Supergirl

For other uses of this name, see Supergirl (disambiguation).

Sole survivor of the doomed planetoid Argo (formerly Argo City, which hurtled away with buildings intact and people alive after Krypton's destruction, with a huge bubble of air conveniently attached), Kara Zor-El was rocketed to Earth as the rest of the inhabitants were dying of Kryptonite poisoning. She is Superman's cousin (her father, Zor-El, was brother to Superman's father, Jor-El) and wears a red, yellow and blue costume emblazoned with the family crest. On Earth, she gained powers and abilities identical to those of every other Kryptonian survivor. She took up residence in an orphanage in Midvale, under the name of Linda Lee, hiding her blonde hair under a brunette wig, and functioning as Supergirl in secret (at the insistence of Superman).

Kara was eventually adopted by Fred and Edna Danvers, and attended Midvale High under the name Linda Lee Danvers, graduated in 1964, and graduated Stanhope college in 1971. Her secret identity is known to Superman, the Danverses, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Kara resigned her membership in the Legion at the age of twenty-one.

Pre-Crisis Supergirl has two "Superpets," Comet the Super-Horse, and Streaky, an orange cat with a lightning-bolt on his side who is granted sporadic superpowers by his exposure to "X-Kryptonite."

Supergirl died valiantly battling the Anti-Monitor during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. All memories of Supergirl were erased as the post-Crisis timeline was retroactively rewritten, but her spirit lived on, perhaps to take another form...