Kara Zor-El (Super Best Friends Forever)

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Real Name	Kara Zor-El
Main Alias	Supergirl
Relatives	Superman (cousin), Martha Kent (foster aunt)
Affiliation	House of El, Kent Family, Superman Family
Base Of Operations	Smallville, Metropolis, Gotham City, Paradise Island
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Race	Kryptonian
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blond
Origin
Universe	Super Best Friends Forever
Creators	Otto Binder · Al Plastino
First Appearance	"Invisible Joy Ride" (March 17, 2012)

Kara Zor-El is the feisty, hot-headed, impulsive and snarky Superman's cousin from Krypton.

History

She lives in the Kent Farm and often teams up with her best friends, Batgirl and Wonder Girl to fight crime, take down super-villains like Poison Ivy, Cheetah or Solomon Grundy, and pull pranks on Lex Luthor.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Kara possesses the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian. These include:
  • Solar Energy Absorption: Under optimal conditions, this is the main source of Kara's super powers as they are contingent upon exposure to solar radiation from a yellow sun star system. Her biological make up includes a number of organs which lack analogues in humans and whose functions are unknown. It is believed that between one or more of these and her bio-cellular matrix, "yellow" solar energy is stored for later use. This allows for the use of these powers to fade when yellow solar radiation is not available instead of immediate failure.
  • Heat Vision: Kara can, as a conscious act, fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it. She can vary the heat and area affected.
  • Super-Hearing: Kara's hearing is sensitive enough to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. With skill and concentration, she can block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source or frequency.
  • Enhanced Vision: Kara's vision processes the entire electromagnetic spectrum as well as allowing vast control over selective perception and focus.
    This umbrella ability includes the following:
    • Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision: Kara can see well into most of the electromagnetic spectrum. She can see and identify radio and television signals as well as all other broadcast or transmitted frequencies. Using this ability, she can avoid detection by radar or satellite monitoring methods. This also allows her to see the aura generated by living thing.
    • Telescopic Vision: This is the ability to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. Though limited, the exact extent of the ability is undetermined. In function, it is similar to the zoom lens on a camera.
    • X-Ray Vision: This is the ability to see through any volume of matter except lead. Karas can see things behind a solid, opaque object as if it were not there. She can focus this ability to "peel back" layers of an object, allowing hidden image or inner workings to be observed. The exact type of energy perceived—such as x-rays, cosmic rays, or some other energy invisible to normal humans—is unclear. This ability perceives an ambient energy source though, it does not involve the eye projecting a concentrated, possibly toxic, beam to be reflected back from objects.
    • Microscopic Vision: This is the ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the atomic level.
    • Infrared Vision: Kara can see with better acuity in darkness, and to a degree in total darkness.
  • Flight: Kara is able to manipulate graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranges from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
  • Invulnerability: Due to the interaction of her dense molecular structure and supercharged bio-electric aura, Kara is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces. In addition, her extends this protection against toxins and diseases.
    • Enhanced Immunity
  • Superhuman Stamina: Kara is able to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an indefinite period of time. This based on her body converting yellow solar radiation directly to energy, but is limited by physiological and psychological needs to eat, drink, and sleep.
  • Superhuman Strength: Kara's strength is augmented by yellow solar radiation interacting with the greater than human density, resilience and biological efficiency of her musculature. Her strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is this act of conscious will that enables her to perform physical feats that are beyond the mere application force, such as moving a mountain top without said rock crumbling under its own mass.
  • Superhuman Speed: Kara is able to move at incredible speed by sheer force of will. This extends to her perceptions and allows for feats such as catching bullets in mid flight as well as covering vast distances in little or no time.
    This also confers:
    • Superhuman Agility
    • Superhuman Reflexes
  • Super-Breath: Kara is able to create hurricane force winds by exhaling air from her lungs. She can chill the air as it leaves her lungs to freeze targets. She can also reverse the process to pull large volumes of air or vapor into her lungs.
  • Longevity: Kara can live longer than regular humans, remaining at her prime as long as she was under the exposure of the "yellow" sun.

Weaknesses

• Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, Kara possesses the same potential weaknesses as an average Kryptonian. These include:
  • Vulnerability to Kryptonite
  • Vulnerability to Magic

Notes

• Supergirl was voiced by Nicole Sullivan.
• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the Super Best Friends Forever animated shorts and is an adaptation of Kara Zor-El/Supergirl. The original character was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino and first appeared in Action Comics #252.
  

Recommended Reading

 Main article: Supergirl Recommended Reading

• Supergirl Recommended Reading
  • Action Comics (Volume 1)
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
  • All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl (Volume 1)
  • Superman Family (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl (Volume 2)
  • Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
  • Power Girl (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl (Volume 3)
  • Supergirl (Volume 4)
  • Supergirl (Volume 5)
  • Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
  • Power Girl (Volume 2)
  • Supergirl (Volume 6)
  • Worlds' Finest (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl (Volume 7)
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (Volume 1)

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Footnotes

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