Kara has been a regular character in the fonte material as far back as 1959.
Already a teenager at the time of Krypton's twilight and Kal-El's birth, Kara was the daughter of the scientist Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. He agreed with his brother's prediction that Krypton was doomed, and anticipating this, Zor-El asked Kara to be placed in suspended animation and sent to Earth ahead of her infant cousin so that he could have a guardian on their new world. Unfortunately, her rocket was just behind Kal's and was caught in the explosion of Krypton. The rocket was then encased in a Kryptonite asteroid and, unable to activate its faster-than-light drive, arrived on Earth years late.
Upon her arrival, and still with the mind and body of a 16-year old due to her suspended animation, Kara proceeded to act violently. She was highly confused after being awakened long after she was scheduled to. Fortunately, almost instantly from the time she crash-landed, Kara was tracked por Batman. After anesthetizing her with Green Kryptonite and examining her in the Batcave, Kara awoke in a rage. Luckily, batman brought along super-homem as "an insurance policy," and he calmed her down. Kara then explained her origins to the Man of Steel, who was overcome with joy.
super-homem turned to batman with a smile and said, "This is Kara Zor-El...my cousin from Krypton."
After learning English and spending time with her cousin, as well as training under the tutelage of Wonder Woman and the Amazons, Kara was captured por Darkseid. After overcoming the temptations he had placed upon her, Kara showed new resolve that made her cousin proud. Not long afterwards, she introduced herself to the heroes of the DCU as Supergirl.
Recently, Kara became a member of the Teen Titans.
Already a teenager at the time of Krypton's twilight and Kal-El's birth, Kara was the daughter of the scientist Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. He agreed with his brother's prediction that Krypton was doomed, and anticipating this, Zor-El asked Kara to be placed in suspended animation and sent to Earth ahead of her infant cousin so that he could have a guardian on their new world. Unfortunately, her rocket was just behind Kal's and was caught in the explosion of Krypton. The rocket was then encased in a Kryptonite asteroid and, unable to activate its faster-than-light drive, arrived on Earth years late.
Upon her arrival, and still with the mind and body of a 16-year old due to her suspended animation, Kara proceeded to act violently. She was highly confused after being awakened long after she was scheduled to. Fortunately, almost instantly from the time she crash-landed, Kara was tracked por Batman. After anesthetizing her with Green Kryptonite and examining her in the Batcave, Kara awoke in a rage. Luckily, batman brought along super-homem as "an insurance policy," and he calmed her down. Kara then explained her origins to the Man of Steel, who was overcome with joy.
super-homem turned to batman with a smile and said, "This is Kara Zor-El...my cousin from Krypton."
After learning English and spending time with her cousin, as well as training under the tutelage of Wonder Woman and the Amazons, Kara was captured por Darkseid. After overcoming the temptations he had placed upon her, Kara showed new resolve that made her cousin proud. Not long afterwards, she introduced herself to the heroes of the DCU as Supergirl.
Recently, Kara became a member of the Teen Titans.