" Although none of his attempts to kill Superman work permanently ( though a classic non-canonical story from 1961 entitled " The Death of Superman " has Luthor finally killing Superman after lulling him by pretending to go straight, although Supergirl then arrests him and he is exiled to the Phantom Zone ), Luthor routinely manages to escape from prison and threaten the world again.

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.

Early reprints of this story show her with red hair and an orange and green costume to prevent readers from confusing her with the then current Supergirl character.

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.

Labs, only to be violently knocked unconscious by Supergirl, who then absconds with her doppelganger and her ship, hoping to stop the Godship and save Bizarro World.

Zod sends Supergirl off and then arrests the Legionnaires, branding them terrorists.

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.

Since then, she has guest-starred in both Superman and Supergirl comics.

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are sent to cover the battle for television, while Lex Luthor ( then masquerading as his non-existent son " Lex Luthor II ") dissuades Supergirl ( Matrix ) from joining the fight.

In part 2, the Female Furies defeat Supergirl and then Superman, who attempts to save her.

The two are then attacked by Power Ring and evil versions of Booster Gold and Supergirl.

With Supergirl distracted, Cyborg Doomsday knocks her out and then tears one of Henshaw's arms off before departing with both of his unconscious captives.

Labs, only to be knocked unconscious by Supergirl, who then absconds with her doppleganger and her ship, hoping to stop the Godship and save Bizarro World.

He then moved on to his best-known DC work, the Superman group of titles, including writing the first Legion of Super-Heroes story, and, with artist Al Plastino, creating Supergirl.

Their art team would quickly moved on to join writer Peter David for a long run on The Incredible Hulk at Marvel Comics in 1993, and then in 1997 they reunited over to DC Comics for the start of the Supergirl series.

He then stabs his hand and breaking Supergirl free from her spirits.

* In Superman / Batman: Apocalypse animated film, Mr. Miracle's uniform is displayed behind a secret panel that Big Barda reveals, in which she also keeps a Motherbox, which summons a boom tube to transport her, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to Apokolips in order to rescue Supergirl.

In it, Destiny of the Endless reveals to Supergirl and Lobo that his book, The Book of Destiny, a vastly ancient, omniscient, historical " Bible " of sorts containing a record of every sentient being's past, present and, most importantly, future, making it a highly sought-after and dangerous artifact to possess, has changed because there appeared to be men who existed, but were not recorded in the book, and their undocumented actions made the book unreliable.

In Supergirl Annual # 1 reveals the current modern backstory of Lucy Lane.

The Superman family of titles, under editor Mort Weisinger, introduced such enduring characters as Supergirl, Bizarro, and Brainiac.

It also leads to years of Superman, Luthor, and Supergirl concealing the truth from Luthor's sister, Lena Thorul.

Protective of his sister, Luthor takes measures to hide his fraternity, and is assisted towards this end by both Superman and Supergirl.

They gained television rights to the fourth Superman film as part of the Cannon library, as well as Superman III and Supergirl – both of which were produced by the Salkinds.

Krypton is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe, and the native world of the super-heroes Superman and, in some tellings, Supergirl and Krypto the Superdog.

In some versions of the Superman mythos, additional survivors were later discovered, such as Krypto the Superdog, Supergirl, her parents ( kept alive in the " Survival Zone ", a similar parallel " dimension " to the Phantom Zone ), the criminal inhabitants of the Phantom Zone, Dev-Em, Beppo the Super-Monkey, the residents of the bottle city of Kandor and the real parents of both Superman and Supergirl.

From the late 1980s through the early 2000s, the number of survivors was reduced to Superman himself in the comic book stories ( the Eradicator was added in 1989 as a nonsentient device, and shown to be self-aware in 1991 ), but more recent accounts have restored Supergirl, Krypto, and Kandor, and introduced another newly discovered survivor, Karsta Wor-Ul.

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.

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.

The show further featured " alternate " versions of DC Comics in the episode " Over There, Part 2 ", specifically an inversion of the famous cover of Superman carrying the body of Supergirl suggesting in Fringe's " alternate " universe that it was Superman who was killed as part of the crisis, while Supergirl survived.

Supergirl is a female counterpart to Superman.

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.

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.

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 ).

Unlike his ancestor, Brainiac 5 used his " twelfth-level intellect " for the forces of good and joined the Legion alongside Supergirl, with whom he fell in love.

Supergirl stops the missile while Superman battles Brainiac.

Supergirl leads the Kryptonians against the drones, but is attacked by an anti-Kryptonian Brainiac probe.

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.

In the treatment, Brainiac was from Colu and has discovered Supergirl in the same way that Superman was found by the Kents.

Brainiac is portrayed as a surrogate father to Supergirl and eventually fell in love with his " daughter ", who did not reciprocate his feelings, as she had fallen in love with Superman.

* At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, actress Molly Quinn confirmed that she would be voicing Supergirl in an animated adaptation of the 2008 story arc Superman: Brainiac by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, stating that the film would be released in 2013.

Brainiac arrived months before Supergirl left Krypton and stole Kandor.

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

However, a subsequent preview from San Diego Comic-Con International instead revealed Superman as a manatee named Supermanate, Batman as a mouse, Wonder Woman as a wombat named Wonder Wombat, Flash as a fish, Green Lantern as a warthog, Aquaman as a mandrill named Aquamandrill, Captain Marvel as a pig, Robin as a robin egg with legs, Cyborg as a bug named Cybug, Darkseid as a duck, Joker as a fish, Catwoman as a cat, Mister Mxyzptlk as a chicken, Solomon Grundy as a rabbit, Two-Face as a bull, Bizarro as a dog, Captain Cold as a shark, Sinestro as a hippo, and Lex Luthor as a liger named Lex Liger, but will also feature other DC characters as animals including Animal Man as a monkey and other animal versions of him, Beast Boy as a monkey and other animal versions of him, B ' wana Beast as a bear named B ' wana Bear, Black Manta as a manta ray, Brainiac as a yak named Braini-Yak, Gorilla Grodd as a gorilla, Martian Manhunter as a vulture, Nightwing as a bat, Batgirl as a fox, Supergirl as a rabbit, Wonder Girl as a pig, Raven as a raven, Black Canary as a canary, Green Arrow as a hawk, Huntress as a leopard, Power Girl as a pig, Lobo as a wolf, Harley Quinn as an octopus, Poison Ivy as a snake, Mr. Freeze as a polar bear, Penguin as a penguin, Riddler as a chameleon, Scarecrow as a tiger, Killer Croc as a crocodile, Cheetah as a cheetah, Captain Boomerang as a kangaroo, Hawkman as a hawk, Captain Atom as a flea or an elephant, and other DC heroes and villains as animals including monkeys, dogs, cats, horses, dolphins, bears, pigs, rabbits, birds, fish, bugs, etc.