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2[-[[caption-width-right:330:ComicBook/GreenLantern used to ask me why I never wore a mask. It's because most of the time... They ain't lookin' at my face.]]-]
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4->''"Atlee, I fought Superboy-Prime, Black Lanterns, mad ComicBook/NewGods and survived multiple Crises. I think I understand more about evil than you probably ever--"''
5-->-- '''Kara Zor-L''', ''Power Girl'' issue 10
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7The OTHER Last Daughter of Krypton, the Last Daughter of Earth-2 and quite possibly MostCommonSuperpower incarnate.
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9TheSeventies version of ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'', starring the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, featured the original versions of many of Creator/DCComics' superheroes and their families, living in a [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe]] known as Earth-2. In issue #58 (January-February, 1976) a new character debuted, created by Creator/GerryConway, Ric Estrada, and Wally Wood. Power Girl was introduced as the counterpart of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}- she was the cousin of Earth-2's Superman (Kal-L). It was decided to make her as different as possible from Supergirl - including a different costume, code-name, personality and (most notably) a sexier body.
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11Karen Starr, the name she adopted, proved a hit with readers. She received solo stories in ''"Showcase"'' #97-99 (February-April, 1978). DC was considering launching a Power Girl series. But in 1978, the DC Implosion struck, with the cancellation of over 24 ongoing titles. There was no room for new titles. Karen did however become a founding member of ComicBook/InfinityInc. Regularly appearing in the 12 first issues of said series, and occasionally turning up in subsequent ones.
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13And then ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' hit and not only wasn't there an Earth-2 anymore, but Superman was now again the last Kryptonian. Power Girl still existed, but she was given a new origin as an Atlantean. After some silly {{retcon}}s, including [[AudienceAlienatingEra one period where she was vulnerable to "natural, unprocessed materials,"]] ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and a Power Girl mini-series finally cleared up her origin by having her be... [[StatusQuoIsGod the cousin of the Earth-2 Superman]] (after reality got {{Cosmic Retcon}}ned again).
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15She was a member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica and had her own comic book, started in 2009, originally written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and beautifully drawn by Amanda Conner. After issue #12 the original creative team left the series, replaced by Creator/JuddWinick and Sami Basri, and the series shifted both its [[ArtShift visual]] and writing style. In her series, she reestablished her SecretIdentity of Karen Starr and established the company Starrware, all the while mentoring Atlee, the new Terra, and trying to stop the Ultra-Humanite or [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe really hot aliens]] from destroying [[BigApplesauce New York]]. The series took a LighterAndSofter approach to the character and the DC Universe at large, at first focusing on Power Girl's attempts to reintegrate into living a normal life and forming a stable relationship with Terra. After the creative team change, the book focused less on Power Girl's personal life, instead revolving around her heroic activities and how they ''affected'' her personal life, and also dealt with the reappearance of Maxwell Lord. The story was heavily tied into the ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' event, though not published under the ''Brightest Day'' banner, and had interweaving plotlines with ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost''.
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17After the "ComicBook/New52" Franchise/DCUniverse reboot, a young-adult Power Girl reappeared as Karen Starr, at first in a supporting role for ''Mister Terrific'', and later in an ongoing series with the ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36367 a new volume of ''World's Finest'']], where she is revealed to be... [[RunningGag the cousin of the Earth-2 Superman.]] This time, however, she has been explicitly described as the Supergirl of Earth-2, having started her superhero career as Supergirl when she was younger, before coming to Prime Earth together with Huntress (who served as the Robin of Earth-2). Controversially, the New 52 version of Power Girl lacked her iconic costume for the year or so, but before long the writers (either because they planned it all along or because of public demand) had her sporting the famous CleavageWindow again.
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19With the launch of DC YOU, both her and Helena Wayne returned to Earth-2 in [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_2:_Society_Vol_1_1 Earth 2 Society]] and her costume has the "S" shield in place of the CleavageWindow. Her name hasn't disappeared from Prime Earth, however, as [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Tanya_Spears_(Prime_Earth) Tanya Spears]] officially inherited the "Power Girl" name after Karen's departure.
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21In 2015's ''Harley Quinn & Power Girl'' series, Harley finds and teams up with an older and amnesiac Power Girl with the two having various misadventures and fighting various D-list villains and Vartox, who still tries to seduce Power Girl in order to repopulate his race. It's later revealed that this Power Girl is from the ''Pre-Flashpoint'' Prime Earth (the same one from the 2009's comic series) with the second Terra; Atlee, also reappearing. However, both ends up disappearing from the [[PutOnABus universe]] and only reappears after the ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' event following the fall of the source wall keeping the universe separated, but kept in the background.
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23In 2020-2022, the events of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' meant that the JSA was back in continuity, and a Power Girl very close to the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was part of that. Shortly after she was reestablished, however, the MassEmpoweringEvent in ''ComicBook/LazarusPlanet'' gave her telepathic powers. She then had an ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' back-up strip in which she used these powers as a superhuman shrink, with the help of Omen. She also took the name "Paige" in this strip (representing a "new page" in her life and also playing on "PG"), feeling disconnected from both "Kara Zor-L" and "Karen Starr". She then got a one-shot where she burned through those powers to defeat Johnny Sorrow, leading to another ongoing series.
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25!!Power Girl has appeared in:
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27[[folder:Comic Books]]
28* (1976-1978) ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' Vol 1
29* (1980-1983) ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'' Vol 1 [-Huntress back-up feature-]
30** (1982) ''ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity''
31* (1984-1988) ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' Vol 1
32* (1988-1988) '''''ComicBook/{{Power Girl|1988}}''''' Vol 1
33* (1988-1992) ''ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}}'' Vol 1 [-intermittent appearances-]
34* (1989-1993) ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueEurope'' Vol 1
35* (1989-1996) ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League America]]'' Vol 1 [-intermittent appearances-]
36* (1992-1993) ''Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt'' Vol 1
37* (1993-1994) ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' Vol 2
38* (1994) ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''
39* (1999-2006) ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]'' Vol 1
40* (1999-2007) ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' Vol 1 [-intermittent appearances-]
41* (2005-2008) ''ComicBook/JSAClassified'' Vol 1 [-"ComicBook/{{Power Trip|2005}}"-]
42* (2005-2011) ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|2005}}'' Vol 5 [-intermitterend appearances-]
43* (2006-2010) ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|2006}}'' Vol 3 [-intermittent appearances-]
44* (2007-2011) ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' Vol 3
45* (2006) ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''
46* (2009-2011) '''''ComicBook/{{Power Girl|2009}}''''' Vol 2
47* (2009-2009) ''ComicBook/{{Terra}}'' Vol 1
48* (2010-2011) ''JSA All-Stars'' Vol 1
49* (2012-2015) ''ComicBook/Earth2'' Vol 1 [-intermittent appearances-]
50* (2012-2015) ''Worlds' Finest'' Vol 1
51* (2014-2015) ''Earth 2: Worlds End'' Vol 1
52* (2015-2017) ''Earth 2: Society'' Vol 1
53* (2014-2015) ''Harley Quinn'' Vol 2 [-intermittent appearances-]
54* (2015-2016) ''Harley Quinn & Power Girl'' miniseries
55* (2016-2017) ''Harley Quinn'' Vol 3 [-intermittent appearances-]
56* (2021-2022) ''ComicBook/OneStarSquadron''
57* (2022) ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis''
58* (2022- ) ''ComicBook/{{Justice Society of America|2022}}'' Vol 4
59* (2023) ''ComicBook/LazarusPlanet: Assault on Krypton''
60* (2023- ) ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' (Dawn of DC) [-back-up strip and intermittent appearances-]
61* (2023) ''ComicBook/KnightTerrors: Action Comics''
62* (2023) '''''Power Girl Special'''''
63* (2023- ) '''''ComicBook/{{Power Girl|2023}}''''' Vol 3
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65[[AC:Elseworlds]]
66* ''Toys/AmeComiGirls''
67* ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells''
68* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''
69* ''ComicBook/TheNail''
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72[[folder:Video Games]]
73* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'': One of the many Hero characters that can mentor players, voiced by Adriene Mischler.
74* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': She appears as [[PaletteSwap alternate skin]] for Supergirl with her own unique intros and dialogue. She is voiced by Sara Cravens.
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77[[folder:Western Animation]]
78* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': While Power Girl herself doesn't appear, a character inspired by her called Galatea is introduced in ''Unlimited''. She is a evil clone of Supergirl created by Cadmus to act as [[TheDragon their enforcer]], and despite resembling Power Girl very closely down to her looks and the uniform, she is [[AdaptationalVillainy a villain]]. That said, the Superbabes scene in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' does suggest an actual version of Power Girl exists. Much like Supergirl, Galatea was voiced by Creator/NicholleTom.
79* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'': Her animated debut, where she is voiced by Creator/AllisonMack.
80* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'': She has some appearances in crowd shots throughout the film, though she's not voiced.
81* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' (2019 version): Voiced by Creator/NicoleSullivan, the series's version of Supergirl [[CompositeCharacter has a similar personality, muscular build, and haircut to Power Girl]] -- and the episode "[=#PowerSurge=]" even sees this version of Kara take up the costume and codename of Power Girl. Barring the haircut, a similar fusion of Power Girl's personality and build with Supergirl (even complete with Sullivan voicing her) first appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever''.
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85!!''Power Girl'' provides examples of:
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87[[folder:Power Girl (1988)]]
88-> See ComicBook/PowerGirl1988
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91[[folder:Power Girl (2009)]]
92-> See ComicBook/PowerGirl2009
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95[[folder:Power Girl (2023)]]
96-> See ComicBook/PowerGirl2023
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