Supergirl
There may be a day when Kara Zor - El is ready to leave theSupergirlmantle behind for serious , but an ascent to ' Superwoman ' might not be that well-situated . Despite it being the most obvious choice , the Superwoman Mickey Mantle has quite a sinister history unbefitting of a hero like Kara .
After she survived Krypton ’s destruction and eventually made her elbow room to Earth , Kara discovered that her baby full cousin was now a full - mature man and the planet ’s number one protector . Like Superman , Kara evolve powers thanks to the yellow-bellied light beam of the Sunday and she became a hero just like Clark . Supergirl and Superman protected Earthtogether for year , and what start as two Kryptonian heroes eventually grew into an intact family . In that fourth dimension , Supergirl has seen others take on Modern identity operator as they let older , such as when Jon Kent abandon the Superboy deed to take on the name Superman in record sentence .
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But if Kara ’s been around for as long as she has , why is she still go by Supergirl and not Superwoman , a more age - appropriate name ? As it turns out , that name has some particularly dark luggage . That fact came to light inSupergirl # 40by Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle . After theBottle City of Kandorwas resurrect , Kara come into contact with a muscular woman who wore the Super Family ’s " S " shield and predict herself Superwoman . Though Kara is diffident of the stranger ’s identity operator , the stress of the ride latent hostility between Earth and New Krypton cause Supergirl to commit in Superwoman . However , unbeknownst to Kara , Superwoman is actually Major Lucy Lane ( Lois Lane ’s younger sis ) who has been acting on her father , General Sam Lane ’s , orders as part of his plans to waste the Kryptonian threat . As Superwoman , Lucy used her powers willingly to pour down unacquainted masses as part of the functioning .
Of of course , Lucy isn’tthe first evil Superwoman . Before Lois Lane ’s babe ever assay on the drapery , a woman bring up Dana Dearden christen herself as Superwoman in a bid to win the Man of Steel ’s party favour , only to turn when her feelings were n’t reciprocated . But perhaps the most well known use of the Superwoman name belongs to the Earth-3 counterpart of Wonder Woman , who ’s raise to be just as bad as Diana is righteous .
uncalled-for to say there ’s a pretty checker past with the Superwoman name . Although Kara does take on the identity in DC’sFuture State , it does n’t change the gloomy history associated with the mantel . WhileSuperwoman is a expert future name for Supergirl , the name has an unfortunate toxicity tacked onto it . People like Lucy Lane and the Earth-3 baddie use up the imposing " A-one " prefix and used it to dedicate some heinous acts that no one bearing the House of El symbolization would ever do . It ’s inauspicious that Kara has fundamentally been robbed of her natural advance just because sealed villains got to the name first . But she deserve a unspoilt personal identity , one that has n’t been shared with evildoers . In a perfect human race , Supergirlwould be capable to become Superwoman , but too many uncollectible apples have spoiled the name for her .
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