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Supergirl
Kara Zor-El
A Kryptonian who remembers Krypton, which is the difference between her and her cousin.
Powers
Commonly got wrong
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Commonly believed Supergirl is a weaker Superman.
Actually Same powers, same sun, same weaknesses. Where she is written as less effective it is a matter of training and experience, not capacity — and unlike her cousin she remembers Krypton, which is the actual difference between them.
The feat ledger
Matches Superman's strength under the same yellow sun
Flies unaided in atmosphere and vacuum
Bullets and shells flatten against her without effect
Heat vision, x-ray vision and super hearing, the full Kryptonian set
She arrived on Earth as a teenager and remembers Krypton, unlike her cousin
Kryptonite and magic affect her exactly as they do Superman
Her control is written as less practised, which is a training gap rather than a power gap
Operates in deep space without protection
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Post-Crisis DC — 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths through 2011 Flashpoint
- New 52 — DC relaunched continuity, 2011 to 2016
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