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By Sofia Yang | Published
Supergirl is ready to make a great return to the world of films, with her first feature film since the 1980 version starring Helen Slater. The public was mocked with an appearance by her at the end of 2025 Superman and the new Supergirlist It reaches cinemas in 2026.
Do you ask what to expect? Is she a Superman girl? Maybe not. These are the differences between the powers of Superman and Supergirl.
How Supergirl began
It all started in 1938 when Superman was created by writers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Superman made his first appearance in Action Comics #1. Supergirl arrived much later, created by the writer Otto Binder and the artist to the plastino for Action Comics #252 In 1959.
Supergirl was written as Superman’s biological cousin
Originally Supergirl, whose real name is Kara Zor-El, has been written as Superman’s biological cousin. Later, when comics writers wanted to establish Superman as Krypton’s last son, his origins clouded a little, with a wide variety of characters using the Alias de Supergirl.
Supergirl origins have changed a lot
Superman has always been written as an orphan who escaped the death of the planet Krypton when he was a baby, only to be raised by humans here on planet Earth. Supergirl’s origins are much less simple and have been repeatedly changed to their life in fiction. However, in his most basic form, he was a teenager when Krypton exploded and came to earth as someone raised not as human or American, but as Kriptonian.
Supergirl History on the screen
While Superman has been a The film accessory in the movies for decades, Supergirl vanished from memory after that uncomfortable departure from the film in 1984. The character found a new life in 2004 with a reintroduction in Pivotal DC Comics stories More recently, Supergirl had a house on television, where the CW gave the Supergirl television series numerous seasons.
Supergirl and Superman’s close relationship
But when it comes to Superman (also known as Clark Kent) and Supergirl (also known as Kara Zor-El), what you are probably wondering is: What is the difference? In addition to its kind, that is.
The two Kriptonian characters have been intertwined since the introduction of Supergirl. However, although their similar names and background can lead to them identical, they actually have some great differences in their super powerful abilities.
Basic Supergirl powers
Both Superman and Supergirl have the same basic power sets. Both characters can fly, they are invulnerable, they have super strength, super speed, super audition, super vision, heat vision and super strong cold breath. But where Superman grew on earth and became his powers, Kara no. Supergirl is newer for all this superhero thing and lack the experience that Clark has in using their powers. That leaves her fighting to defeat the villains that her cousin Superman could have easily demolished.
As Supergirl’s Strength Compared to Superman’s
Both Superman and Supergirl (at least in their current incarnations … There have been others) are Kriptonians. Like all Kriptonians, they extract their strength from the yellow sun from the earth. Superman has spent much more time on earth than Supergirl, so he has absorbed more energy in our sun. That means Superman is much stronger than his female counterpart.
Powers Supergirl has but Superman no
Finally, after spending time on Earth, Kara Zor-He expressed new powers never developed by Clark Kent. The supergirl Mythos explains these as a result of the natural difference between the male and female Kryptonian bodies. Basically, Supergirl processes the energy of our yellow sun differently from Superman. These other powers take different forms, but specifically, it is known that Supergirl manifests protective crystals in times of stress as a form of protection.
Supergirl’s Power ring
The recent Supergirl comics stories make it a ring of power of the Red lantern. This ring gives its powers similar to those of the green flashlight, only where the green flashlight ring is driven by willpower, Supergirl’s red ring is completely fed.
A permanent connection
Given its origins, Supergirl and Superman will always be connected, but over the years, DC writers have taken them to different paths. Whether on television, in movies or printing, each will fly to their separate destination and separate success.
