History ComicBook / Supergirl2005

''Supergirl 2005'' or Supergirl Vol 5 is the fifth Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} self-named comic book series, which began publication in October of 2005, spanning 67 issues and 2 annuals. This series features the modern Kryptonian Supergirl, Kara Zor-El, who first appeared in ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004''.

After arriving on Earth and being saved from Comicbook/{{Darkseid}} by Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, Kara Zor-El tries to adapt to her new home. Unfortunately, she unknowingly suffers from Kryptonite poisoning, which alters her behavior dramatically and turns her into a very erratic, unstable, and unpleasant person for one whole year, in addition to plaguing her with horrible nightmares and bad memories.

After recovering from her sickness, Kara sets to work clearing her name, reconnecting with her cousin and her new family, rebuilding previously burned bridges with other heroes, and learning how to be a hero herself. However, [[Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac the coming of]] Comicbook/{{Brainiac}}, the rescue of Kandor, the return of her parents, and the rise and downfall of Comicbook/NewKrypton will make her life harder.

Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle's creative team took over story and art duties respectively in issue #34. Their run -- ''Supergirl #34-59'' -- is regarded as one of the best runs of the character. It clocked in at #69 on The Hollywood Reporter's 100 Best Super-Heroes Comic-Books [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/superhero-comic-books-100-best-934371/item/supergirl-by-sterling-gates-jamal-934858 List]]. Creator/MarkWaid’s ''Supergirl and the Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes #16-36'' run is also considered excellent.

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Subverted. Kara is a pretty innocent, naive, scared teenager that cannot remember anything of her past. Batman suspects that her innocence may be an act, especially after Comicbook/{{Darkseid}} kidnaps her and brainwashes her. After being rescued Kara also wonders what kind of person she was. When some of her memories appear to return, they are pretty terrible and she believes she was a bad person before losing her memory. However, [[spoiler:she eventually got her real memories back, which proved she was always a good, well-meaning girl]].

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: During the events of the reviled ''Comicbook/AmazonsAttack'' storyline, in where the Amazons went to war against the US, Supergirl and Wonder Girl suddenly come up with a "brilliant" plan to end the war: kidnapping the President and bringing him to Queen Hyppolita to engage in peace talks with her. Predictably, their plan went awry and their reputations suffered a severe blow because the Amazons shot the Air Force One down and almost killed the President. After fending off an Amazon squad, Kara flies to New York to help, although Cassie reminds her that acting without thinking got them into that mess.

* BeamOWar: Due to a temporal misunderstanding, Supergirl and Comicbook/{{Superboy}} engage in an EyeBeam duel during their first meeting. Kara wins by getting enough close to punch Conner.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman #77'', Scarecrow's fear toxin makes Supergirl believe that Robin is her parents' killer Reactron and attack him.

** In ''Supergirl #2'', Cassie Sandsmark alias Comicbook/WonderGirl binds Supergirl with her magic, unbreakable lasso. Supergirl shrugs it off.

* CatFight: Kara got into several Cat Fights with Comicbook/PowerGirl, Comicbook/WonderGirl and even [[EnemyWithout a dark version of herself]] in the first issues.

* ChildOfTwoWorlds: During the ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'' arc, Kara feels torn between New Krypton -where her people settled in- and Earth -her new home-.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In ''Supergirl #34'' Kara saved Comicbook/JimmyOlsen and Cat Grant from being hit by falling debris. Unfortunately Cat accidentally got bruised when Jimmy landed on her. Cat was so irate she devoted herself to wage a smear campaign against Supergirl.

* CurbStompBattle: During the ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'' arc, Supergirl fights an evil Superwoman. At the beginning Superwoman seems a serious menace, but as soon as Kara finds out about Superwoman's identity and allegiance, the Kryptonian girl trashes the villain every time.

** In ''Supergirl #20'' -part of the reviled ''Comicbook/AmazonsAttack'' storyline- she explains that she and Wonder Girl hijacked Air Force One because they thought they could end the war by making the President sit down in the same room with the Amazon Queen. When things went south very, very quickly she realized that it was a big mistake.

** To Comicbook/HarleyQuinn in ''Supergirl #0''.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: During ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'' she was accidentally sent to the 31st Century and joined the Legion. She was so confused that in the beginning she thought she was dreaming.

** In ''Supergirl Vol 5'' #3, Kara Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} impulsively before flying away to face Lex Luthor.

** Kara and Stephanie Brown alias ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}''. They love spending time together and helping each other. And if you pick on Steph, you will never know what hit you.
** Kara and Cassie Sandsmark ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' were very good friends, too.

* InstantCostumeChange: Kara often takes advantage of her SuperSpeed to change clothes instantly. In ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}}'' she comes to visit her friend Stephanie Brown and does this to avoid to be caught by Steph's mother.

* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: In ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac'', Kara accidentally reveals that Daily Planet's journalist Cat Grant has fake boobs. Later Supergirl accidentally gets Cat slightly bruised while saving her. As a result of this, Cat spends one whole year slandering Supergirl in the hope that her tripe drives the young hero away from Metropolis.
* TheLeader: Supergirl was elected leader of the ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' for a short while.

** In "Girl Power", [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]] are training with a handicapped Supergirl. The team gang up on her until Kara gets fed up, breaks her chains shouting "No more games!" and starts fighting seriously.

** She and Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} -''[[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Stephanie Brown]]''- liked hanging together and teaming up.
** In the zero special issue, Kara teamed up with ''[[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2011}} Barbara Gordon]]''. In reality [[spoiler:"she" was Clayface.]]

** In ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman #77'', Kara gets glowing red eyes when she is under the influence of Scarecrow's fear toxin.

* MistakenForCheating: In ''Supergirl #2'' Cassie Sandsmark -alias ''Comicbook/WonderGirl''- walks in while Kara and Superboy are having an argument and assumes that the two are engaging in foreplay. She attacks Supergirl and loses, but the misunderstanding is cleared up.

* MyFistForgivesYou: Grace Choi of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'' tried this on Supergirl as revenge for freezing during a battle and failing to watch her back, but broke her hand despite her formidable strength.

*** In the end of ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'', Supergirl does this to [[spoiler:Sam Lane]] after he has [[spoiler:successfully engineered the death of New Krypton and the Kryptonian genocide]].

** In ''Supergirl #51'' Alura attacks Comicbook/{{Superboy}}. When Supergirl finds them, he is grabbing the neck of Alura and is about to punch her out.

** In ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman Annual #5'', Supergirl comes face to face with Doomsday. And she is actually glad because she wanted a chance to take him -the monster that killed her cousin- on one-on-one. And then [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rZPp6fU38Dc/TZ2hU0vafII/AAAAAAAALgU/j-hROlN5mCM/s1600/sb+ann+5-10.jpg she does]] and [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qGTS6Gxprnw/TZ2hVXVnGZI/AAAAAAAALgY/vR11S0y5Fow/s1600/sb+ann+5-11.jpg she cuts loose]].

* ObliviousToLove: Kara had a ''huge'' crush on Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}. She even kissed him at a point. Dick Grayson's reaction? "Oh, I'm sure she cannot possibly have a crush on me."

* ParentalAbandonment: Kara loses her parents when they send her to Earth to save her from Comicbook/{{Brainiac}}. After a while Kara finds out that they are still alive after all... and they get murdered soon after. So she lost them ''twice''.

* TheRealRemingtonSteele: Supergirl and Comicbook/PowerGirl assumed the identities of Flamebird and Nightwing while operating inside Kandor.

* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Supergirl's SecretIdentity is Linda Lang, Comicbook/LanaLang's niece.

** Superman, Comicbook/LoisLane, Pa and Ma Kent (she calls them Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Martha) and Lana Lang know that Linda Lang is Supergirl. Lana actually helped Kara set it up, pretending that she is her niece. Stephanie Brown also knows her secret identity.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Supergirl had a huge crush on Dick Grayson alias Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} because he was nice and understanding. Kara once spontaneously made out with him, all because he made a speech about being a good teammate.

** Kara was originally Argo City's only survivor. However a group of Argonians -including her parents- survived the city's destruction when Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} abducted them. All of them got killed when ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'' exploded, and Kara is again the Last Daughter of Argo City.

** Supergirl feels like this after losing her parents and Krypton over again. In ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman Annual #5'', a computerized Dr. Fate tells Kara that [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KqzN5VOGngE/TZ2hPpl8yNI/AAAAAAAALgI/EVyi2rE5LVg/s1600/sb+ann+5-07.jpg she is suffering from survivor guilt]] and [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9S-UPePiAcI/TZ2hQHN9paI/AAAAAAAALgM/4_yH-aefgio/s1600/sb+ann+5-08.jpg she shouldn't let guilt kill her]] and [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_FOuAvnvvVc/TZ2hQUFugXI/AAAAAAAALgQ/cT-LOyBN_tM/s1600/sb+ann+5-09.jpg she has to forgive herself]].
--->'''Comicbook/DoctorFate:''' In you, Supergirl, can you imagine the poison, the pain, the dark that resides in your psyche?\\
'''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}:''' Wait, you're saying I'm manifesting this change in me?\\

** In ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'', Zor-El tempted fate several times:

** At the beginning of "ComicBook/{{Superman}} Supergirl: Maelstrom" #1, Supergirl notes that it's been a very quiet week and she thought she'd have more action when her cousin asked her keep an eye on Metropolis while he was away. Cue a ''Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}'''s minion arriving on town and flinging cars away.

* UnwantedAssistance: During the events of the "Amazons Attack" storyline, in where the Amazons went to war against the US, Supergirl and ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' try to end the war by kidnapping the President and bringing him to Queen Hyppolita to engage in peace talks with her. Predictably, their plan went awry, and Supergirl apologized, saying that she screwed everything up even though she just wanted to help.

* VillainousCrush: Kara had to deal with Powerboy, a Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}'s minion who had a crush on her and was NotGoodWithRejection.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Kara fights Silver Banshee at least twice. Superman warns her that Banshee's loud scream never results in instant death as long as she doesn't know your real name... but she can still blow out your eardrums.

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Kara has training in both unarmed and armed combat by Franchise/WonderWoman and the Amazons, and she has been taught Klurkor -a Kryptonian martial art-.

* EntitledBastard: Daily Planet sleazy journalist Cat Grant launched a smear campaign against Supergirl with the intention of driving her away Metropolis. Cat called Supergirl a reckless, out-of-control teenager. Cat accused her from spearheading a Kryptonian AlienInvasion. Cat complained about her out-of-fashion ''dress'' and the ''length of her skirt''. During one year she told over and again that the world doesn't need a Supergirl. And then she ran into trouble and blackmailed Kara into helping her because she couldn't find Franchise/{{Superman}}. And as they teamed up, Cat ''kept'' insulting her.

** The second time happened when she was hit with black kryptonite in ''Supergirl'' #3, causing an evil duplicate to suddenly emerge from her body... already wearing a black version of her normal costume. Apparently, evil kryptonite clones have black clothing as part of their very nature. This trope was also lampshaded an issue later, when evil Supergirl switched her costume with the original Supergirl's at SuperSpeed, in an attempt to fool Batman and Superman as to who was the evil clone. The black costume returned in a later ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' storyline where a battle with the Omega Man accidentally reawakened the Dark Supergirl persona within her.

** In a Franchise/TeenTitans issue, Kara and Miss Martian come to blows. Kara thinks M'gann is not in her League until the Martian girl punches her hard. Supergirl then gets serious and fights Miss Martian hard.

* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: During her second stint as a ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' member, Supergirl wore a black version of her blue-and-red costume.

** In ''Supergirl #2'' ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} have an argument and brawl, only for [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)]] to walk in and assume Superboy is cheating on her and that the two are engaging in foreplay. She attacks Supergirl and loses, but the misunderstanding is cleared up. Cassie didn't even stop to consider that Superboy is the son/clone of Franchise/{{Superman}}, Supergirl's cousin.

* PaintItBlack: In ''Supergirl #3'', Supergirl was exposed to black kryptonite and she was split into her normal self and an evil (and oversexed) alternate personality that wore a black-and-silver version of her normal costume. The black costume returned in a later ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' storyline where a battle with the Omega Man accidentally reawakened the Dark Supergirl persona within her.

** Supergirl knows Clark Kent is Superman, Bruce Wayne is Franchise/{{Batman}}, Diana Prince is Franchise/WonderWoman and her dear friends Stephanie Brown and Cassie Sandsmark are Batgirl and Wonder Girl.

** At the beginning of "Franchise/{{Superman}} Supergirl: Maelstrom" #1, Supergirl notes that it's been a very quiet week and she thought she'd have more action when her cousin asked her keep an eye on Metropolis while he was away. Cue a ''Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}'''s minion arriving on town and flinging cars away.

* ThatWasNotADream: During ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Supergirl is struck by an altered zeta-beam which makes her re-appear in the 31st century. Upon her arrival, Kara is so confused that she concludes that her life since she left Kyrpton has all been a dream, and she continues believing it's all a dream for several weeks. In ''Supergirl and the Legion Of Super-Heroes'' issue #23 she wakes up, finds herself in a Kryptonian city and believes her dream is finally over... until she runs into her friends Legionnaires and remembers they knocked her out and took her to Kandor. The shock makes her snap out of her dellusion.

* CainAndAbel: During a brief AudienceAlienatingEra, that was thankfully swept away by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Supergirl's father Zor-El hated his brother Jor, and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother, and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or… look never mind, it was retconned away.

* DamselScrappy: Played for laughs in issue #60, which showed there are quite a few guys like this in Metropolis; they will literally jump off of buildings so Supergirl has to catch and rescue them (and they often ask for her phone number afterward).

* GoddamnedBats: In "This Is not My Life", Professor Ivo sends swarms of mechanical rats after Linda Lang and her friends. Ivo's mini-robots rats can't damage Supergirl, but they ''can'' kill her friends, and they succeed in slowing her down.

* MisBlamed: The passengers of the Air Force One blamed Supergirl for shooting the plane down during the events of ''Amazons Attack''. It was not Kara's fault but she didn't correct them because she definitely blamed herself.

* In "ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman", Kara calls Superwoman a "murderous babootch". In the Silver Age, a babootch was monkey-like animal from Krypton.

** In ''Supergirl #3'', Supergirl tells Luthor ''[[Comicbook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything "Burn"]]'' before blasting him.
** In issue #41, Kara calls Superwoman a "murderous babootch". In the Silver Age, a babootch was monkey-like animal from Krypton.

* BareYourMidriff: [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/0/03/Supergirl_Vol_5_54_Virgin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100513211832 Post-Crisis Supergirl]] wears a midriff-baring shirt. Cat Grant often mocked her by wearing outdated clothes.

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Sterling Gates' run had Kara, who had been depicted as an immature brat by preceeding writers, evolve into a kind-hearted young woman.

* MistakenForPedophile: Hal Jordan once had to remind himself he "isn't Ollie" to get himself to stop thinking weird thoughts about the seventeen year old Supergirl.

* ModestyShorts: Added to her costume from late 2008 until her costume change for the New 52 reboot. According to the artist Jamal Igle, “At the first meeting I had with [Matt Idleson, the editor] after I got the book, he said, ‘I never want to see Supergirl’s panties again'."

* MsFanservice: Post Crisis Kara was a pretty infamous example, what with her cheerleader like costume, being introduced naked and later dressing in low cut jeans with her thong on display, and her constant panty shots when in costume. While most teenage girls in comics at the time got treated like this, she did it to such a degree that it made many people uncomfortable, and was the source of many of her early criticisms. Editors eventually issued a demand for this to be limited and/or stopped, and thankfully it did.

* TakeThatCritics: ''Supergirl #18'' was a blatant “Take That” against everyone who had trouble with how Supergirl was being written and drawn the time, including fans of pre-Crisis Supergirl. Supergirl fought and defeated a stupid Mary Sue who looked exactly like pre-Crisis Kara and berated her for not being "wholesome".

* CainAndAbel: During a brief DorkAge, that was thankfully swept away by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Supergirl's father Zor-El hated his brother Jor, and sent Kara to Earth to kill Jor-El's infant son. Or he just didn't get on with his brother, and knew that Kal-El would "infect" Earth with evil spirits from the Phantom Zone. Or… look never mind, it was retconned away.

* ILoveNuclearPower: Reactron has the ability to control and project nuclear radiation.

* BringIt: In "Girl Power", the JLA interrupts a battle between Supergirl and her EvilCounterpart. When Dark Supergirl suggests the Leaguers to run, Black Canary asks her to try and attack them.

* OutdatedOutfit: Her suit is supposed to be a modernized version of her ''[[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton 1959's original costume]]'' which she wore in ''[[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl her 60's stories]]''... unfortunately, belly shirts were severely out of fashion by the mid-00's.

** The first time happens in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', when she is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy captured by Darkseid and turned into one of his Furies]]. This was very brief, but during that time she wore, essentially, skintight red-and-black pants and a black bra.

* MistakenForProstitute: In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', a naked Kara wanders confused into an alley, having just woken up from her rocket, and is spotted by three workers. One of them mistakes her for a prostitute and decides to play Lothario only to have his hand crushed and be slammed through a wall. The second tries to help his friend. The third wisely proclaims he's not with the other two and offers her his coat.

* DreamEmergencyExit: In ''Supergirl #22'', Kara's dream starts to fade as soon as Lightning Lad explains that she is dreaming.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: In ''Candor'', Saturn Queen captures Kara and then mind-zaps her so she marries [[EvilCounterpart Ultraman]]. Fortunately Kara manages to snap out of it.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship:
** Kara and ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' -Cassie Sandsmark-. They even kissed at one point.
** Kara and Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} ''[[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Stephanie Brown]]''-. They are ''extremely close''.

''Supergirl 2005'' or Supergirl Vol 5 is the fifth Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} self-named comic book series, which began publication in October of 2005, spanning 67 issues and 2 annuals. This series features the modern Kryptonian Supergirl, Kara Zor-El, who first appeared in ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman'' storyline ''The Supergirl From Krypton''.

* OutdatedOutfit: Her suit is supposed to be a modernized version of her ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252 1959's original costume]]'' which she wore in ''[[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl her 60's stories]]''... unfortunately, belly shirts were severely out of fashion by the mid-00's.

* EiffelTowerEffect: In "The Hunt for Reactron", Supergirl and two friends are staying in Paris. Then Kara and her friend Thara get into a fight during which the former gets accidentally slammed into the Eiffel Tower.

* InsectQueen: The eponymous villain is the BigBad of ''Death and the Family'', when she takes over Lana and attempts to invade Metropolis with an army of giant insects.

* JustToyingWithThem: In story arc "Way of the World", Kara runs into Clayface. She lets the mud monster hit her for a bit before disabusing him of any notion he's a match for her (Kara freezes him solid, flies him way, WAY up and lets him drop).

* BankRobbery: In the first Annual issue, set during the ''New Krypton'' event, Supergirl has to foil a bank robbery without being unseen since Kryptonians have been banned from Earth.

* RealityEnsues: In "The Way of World", Kara meets a little boy that is dying from cancer and vows to save his life. Kara fails and has to learn that her powers cannot do anything.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Supergirl is possibly the world's strongest woman. In ''Supergirl #34'' she says: