Kara incapacitates Superman, traps him in a crystalline container and departs from Earth.
The Machine Who Would Be Empire[]
Kara is seen standing in front of Superman when he awakens inside Kara's ship and breaks free from his container. He is shocked that Kara would kidnap him and tries to get back home. His suit manifests a helmet around his head, and he flies into outer space, only to realize that he is in the middle of nowhere and doesn't know where Earth is. Kara believes Superman's time on Earth has made him weak and wants Superman to join her in conquering the galaxy on behalf of the Kryptonian Empire, but Superman insists he will not conquer the Earth because it's his home and tells her that wanting peace is not weakness, but Kara replies that her father knew that Superman would oppose their plans of conquest and insists they should see her father. Superman admits being interested in seeing Krypton and Kara smiles as she puts on a thought projector, a device that turns thoughts into images. Kara shows him an image of the last days of Krypton and describes the Empire as a benevolent force that helped primitive species join the wider galaxy and become model Kryptonian citizens. Superman acknowledges that the Krypton he is seeing is beautiful but it's not real, just a holographic projection. He still considers Earth his home and even uses the thought projector to show Kara a childhood memory of him with his adoptive human parents Jonathan and Martha, who loved him and raised him as one of their own.
Kara is uncomfortable watching Superman grow by hiding his powers and without becoming a warrior. She even asks Superman if anyone has ever loved the real him and Superman briefly manifests an image of Lois before shutting down the projector. When he tries to put away the projector, he comes across the objects Kara has collected across her journey including a photo of her and Jimmy. Superman teases her for her crush with Jimmy and Kara admits that she has been collecting objects from the planets she has brought into the Empire because she is interested in them. However, her father believes her interest in non-Kryptonian things is a weakness and that she should strive to be nothing but a warrior, But Clark retorts that's what he wants and asks her what she wants, so she answers she wants what's best for the empire. Superman asks Kara to show her the planets she has visited, and she enthusiastically agrees saying she knows just the place and plots a course.
Along the way, they come across an asteroid field and Kara says they will have to clear it manually. Kara decided to play a little prank by pretending to suffocate before revealing to Superman that Kryptonians like the two of them don't actually need helmets in outer space. Kara takes this as an opportunity to bond with her cousin and they start throwing ice asteroids at each other, similar to a snowball fight and they both admit to having a good time. When Superman demonstrates his bioelectric powers, she asked how he did that, and her cousin explained that every time he had to protect someone important to him, he got stronger; when Superman stated that he assumed it was a "Kryptonian Thing" she expresses doubt as she is the "Defender of the New Kryptonian Empire" and if anyone should get stronger from fighting it should be her. After finally arriving at Thanagar, Kara brings Superman to the planet's surface, hoping to impress him. However, what they find is a broken, smoking ruin with no people in sight. Superman asks what happened to the people and Kara realizes she doesn't even remember the last time she visited Thanagar. Suddenly, a group of robots surrounds them, and Kara recognizes them as soldiers for her father.
The robots escort the Kryptonians to the citadel of Kandor, the last remnant of the Empire. There, Kara introduces her to her father, the machine known as Brainiac. Superman is confused, as Kara's father is Zor-El, his uncle, but Brainiac is a machine. Brainiac explains that he used to be the artificial intelligence that operated most of Krypton's technological infrastructure, but now, he is confined to this station. He is displeased by Kara's choice to travel to Earth alone, but at least she found Superman so they can rebuild the Empire. Kara enters the room seeing an exhausted Kal-El on the floor and begins asking what happened to her cousin, but Brainiac is angry that she disobeyed his orders and erases her memory of what happened. When she awakens, Kara finds Superman in suspended animation and Brainiac is pleased that she brought his cousin home with acting. However sometime later, Kara snaps out of her brainwashed state when she sees the picture of her and Jimmy as well as her souvenir from Thanagar, which in turn causes her to remember her experiences with Superman and decides to travel to the planets she brought into the Empire, but she only finds burned planets with no people in sight. The only thing she finds in Thanagar is a wall with pictures of a flying woman attacking the Thanagarians. Kara realizes the dreadful truth: she destroyed Thanagar, alongside all the planets she supposedly saved. Kara became extremely devastated and appalled by her own actions and flies into space, trying to process what she has done and realizing her cousin is in great danger wonders how to save him, only to find a ship flying towards her. To her surprise the ship occupied by Lois, Jimmy, the Brain and Monsieur Mallah.
Path to redemption[]
The Death of Clark Kent[]
Kara asks what Jimmy is doing here with him explaining everything before letting her in the ship. Once she is aboard the ship the Human male and the Kryptonian female begin to blush as they talk about their reunion. Then are interrupted by Lois who shows anger at Kara for kidnaping Clark while Kara in turn shows anger for Lois breaking her cousin’s heart. Then after being reminded of the current situation, Kara decided to focus on saving Kal-El while also assuming that Brainiac is malfunctioning and desperately trying to connive herself, she can reason with her adoptive father. Kara devises a plan to save Superman during Brainiac’s routine maintenance check; while Mallah and Brain stay behind to repair the spaceship, Jimmy and Lois infiltrate Kandor while Kara attempts persuade Brainiac to stop and listen.
Upon arriving at the commanded center Kara tried to convince Brainiac to let Superman go while also saying that she wanted to help him. Frustrated with her rebelliousness, Brainiac reveals he is not malfunctioning at all and confirms that he brainwashed her to serve his interests much to her horror. Kara severally damaged his robotic body, but Brainiac successfully possesses Superman's body and proceeds to fight her. Jimmy tries to use the Kryptonite on Brainiac but hesitates as it is also affecting Kara. Brainiac then ejects Kara, Lois, and Jimmy into space before teleporting Kandor away. After Mallah and the Brain rescue the trio, She and Jimmy notice that Lois stole the Black Mercy and uses it on herself which shock them at a turning point.
Pierce the Heavens, Superman![]
Jimmy and Kara return to Earth with Lois's body to regroup but are apprehended by Amada Waller and Lex Luthor, who believe them to have summoned Superman to invade. Thanks to a Flamebird post, they are rescued by the Daily Planet. As Kara wonders what to do now that she knows everything, she ever believed in was a lie, Jimmy comforted her telling Kara that Superman was also bred for combat but that is not all that he is, and she also can choose what kind of person she wants to be. As the invasion progressed, Kara confronted Brainiac once more and after hearing what he thought was best, she finally accepted that Brainiac was just a heartless machine and renounced him as a father as she engaged him in battle.
After Lois successfully frees Superman's mind, Brainiac is forced to retreat back into his original body and attaches anti-kryptonite armor to himself and his forces, which allows him to dispatch and take control of Luthor's army of Metallos. Brainiac then tries destroying Earth with a giant laser but is stopped first by Kara and then by a recovered Superman, now brandishing new armor. The cousins try to attack Brainiac, but he uses the Metallos to shoot them both with kryptonite severely weakening them and knocking them out.
My Adventures with Supergirl[]
When Kara and Superman woke up, they were surprised that John Irons and a handful of her cousin’s enemies (Livewire, Heat Wave and Intergang) came to help them. With their assistance they were able to fight through the Metallos and reach Brainiac’s ship, but before the two Kryptonians could begin their attack Brainiac activated the “Eradicator" protocol in Kara’s subconscious and she went on a rampage. Superman managed to hold her down and thanks to the words of her cousin as well as Lois and Jimmy, she was reminded that she was not alone anymore, that Brainiac was wrong about her being nothing without him, and that she was her own person. Kara feeling their love and encouragement she finally broke free of Brainiac’s control once and for all.
Kara and Kal-El began pushing Brainiac’s ship out of orbit and closer to the sun. However, as one further gambit, at the cost of almost crippling his ship, Brainiac gathered kryptonite he had synthesized and used it to fire a massive laser beam at the cousins, which directly hit Kara and sent her plummeting into the sun, with Superman pursuing her having also been affected by the residual effects of the beam. Despite initial worries that they were succumbing to the sun's gravitational pull, its rays not only started to heal them, but also negated the kryptonite effects, making the cousins realize that the sun was the source of their power.
Rejuvenated, Kara and Kal-El began flying back towards Brainiac’s ship at full speed, with Kara’s Kryptonian suit suddenly transmogrifying to match her cousin’s, and with full force, they bisected and completely obliterated the warship. Brainiac then attempted a final desperate Kamikaze attack with a Kryptonite blade against the duo, so Kara intercepted him and despite Brainiac landing a hit on Kara, she still dealt the finishing blow and ripped out Brainiac’s CPU, with the remnants of his body falling into the sun. As Kara listened to the people of Metropolis cheering, she believed they were cheering for her cousin, but Superman corrected her saying that they were cheering for both of them, which made her happy because she finally did some good. She then passed out from the kryptonite Brainiac cut her with.
Kara woke up days later at the Kent family farmhouse. As she got up, she looked at Brainiac’s CPU on the end table next to her bed with a grim expression, then went downstairs and saw Lois and Jimmy sleeping with a welcome basket which made her smile. Then Clark walked in, who was thrilled to see Kara finally awake and introduced her to Jonathan and Martha who were simply ecstatic to meet the newest member of the family. Kara happily greeted the Kents and Clark decided that before lunch he would teach Kara catch as it is part of family tradition. Kara became known as “Supergirl” and helped rebuild Metropolis. At some point she gave Vikki Vale an exclusive interview. Now happily living on earth, Kara, was eating ramen with Clark, Lois and Jimmy on the rooftop of the Daily Planet when suddenly a fire broke out, so the heroes flew off to save lives.
Season 3[]
TBA
Appearance[]
Kara is a blonde, blue-eyed young woman with a rather voluptuous-yet-lean built figure. After the final battle with Brainiac, she briefly gained a large cut over her right cheek due to Kryptonite poisoning, but it healed in a short amount of time.
Outfits[]
The Warrior Outfit[]
As the Warrior, she is seen wearing a black and white bulky combat suit with the House of El family crest on her chest, a red cape and a helmet with only one glowing red eye. During and after her fight with Superman it stopped being bulky and matched Kara's slender frame and was now black with red lining. She had tall, spiked shoulder pads and lost the cape and helmet. Kara's jawline was also covered in armor.
Causal Civilian Clothing[]
On Earth, she wears a black vest with her family's crest on the left side over a white shirt, blue pants and black flats. She also wears a black bracelet with a red stone on her right wrist which is actually her combat suit.
During her time recuperating at the Kent Farm, Kara wore a pink sweater and blue short jeans.
In a sneak peek of season 3, Kara is wearing a white T-Shirt with blue sleeves and green crocodile cargo pants.
Supergirl Costume[]
After being healed by the sun's rays, her Kryptonian Armor suddenly altered its appearance to match Superman's with a few differences; her red cape comes with a red scarf, the yellow lining is around her ankles instead of the knees, her belt buckle is slightly smaller than Superman's and her crest doesn't have yellow lining.
Personality[]
As the Warrior, she seemed very confident when she is told that Earth is in rebellion, she simply dismisses it, saying that they will conquer it in the end.[1] Having no qualms in seeing a world burn with the citizens screaming, seeing it as natural for conquering. Due to Brainiac's parenting, Kara believes all Kryptonians should be warriors, as such she looks down on Clark's lifestyle, then deeming him to be both a joke and a disappointment. She also seems to be border-on aggressive as she attacked Clark without hesitation when ordered to. However, she was hesitant to keep fighting in front of innocent citizens, seeing how visibly scared they were, only to continue when being controlled by the evil machine. Though despite being ruthless, she is also curious about ordinary life and new places, which allows her to disobey Brainiac's commands and attempt to discover Clark, as despite learning that Earth was in rebellion against the evil machine's empire, Kara sought out to find her long lost cousin no matter the cost. Hoping to find a warrior, but in reality, wanting to find the only person in the universe who truly understands her.
It is later revealed that her warrior persona was the result of Brainiac placing her under periodic mind control and utilizing mental conditioning, as Kara’s true self becomes horrified and traumatized by the acts of genocide she committed and was lied to by Brainiac, who stated the planets that she actually destroyed had become part of the New Kryptonian Empire. So, in truth, Kara didn't know the true nature of conquering and she never liked the intention of hurting innocent people. This revelation is enough for her to turn against Brainiac to stop him, even if she was reluctant at first due to Brainiac having been her father for many years. However, eventually she accepted that Brainiac was indeed evil and fought him without hesitation. Kara is riddled with guilt for all the terrible thing she did while under Brainiac's control and it was only thanks to the encouragement from her true family and loved ones did, she find the strength to move forward.
Upon arriving on Earth to look for Clark, she became visibly confused and fascinated by the Earth. She does not understand Earth's machinery as when a truck came at her, she prepared to punch it away. She also seems to be a bit naïve when it comes to Earth; as when Jimmy told her that he is a leader of the Flamebird Division at the planet, in her mind she thought his surname was "Flamebird" and he was actually the leader of the entire Earth, not knowing that he meant the Daily Planet. Kara also has trouble understanding hyperbole, slang or idioms as when Clark teased her about having a crush on Jimmy, she stated that she didn’t want to crush him, she wanted to conquer his planet.
Kara has an interest in food as shown in "Most Eligible Superman." Kara loves the taste of Earth’s food so much; she was so excited to eat it that made Jimmy spend nearly a thousand dollars of his money on her for food. In "The Machine Who Would Be Empire" Kara had curiosity of what her home world's fruit tasted like. She also has a mischievous and fun side, as when she pranked Clark by faking a helmet malfunction causing him to panic only to reveal she was fine – revealing Kryptonians can breathe in the vacuum of space – and laughed at him for panicking and also used the ice asteroids in the asteroid field they were in to engage in their own version of a snowball fight.
Her outing with Jimmy also gave her a chance to really explore and understand the Earth as when she first saw ice cream, she did not know what it was until Jimmy convinced her into eating some and found it delicious. Upon continuing exploring Metropolis she wanted to see everything, visually showing her excitement to see and enjoying walking around and exploring the city. This may indicate that due to being raised by Brainiac and conquering worlds without knowing them, she seems to have been raised in a solitary life. Kara also does not seem fond of loud places, as when Jimmy took her to the bachelor and bachelorette contest she was visibly annoyed by the loud noises and flashing lights though this may be the result of her super hearing.
After finally realizing that everything Brainiac taught her was wrong in "Pierce the Heavens, Superman!," and having been inspired by her cousin and her new Earth friends, she decided to do the right thing and make up for her past actions. She felt immense pride when she and Superman saved Earth; not only was it was the first genuine heroic deed she had ever done, it also confirmed her trajectory onto a much better path and helped her find her true purpose. After Brainiac's defeat, Kara began carving out her own destiny and has become much happier, as well as fully embracing her kind and compassionate side, while still retaining her Kryptonian warrior spirit.
Relationships[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Kryptonian Physiology: As any other Kryptonian, once charged by yellow sunlight, Kara possesses various superhuman attributes and abilities.
- Solar Energy Absorption: Kara's cellular structure allows her to absorb, store and metabolize the wavelength of yellow sun radiation to fuel all of her abilities.
- Superhuman Strength: She possessed immense physical strength, to the point where she can hold her own against Superman. She could also throw around mini-asteroids in space with ease.
- Superhuman Durability: She possesses immense durability, being able to take incredible amounts of punishment with ease.
- Superhuman Speed: She possesses very fast speed, being capable of keeping up with Superman.
- Superhuman Stamina: She possesses great stamina, being able to push herself to the physical limit without tiring out.
- Superhuman Hearing: She has incredible hearing.
- Vacuum Adaptation: She has showcased that Kryptonians can seemingly breathe into space for an indefinite amount of time.
- Flight: Kara can fly at incredible speed in velocity, being able to travel insanely vast distances within seconds.
- Heat Vision: Kara is skilled in heat vision and utilizes it to devastating effect, as seen during her conquests of other planets while brainwashed by Brainiac.
- Sonic Scream: She can release a powerful soundwave, which she unlocks after overcoming the Eradicator Protocol.
- Accelerated Healing: Like her cousin after being weakened by Kryptonite, she can recover quickly.
- Bio-Electric Aura: Kara can generate a bio-electric aura like Superman, except she manifests glowing red eyes. This ability was first used in "My Adventures with Supergirl".
Abilities[]
- Master Combatant: Kara proves to be much more formidable than her cousin in battle. Having aided Brainiac in conquering other worlds, she has been fully trained in combat and holds a greater advantage in terms of fighting experience than Superman. This allowed her to defeat Superman with greater ease as her inexperienced cousin couldn't fight back properly.
- Infiltration: Kara disguised herself as an earthling in order to search for her cousin Kal-El, and not to arouse suspicion from the humans.
- Knowledge of Various Planets: To be added
Weaknesses[]
- Kryptonite: A glowing green mineral. Exposure to even a small amount is able to cripple Kryptonians, resulting into their bodies growing crystal.
- Brainwashing (formerly): Kara was weak to mind control as showcased by Brainiac easily brainwashing her and blocking her memories and replacing them with false ones. This brainwashing can resurface anytime she strays too far from his ideal as shown when she visited Thanagar and during the hologram of old Krypton. When in this state, Kara becomes cold, emotionless and speaks more oddly, as if Brainiac is speaking through her, and her eyes take on an eerie dulled silver look. Thanks to her cousin's influence and memorabilia she collected from other worlds to remind her of the truth that she remembered every terrible thing Brianiac made her do. After Kara felt the love, compassion, and encouragement from Kal-El and her new earth friends, she finally broke free of her programming.
- Auditory Sensitivity: Her super hearing also seems to be sensitive as she hates loud areas.
- Red Solar Energy: To be added
Equipment[]
Uniforms[]
- Kryptonian Warrior Suit:
- Heat Vision Augmentation (formerly): Parts of the suit can break off and focus on Kara's face like a magnifying lens, enhancing her heat vision to the point where it overwhelms Superman's own heat vision and can cause greater amounts of destruction than what her unaugmented heat vision is capable of.
- Voice Changer: At the end of "Hearts of the Fathers" Kara used this feature when speaking to Brainiac.
- Suit Configuration: Kara broke off the left shoulder spike of her suit when it was bigger than the right one.
- Crystalline Container: Kara used this feature to encase Superman and deliver him aboard her ship.
- Space Helmet: Kara's suit could form a helmet around her face, but it was used once to play a practical joke on Clark.
- Holographic Projection: Kara pulled up a holographic screen on her suit's wrist com and browsed through Kandor's layout.
- Supergirl Suit: After absorbing Earth's sun energy, Kara's Kryptonian warrior suit was transformed into the same design as Superman's new suit, but a little more feminine.
Facilities[]
- Krypton (formerly)
- Kandor (formerly): Kara lived aboard Brainiac's traveling space station where she helped him to conquer other worlds. But after discovering the dark truth about the Krypton Empire and what she had done, she abandoned it for Earth.
- Kara's Spaceship: Kara had her own spaceship that she used to travel from Kandor to other worlds.
- Earth: After defeating Brainiac, Kara began living on Earth like her cousin has.
- Smallville
- Kent Farm: Kara began living with Clark's parents, John and Martha Kent at their family farm.
- Smallville
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
- More Things in Heaven And Earth (Flashback/Hologram)
- Two Lanes Diverged
- Most Eligible Superman
- The Machine Who Would Be Empire
- Olsen's Eleven
- The Death of Clark Kent
- Pierce the Heavens, Superman!
- My Adventures with Supergirl
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Kara version of Supergirl first debuted in the pages of Action Comics #252 in 1959, which also featured the debut of Superman villain Metallo in a backup story. A Supergirl was created in the year prior in 1958, a short lived being born from a magical wish by Jimmy Olsen for Superman to have a fellow Kryptonian to talk to as a companion. This story was done for DC to gauge reader reactions to the idea of a female Superman counterpart, which allowed Kara to come into existence because of positive fan responses.
- Her civilian clothing was designed by the animators to resemble Android 18 from Dragon Ball Z.
- Her relationship to Jimmy is somewhat similar between Android 18 and Krillin (who is the best friend of the main character) from Dragon Ball Z.
- Her character arc also seems to follow some cues from Raditz from the same series, being a blood relative to the alien protagonist who is disappointed at their kindness and fondness towards Earth and its people. However, unlike Raditz, Kara realized she was wrong and also grew fond of Earth and its people, thus making her similar to Vegeta in that regard.
- In addition, her hairstyle resembles Ochaco Uraraka from My Hero Academia.
- Kara's storyline throughout Season 2 strongly resembles Hunter from The Owl House, as they were both raised by abusive father figures to serve as their second in command before being sent out to attack the main character before befriending and falling in love with one of their friends. Afterwards, the two would turn on their abusers and help the heroes save the world before finding a new family in their enemies turned friends.
- Her relationship to Jimmy is somewhat similar between Android 18 and Krillin (who is the best friend of the main character) from Dragon Ball Z.
- Unlike all previous depictions of Kara as Supergirl, her cape is not attached to her costume. Rather she wears it around her neck like a large scarf/muffler.
- Unlike previous incarnations, this is version of Kara is the same age as her cousin, thanks to not being kept in suspended animation.