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Power Girl (Pre-Flashpoint)

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"He thinks he's won. He thinks I'm stupid. A dumb blond victim. All body and no brains. That's okay...I like it when people underestimate me."

Summary

Kara Zor-L was the cousin of Superman who came to Earth later. In her early days, she became a member of the Justice Society of America within the groups twilight years of the 1970s, and would go on to become a member of the team's next generation under the moniker of Power Girl. Power Girl would remain an active member of the team well into the 2000s and joined other hero teams such as the Birds of Prey and New Earth's Superman respectively. As her secret identity, Karen Starr, she worked as a successful businesswoman and programmer.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 2-C, possibly 2-A | 5-A, 4-B at peak. Can ignore durability via Frost Breath

Name: Kara Zor-L, Karen Starr

Origin: DC Comics

Gender: Female

Age: 30s

Classification: Kryptonian, Superhero, Businesswoman, Justice Society of America member, Birds of Prey member, Superman Family member

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Spaceflight, Martial Arts (Boxing and Karate), Dimensional Travel (Can travel to her home universe [1](former power)), Genius Intelligence, Preparation (Being the CEO of a massive tech firm and a scientist herself, Kara has access to many futuristic technologies, however most of them are not combat-oriented), Empowerment (Yellow sunlight empowers her), Heat Vision (Hot enough to burn Black Adam's hair[2]), BFR (Punched Wonder Woman into another country[3]), Statistics Reduction, Ice Manipulation, Breath Attack (Power Breath can stop tsunamis[4]. Frost Breath can reduce the durability of enemies, allowing her to one-shot them), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2; Doesn't need to sleep[5], food[6], or oxygen[7]), Regeneration (Low; Heals at a faster rate[8]), Sealing, minor Spatial Manipulation (Sealed a dimensional portal[9]), Enhanced Senses (Can 'look past the stars', see fingerprints, and can see through walls and detect illusions[7][10][11]. Can hear noises across a city, across the world, and can hear peoples heartbeats[12][7][13]), Underground Mobility (Can burrow underground[14]), Telekinesis (Made Black Canary fly[15] (former power)), limited Physics Manipulation (Contained an explosion[16]), Hacking (Is a highly skilled and professional programmer), Accelerated Development (Learned Karate faster than any student of Mongo[17]), Supernatural Luck (For a period in the '80s, Power Girl was jinxed to have terrible luck befall her and her friends[18] (former power)), Acausality (Type 4) (Survived the timeline being rewritten after Crisis of Infinite Earths[19]), Sound Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation (Can utilize the Sonic Boom Clap[20]), Supernatural Willpower (Despite being affected by the Fear Device, she powered through it[12]), Berserk Mode (Can fly into a berserk mode that causes her to no longer hold back and use her entire strength[6])

With equipment and preparations: Cloth Manipulation, Underwater Breathing (Via her suit[21]), limited Clairvoyance via her Cellphone Earrings, Teleportation via J.L.I. Teleporters, Biological Manipulation, Nanotechnology (Via bio-ware and grey goo[12])

Resistance to Magma Manipulation, Heat Manipulation (Unaffected by lava[22]. Withstood heat-vision from a clone of Krypto the Superdog[23]), Electricity Manipulation (Resisted Mazin's storm, which was said to be strong enough to tear apart buildings[24]), Ice Manipulation, Fire Manipulation (Unaffected by Ice's ice and Fire's fire[6]), Fragrance Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by 'seduction musk'[25]), Biological Manipulation (Immune to the Pregno-Ray[26]), Memory Manipulation (Remembered Maxwell Lord after being memory-wiped[6]), Disease Manipulation (Resisted Plague's attacks, which are lethal to humans[27]), Radiation Manipulation (Several forms of radiation either do not hurt her, or empower her), Pain Manipulation, Cold Manipulation (Doesn't feel the cold and rarely feels pain[5]), Poison Manipulation (Cyanide doesn't phase her[7])

Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level, possibly Multiverse level+ (Among the mightiest beings in the multiverse and helped defeat Maaldor.[28] Helped defeat the Anti-Monitor[29] Almost equal to peak Superman.[30] Shattered Alan Scott's constructs[31]) | Large Planet level (Holds back as to not severely harm anyone[32]. Wonder Woman noted she was as strong as she was[3]), Solar System level at peak (Concluded to be the most powerful woman on Earth[33]Equal[34] or stronger than[35] Supergirl and consistently[36] matches[37] her.[35] Compared to a New God in strength, and fought[38] her equally[39] Comparable to Black Adam[40] and Solomon Grundy[41]. One-shot Mistress Marvel[42]. Defeated Maxima[43] Fought Superboy-Prime[44]). Can ignore durability via Frost Breath (Froze over a Negaspike and destroyed it in one punch. Negaspikes were indestructible creatures that Power Girl struggled to harm prior to going all out[45])

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Roughly comparable to Jay Garrick, though he was holding back[46]) | Massively FTL+ (Comparable to Jessie Quick[47])

Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar (Briefly overpowered Maaldor[9]) | Stellar (Stops Solomon Grundy's slam[35])

Striking Strength: Low Multiversal, possibly Multiversal+ (Comparable to Superman) | Large Planet Class, Solar System Class at peak (Injured Black Adam, Mistress Marvel, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Solomon Grundy, and Maxima)

Durability: Low Multiverse level, possibly Multiverse level+ (Survived Maaldor's death-beams, though was briefly knocked out by them[9]) | Large Planet level, Solar System level at peak (Even when heavily depowered, heavy hitters couldn't kill her[48])

Stamina: Vastly superhuman (Fought for hours before getting tired.[26] Held off Crash for an hour straight.[49] Has the highest power-reserves in the galaxy.[48] Continued to fight even with broken ribs.[50])

Range: Standard melee range via brawling. A few feet with the Sonic Clap. Several meters with Frost Breath (froze an entire building). Several hundred thousand kilometers with heat vision (Should scale to Krypto the Superdog)

Standard Equipment: Her self-repairing suit.

Intelligence: At least Genius with technology (A former programmer at a prestigious computing company and the founder of the famous technology firm, Starrware industries, Power Girl has admitted that she doesn't really know how smart she is, and finds comfort in that as a coping mechanism regarding the craziness of her life. She has, however, been shown to be extraordinarily intelligent, able to build advanced technology planned by Mr. Terrific[51], a man often compared to Lex Luthor and Bruce Wayne). Gifted in fighting (Mastered the physicals of Karate faster than any Marine Mongo has trained[17], though often sticks to boxing and brawling), Power Girl has in addition been shown to to think outside the box to come up with unique strategies and often uses her foes' strengths to their disadvantage). Gifted elsewhere (Can speak Tagalog semi-well, and is a reasonably intelligent person in most fields.[4])

Weaknesses: Kryptonite, Red Sun Radiation, magic, noises on certain frequencies harm her.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Heat Vision: One of Kryptonians most iconic attacks. Power Girl can shoot beams of heat from her eyes to burn, cut, or cauterize.
  • Frost Breath: A frigid breath of cold air, capable of freezing entire structures.

Notes: Explicitly the same person after the Crisis of Infinite Earths[19]

Key: Pre-Crisis | Post-Crisis

References

  1. ↑ DC Comics Presents Vol 1 56
  2. ↑ Justice League of America Vol 1 25
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wonder Woman Vol 3 41
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Power Girl Vol 2 27
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 JSA Vol 1 63
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Justice League: Generation Lost Vol 1 18
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The Brave and the Bold Vol 3 7
  8. ↑ Justice League Europe Vol 1 9
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 DC Comics Presents Vol 1 56
  10. ↑ Action Comics Vol 1 465
  11. ↑ Justice Society of America Vol 3 6
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Power Girl Vol 2 1
  13. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 9
  14. ↑ Warlord Vol 1 122
  15. ↑ Birds of Prey Vol 1 17
  16. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 5
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Power Girl Vol 1 3
  18. ↑ Power Girl Vol 1 1-5
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Superman Vol 1 662
  20. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 10
  21. ↑ Green Lantern/Power Girl
  22. ↑ All-Star Comics Vol 1 58
  23. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 20
  24. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 25
  25. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 5
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Power Girl Vol 2 8
  27. ↑ Wonder Woman Vol 1 292
  28. ↑ Superman Vol 1 295
  29. ↑ Flash Vol 2 150
  30. ↑ Infinity Inc, Vol 1 7
  31. ↑ All-Star Comics Vol 1 68
  32. ↑ JSA: All-Stars Vol 1 2
  33. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 26
  34. ↑ Justice League of America Vol 1 45
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Supergirl Vol 5 1
  36. ↑ Supergirl Vol 5 9
  37. ↑ Supergirl Vol 5 96
  38. ↑ Power Girl Vol 1 17
  39. ↑ Power Girl Vol 1 18
  40. ↑ JSA Vol 1 74
  41. ↑ Superman/Batman Vol 1 27'
  42. ↑ JLA: Classified Vol 1 8
  43. ↑ Aquaman Vol 5 41
  44. ↑ Tales from the Sinestro Corps: Superboy-Prime Vol 1 1
  45. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 7
  46. ↑ Action Comics Vol 1 60
  47. ↑ Justice Society of America Vol 3 49
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Power Girl Vol 2 18
  49. ↑ Power Girl Vol 2 15
  50. ↑ Warlord Vol 1 121
  51. ↑ Justice League of America vol 2 48

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