Who Is Alura? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Alura is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Alura-El, with over 253 comic issue appearances. Alura-El (formerly In-Zee) is the wife of Zor-El, mother of Supergirl, and paternal aunt of Superman.

Who is Alura?

Origin Alura In-Zee was born on the planet Krypton while it was still alive and prosperous. She became part of the science guild, and for many years was a perfect scientist, learning to forgo all emotions as simple Alura and Zor-El primitive instincts and to observe the world in a pure mathematical and physical fashion. She could not, however, escape falling in love with a young artist called Zor-El . Zor-El taught her to watch the world as more than just mathematical equations and to see the beauty in things. They soon married and since then Zor-El was the voice of reason and love in head. They were soon blessed with a daughter: Kara Zor-El . History Brainiac Attacks Wanting more knowledge to assimilate, the Coluan known as Brainiac invaded the Krypton and plundered the planet of its collective knowledge. He used his advanced science to shrink and bottle the entire city of Kandor ; adding the Kryptonian metropolis as another specimen to his vast collection of alien cities.

Key facts

Alura is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Menace of Metallo!; Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!; The Supergirl From Krypton!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 253 recorded issue appearances, Alura ranks among the most featured characters in comics.