Who Is Power Girl? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Power Girl is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Kara Zor-L / Karen Starr, with over 1,877 comic issue appearances. Kara Zor-L is the older, wiser, and stronger counterpart of Supergirl from Earth 2 but resides on the Prime Earth.

Who is Power Girl?

Origin Power Girl! Kara Zor-L was born on the Earth-Two version of the doomed planet of Krypton just before it was destroyed, and her origin story mirrors those of her famous Kryptonian relatives, Superman and her counterpart, Supergirl . When Kara's father, Zor-L, realized that Krypton was about to explode, he placed his infant daughter on a spaceship and shot it towards Earth. This occurred at the same time that the infant Kal-L (Kara's cousin and the Superman of Earth-Two) had also been launched on a ship towards Earth. However, Kara’s ship traveled far more slowly than Kal-L’s ship and resulted in Kara arriving on Earth decades later than her cousin. Kara’s ship was called the Symbioship and it was designed to keep her in a stasis mode during her flight to Earth. To ensure that Kara's mental development kept pace with her physical growth, the ship provided her with a virtual reality that gave her life experiences and education as if she had grown up on Krypton rather than in stasis. During her long journey through space, she was able to interact with virtual copies of her parents and friends in her home city of Kandor . When Kara's ship finally arrived on Earth, she was in her .

Key facts

Power Girl is of alien origin and first appeared in "All Star Super Squad". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,877 recorded issue appearances, Power Girl ranks among the most featured characters in comics.