In issue # 7 ( October 1985 ), Supergirl sacrifices her life to save her cousin and the multiverse from destruction.

Other films were released during the 1980s and 1990s including Swamp Thing ( 1982 ), Superman III ( 1983 ), Supergirl ( 1984 ), The Toxic Avenger ( 1985 ) followed by the rest of its series, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ( 1987 ), Bollywood's Mr. India ( 1987 ), The Punisher ( 1989 ), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 1990 ), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze ( 1991 ), The Rocketeer ( 1991 ), Batman Returns ( 1992 ), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ( 1993 ), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ( 1993 ) which is an animated big screen spinoff of the television series Batman: The Animated Series, The Shadow ( 1994 ), Batman Forever ( 1995 ), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie ( 1995 ), The Phantom ( 1996 ), Steel ( 1997 ), Mystery Men ( 1999 ), and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie ( 1997 ).

His feature films include Bug ( 1975 ), Jaws 2 ( 1978 ), Somewhere in Time ( 1980 ), Supergirl ( 1984 ) and Santa Claus: The Movie ( 1985 ).

* Supergirl ( DC Comics, 1982 – 1985 )

According to an interview with Newsarama, the Matrix Supergirl is wiped from existence by the events depicted in the 2005 limited series Infinite Crisis, although Infinite Crisis writer Geoff Johns later stated that Danvers is not.

A new Terra appeared in Supergirl # 12 while a Terra limited series was being developed, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, with illustrations by Amanda Conner.

Churchill's early work included stints on Supergirl, Uncanny X-Men as well as the Deadpool: Sins of the Past limited series, in addition to a lengthy stay on Cable, the latter gaining him ( along with writer Jeph Loeb ) fan acclaim.

The series removed the concept of the Multiverse in the fictional DC Universe, and depicted the deaths of such long-standing superheroes as Supergirl and the Barry Allen incarnation of the Flash.

Destiny lost the Book of Destiny in the opening storyline of the new Brave and the Bold series, and when Lobo and Supergirl arrive in his garden he speaks about how it was intended to reach the four men who existed outside its pages, in the process waylaid by the Luck Lords in a bid to reshape reality.

Supergirl ( Kryptonian name Kara Zor-El ) plays a supporting role in various DC Comics publications, including Action Comics, Superman, and several comic book series unrelated to Superman.

In 1969, Supergirl's adventures became the lead feature in Adventure Comics, and she later starred in an eponymous comic book series which debuted in 1972 and ran until 1974, followed by a second monthly comic book series titled The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl, which ran from 1982 to 1984.

Following the cancellation of the third Supergirl comic book series, starring the Linda Danvers version of the character, a modern version of Kara Zor-El was reintroduced into the DC Comics continuity in issue # 8 of the Superman / Batman comic book series titled " The Supergirl from Krypton " ( 2004 ).

The modern Kara Zor-El stars as Supergirl in an eponymous comic book series, in addition to playing a supporting role in various other DC Comics publications.

A new Supergirl series, written by Jeph Loeb, began publication in August 2005.

Peter David's creator-owned series Fallen Angel, published by DC Comics, features a character, Lee, who is similar to Linda and explores the same themes as his Supergirl series.

Also according to producer Bruce Timm, they wanted to use Supergirl early in the series but the producers put it off until late in the second season with the only exception was that she could not come from Krypton.

This new version of the team followed its three-issue tryout with a series of guest appearances in various DC titles, such as Superman Family ( in a three part arc in the Supergirl feature that was intended for the recently canceled Super-Team Family ), DC Comics Presents ( teaming up with Superman in a story which revealed that Vostok's powers had changed to match Larry Trainor's exactly ), and Supergirl.

The same year, Frank and Smith were hired as the art team on DC's new Supergirl ongoing series, which re-teamed Frank with writer Peter David.

Viacom had cancelled the Superboy television series produced by Alexander Salkind ( Salkind produced the first three Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, as well as the Supergirl movie ).

In 2012, Batgirl will star alongside Supergirl and Wonder Girl in Super Best Friends Forever, a series of shorts developed by Lauren Faust for the DC Nation block on Cartoon Network.

He first appears in Peter David's Linda Danvers / Supergirl series.

A 2002 storyline in the Supergirl comic book saw the original pre-Crisis Supergirl landing on post-Crisis Earth, for example, and established that the Spectre, being able to see across dimensions and timelines, is aware that the Crisis occurred.

For Supergirl this was not a major problem initially since the character had died in the Crisis.

Illustrated by Sergio Cariello and Curt Swan and set in 1984, Superman-The 80s # 1 tells of Destiny showing the pre-Crisis Superman images of future disasters, such as No Man's Land, Identity Crisis, his own death, and the death of Supergirl during the forthcoming Crisis.

Following the conclusion of Crisis on Infinite Earths, several different characters written as having no familial relationship to Superman have assumed the role of Supergirl, including Matrix, Linda Danvers, and Cir-El.

Kandor returned after the 2005-2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis with Power Girl and Supergirl temporarily taking the positions of Kryptonian vigilantes Nightwing and Flamebird.

For example, while both the Flash ( Barry Allen ) and Supergirl died during the Crisis, the Flash's death is not mentioned as issue # 8 predates his death, but Supergirl's death is recounted 14 months later in issue # 22.

Some Legionnaires ( particularly Brainiac 5 ) believed that she was a clone of Supergirl, who had been murdered by the Anti-Monitor during the Crisis.

Empress also goes into semi-retirement but would occasionally re-don her costume during the Infinite Crisis, and during a brief team-up with Supergirl.

The Silver Age Superman was not alone in the survival of Krypton's destruction, being joined by his cousin Supergirl, the Phantom Zone criminals, Beppo the super-monkey, Krypto the Superdog, a juvenile delinquent named Dev-Em, and the entire population of the city of Kandor, Supergirl's real parents and even Superman's real parents ( in hibernation on a space ship-Superboy # 158 July-1969 ), When the planet exploded, one entire city of Krypton, Argo City, survived the cataclysm.

Kara adjusted to her new life on Earth and became known as Supergirl.

This was reversed after 2003 when it was revealed that Superboy ( Conner Kent ) was half Kryptonian and then in 2004 when Supergirl ( Kara Zor-El ) arrived on Earth.

In May 2011, Supergirl placed 94th on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time.

The evil Supergirl implies that Kara's family sent her to Earth to kill Kal-El as revenge for a family grudge ; at the time, Kara herself refuses to believe this, but later flashbacks indicate that not only is this partly true, but Kara had been physically altered by her father as a child before being involved in several murders on Krypton.

In Supergirl # 75 ( December 2002 ), detoured on her way to Earth, Kara Zor-El, the pre-Crisis Supergirl, arrives in post-Crisis Leesburg.

David wrote in his December 13, 2006 blog entry, " Any fans of my run on Supergirl — particularly those who are torqued because Linda Danvers was consigned to oblivion in the DCU -- must, must, MUST pick up " Fallen Angel " # 14 and # 15 when they come out next year.

* Lesla-Lar – A Kandorian who tries to switch places with Supergirl on several occasions.

* Lilith – The Mother of Demons, Lilith seeks revenge on Supergirl for destroying her son Carnivore.

Laura Vandervoort returned for episode three of season ten, " Supergirl ", which aired on October 8, 2010.

* Supermanica: Supergirl-Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Supergirl

Hal, along with Green Arrow and later Supergirl, Captain Marvel Jr., and Batwoman are then recruited by Ray Palmer to investigate a murder of a former colleague carried out on orders from Prometheus.

They had started adding the suffix ' girl ' to everything habitually after the release of the Supergirl movie, but " Rocket Girl " was a student at college who Bond had a crush on and apparently bore a striking resemblance to a Love and Rockets character.

Superman led the attack on Warworld, where Supergirl and Draaga managed to shrug off their brainwashing and rally to Superman ( although Draaga was killed in the fighting ).

As Brainiac 5 works on the problem, Supergirl is shocked to discover Superman impaled by pieces of Brainiac's ship as a result of the explosion.

Full rights to Superman III and Supergirl are now with WB, but Paramount still has some partial rights to Superman IV ( as part of the Cannon Films library ), and TV distribution is now held ( on Paramount's behalf ) by Trifecta Entertainment & Media.

Darkseid was not able to duplicate perfectly the creature in all its raw power and they were defeated by a combination of heat vision and Batman's explosive batarangs during an attack on Paradise Island while Darkseid kidnapped the newly-arrived Kara Zor-El / Supergirl.

Doomsday was then apparently killed on Earth's moon when Superman, Supergirl, and many of Kandor's inhabitants pummeled him to death in Action Comics # 871, crushing the monster's skull.

He has also worked with author Peter David on The Incredible Hulk and Supergirl.