History Characters / Supergirl

The daughter of Linda Danvers and an alternate ''SiverAge'' Superman. After her parents were erased by the ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and Comicbook/TheSpectre's interference, Ariella was left to wander space and time on her own.

* CloudCuckooLander

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!Superwoman
-->'''AKA:'''[[spoiler:Lucy Lane]]

A mysterious woman wearing an S-shield whom Post-Crisis Supergirl encounters in New Krypton. She at first seems to be one of the heroes, but is eventually revealed as a villain when she not only attacks Supergirl, but saves Reactron from her, killing the supervillain's ex-girlfriend in order to cover up his survival. She is actually [[spoiler:Lucy Lane]], implanted in New Krypton as General Lane's spy.

* MsFanservice: To a vomitous point at first, especially considering she was underage. This was, thankfully, later dropped.

* AlternateSelf: Supergirl and ComicBook/PowerGirl are the exact same person from different universes. Power Girl is ''very'' reluctant to meet her mainstream universe self at first partly because she is worried the universe would explode if they actually touched. When they finally meet in ''Supergirl'' #19, [[spoiler: the universe is fine, the two Karas psychically bond, kick butt together and the only snag is Supergirl's fortress AI mistaking Power Girl for a clone and trying to destroy her.]]

[[WMG:Power Boy]]

A superpowered boy who was Kara Zor-El's first boyfriend Post-Crisis, he eventually revealed himself as a clingy, abusive stalker from Apokolips.

[[WMG:Superwoman]]
-->'''AKA:'''[[spoiler:Lucy Lane]]

A mysterious woman wearing an S-shield whom Supergirl encounters in New Krypton. She at first seems to be one of the heroes, but is eventually revealed as a villain when she not only attacks Supergirl, but saves Reactron from her, killing the supervillain's ex-girlfriend in order to cover up his survival. She is actually [[spoiler:Lucy Lane]], implanted in New Krypton as General Lane's spy.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wears the S-shield
* DarkActionGirl
* DeathIsCheap: Seemingly killed and resurrected several times now, thanks to her existence as an energy being.
* EvilKnockoff: Meant to stir up anti-Kryptonian sentiment, and turn people against the House of El.
* JustFollowingOrders: Tries to use this as an excuse for her crimes. Neither Supergirl nor [[spoiler:Lois]] is buying it. For that matter, even Reactron laughs at her hypocrisy.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Recieves a harsh one from [[spoiler:Lois]] after her resurrection.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Will do anything to make her father show her affection.

[[WMG:Reactron]]
-->'''AKA:''' Benjamin Martin Krull
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Once a sociopathic ex-soldier gifted with the ability to produce radiation, Post-Crisis Reactron was rebuilt as a cyborg with a Gold Kryptonite heart by LexLuthor and went onto play a major role during the ''New Krypton'' story arc, ultimately destroying New Krypton. Having faced Supergirl on numerous occasions pre-and-post-Crisis, and being the man responsible for the death of her father, Zor-El in the post-Crisis continuity, Reactron is one of the rare villains who can legitimately claim to be a member of Supergirl's RoguesGallery.
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* ManOfKryptonite: His Gold K heart deactivates a Kryptonian's powers for fifteen seconds.

* SociopathicSoldier: Enjoys murder, torture, and the occasional threat of rape.

!!Bizarrogirl

The Bizarro counterpart of Post-Crisis Kara, Bizarrogirl was rocketed to Earth by Bizarro #1 when he believed that the Godship was going to destroy Bizarroworld. Here she hurt or killed several people, before being defeated by Supergirl; Kara retunred Bizarrogirl to Bizarroworld, befriending her in the process.

* {{Antihero}}: Manages to achieve this status near the end of her arc.
* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: As is the usual case for Bizarros. Bizarrogirl is a little smarter than most, however, and is eventually able to get her head around the notion that killing people is bad.
* BareYourMidriff: Averted, with her costume being closer to that of the Pre-Crisis Supergirl than the Post-Crisis one.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kara learns this the hard way. So does the Godship.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BreathWeapon: Breathes fire.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS
* ChestInsignia
* CowardlyLion: Admits to being terrified of the Godship, yet still does a bang up job fighting it after she grows a spine.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: With Supergirl
* DumbMuscle: Though not to the same degree as the usual Bizarros. Bizarrogirl is capable of learning from her mistakes and doesn't get everything backwards.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Clearly cares about Bizarro #1.
* EvilKnockoff: Of Supergirl, whom she believes to be the real Bizarro.
* EyeBeams: Like Bizarro #1 she can fire [[AnIcePerson freezing beams]] from her eyes. She also has [[TakenForGranite stone vision]] to contrast Supergirl's X-Ray vision, something that no other Bizarro has.
* FlyingBrick
* GrewASpine: After a talking to from Supergirl.
* HeelFaceTurn: Has a better understanding of good, evil, life, and death at the end of her arc, and tries to become a hero (or as much of one as a Bizarro can be).
* HeroWithAnFInGood: She's more genuinely stupid than suffering from the usual Bizarro backwards logic. As she grows to understand other people she becomes more genuinely heroic.
* HulkSpeak
* ImAHumanitarian: Threatens to eat Jimmy, though she may not understand the implications of the threat.
* NighInvulnerability
* NotSoDifferent: She and Kara have a lot more in common than Superman and Bizarro #1 do.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Has no idea that she's really hurting people, and is horrified once the Godship's attack forces her to understand what death is really about.
* OddballDoppelganger
* PrecociousCrush: On Bizarro!Luthor, much to the real Kara's disgust.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: Has the intellect and personality of a scared, angry little girl.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are naturally red.
* SuperSenses
* SuperSpeed
* SuperStrength

!!Reign

The leader of the Worldkillers, a QuirkyMinibossSquad of Kryptonian-created {{Super Soldier}}s, and one of the first major enemies Supergirl faced in the New 52. [[spoiler: It is ''heavily'' hinted that Kara's father Zor-el is her creator, as he is established as having worked on the Worldkillers and in Issue Zero what is either Reign or a being very much like her can be seen in stasis in a pod in his lab]].

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[[folder:Supporting Cast]]

!!The Danvers

Pre-Crisis Fred and Ethel Danvers were the adoptive parents of Linda Lee/Kara Zor-El and {{Secret Keeper}}s for her role as Supergirl. Post-Crisis Fred and Slyvia Danvers were the biological parents of Linda Danvers (Supergirl II) who had a much more traumatic time dealing with their daughter's super identity largely due to her merger with Matrix.

* UskilledButStrong: Early on this was a serious problem. Her lack of experience and general inability to use her powers to her fullest nearly got her killed during a confrontation with LexLuthor.

* AntiHero: Before CharacterDevelopment.

* DistaffCounterpart: To Superman.

* OlderThan

Once a sociopathic ex-soldier gifted with the ability to produce radiation, Reactron was rebuilt as a cyborg with a Gold Kryptonite heart by LexLuthor and went onto play a major role during the ''New Krypton'' story arc, ultimately destroying New Krypton. Having faced Supergirl on numerous occasions pre-and-post-Crisis, and being the man responsible for the death of her father, Zor-El in the post-Crisis continuity, Reactron is one of the rare villains who can legitimately claim to be a member of Supergirl's RoguesGallery.

* {{Expy}}: Becomes an expy of Metallo, who Lane teams him up with.

Superman's younger cousin, Kara Zor-El survived the destruction of Krypton thanks to her father, Zor-El, putting a protective dome around Argo City that sent it hurtling into space. However, the citizens of Argo were quickly dying from kryptonite poisoning, so before they died, Zor-El and his wife Alura placed their daughter in a spaceship and sent her to Earth where she could flourish under Superman's guidance.

At first acting as Superman's "secret weapon" while she developed her powers in secret under the assumed name of Linda Lee Danvers, Supergirl eventually burst onto the superhero scent as the Maid of Might. She had a long and illustrious career fighting evil--she became best friends with fellow superheroine ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} I (Barbara), became a member of the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} (and struck up a romance with Brainiac 5), and even saved her parents from the past and helped them found New Krypton on the distant planet of Rokyn. She gained her own sidekicks in the form of Streaky the Super-Cat and Comet the Super-Horse.

** In contrast to the previous origin, it's her mother who verges on this at points after her father's death. She never goes farther than being verbally abusive to Kara, though. Her father, on the other hand, was a doting NiceGuy.

* DefeateMeansFriendship: With Bizarrogirl
* GroinAttack: What she did to a stalker; fortunately, he was the SpearCounterpart to PowerGirl, so it ONLY hurt a whole lot.

* {{Retcon}}: That thing about her father raising her as an assassin and having her stand around naked all the time? It was just a hallucination she experienced due to latent kryptonite poisoning.

* TookALevelInBadass
* UskilledButStrong: Early on.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: His whole motif after he gainst the Gold K heart. He powers down Kryptonians, then irradiates them.

** GoodClothesEvilClothes / {{Stripperiffic}}: A rather skimpy outfit that's mostly composed of black leather.

The leader of the Worldkillers, a QuirkyMinibossSquad of Kryptonian-created {{Super Soldier}}s, and one of the first major enemies Supergirl faced in the New 52.

* EvilCounterpart: Clearly positions herself as one in much of her dialogue to Kara.

* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]]: Thanks to her FlyringBrick powers, she can take massive hits and just keep coming.

* WeCouldRuleTogether: Makes Supergirl this offer at their first meeting. When Kara refuses, Reign decides she wasn't worthy anyway.

* BreakTheCutie

* GirlishPigtails: Linda wore her hair like this when she lived in Midvalle Orphanage.

* HeroicSacrifice

* SecretIdentity: Linda Lee Danvers.

* JustFollowingOrder: Tries to use this as an excuse for her crimes. Neither Supergirl nor [[spoiler:Lois]] is buying it. For that matter, even Reactron laughs at her hypocrisy.

[[WMG:Reactron]]
-->'''AKA:''' Benjamin Martin Krull

Once a sociopathic ex-soldier gifted with the ability to produce radiation, Reactron was rebuilt as a cyborg with a Gold Kryptonite heart by LexLuthor and went onto play a major role during the ''New Krypton'' story arc, ultimately destroying New Krypton. Having faced Supergirl on numerous occasions pre-and-post-Crisis, and being the man responsible for the death of her father, Zor-El in the post-Crisis continuity, Reactron is one of the rare villains who can legitimately claim to be a member of Supergirl's RoguesGallery.

* ImAHumanitarian: Threatens to eat Jimmy.

* ManOfKryptonite: His Gold K heart deactivates a Kryptonians powers for fifteen seconds.

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** TheNeedless: As long as she stays charged with solar radiation, Kara doesn't need to eat or sleep.

[[WMG:Reactron]]
-->'''AKA:''' Benjamin Martin Krull

Once a sociopathic soldier gifted with the ability to produce radiation, Reactron was rebuilt as a cyborg with a Gold Kryptonite heart by LexLuthor and went onto play a major role during the ''New Krypton'' story arc, ultimately destroying New Krypton. Having faced Supergirl on numerous occasions pre-and-post-Crisis, and being the man responsible for the death of her father, Zor-El in the post-Crisis continuity, Reactron is one of the rare villains who can legitimately claim to be a member of Supergirl's RoguesGallery.