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.png) Cir-El as appeared as the character's debut inSuperman: The 10¢ Adventure #1 (2003) Art byScott McDaniel | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Superman: The 10¢ Adventure #1 (2003) |
| Created by | Steven Seagle Scott McDaniel (based upon theKara Zor-El created byOtto Binder andAl Plastino) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Mia (Human persona) Cir-El (Kryptonian persona) |
| Species | Human/Kryptonianhybrid |
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Supergirl (also known asCir-El orMia) is asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics.[1] Created by writerSteven Seagle and artistScott McDaniel, she first appeared inSuperman: The 10¢ Adventure #1 (2003) as the alleged daughter ofSuperman. She is later found to be a human girl who was genetically altered by the villainBrainiac to appearKryptonian.
The character apparently disappears from the present when she enters a time stream, traveling to another timeline, to thwart a plot involvingBrainiac 13. Although after her disappearance Cir-El has subsequently appeared in other stories set in the main timeline, even meeting the other Supergirls inSuperman/Batman (vol. 1) #24, proving that she is still alive. Later DC events that restore the concept of an infinite multiverse and different universes and timelines coexisting at the same time, such asDark Nights: Death Metal andDark Crisis, seemingly prove this.
When a crazed villain named Radion attacksMetropolis, a young girl in a costume leaps into battle and throws the villain into a nuclear reactor. The girl identifies herself asSupergirl,Superman's daughter. When Superman confronts the girl, she claims to be Cir-El, the daughter of Superman andLois Lane, who originates from the future and was brought to the past by theFuturesmiths.[2][3][4][5] When Superman encounters the Futuresmiths, they show him a future dominated by robotic monsters and a cybernetic version of Superman, which they claim will only be prevented by Cir-El's death. As the Futuresmiths turn to attack Cir-El, Superman flies her to safety.[6] robotKelex subsequently confirms that Cir-El is a human-Kryptonian hybrid who is not related to Superman.[7]
Disaster strikes when a future Superman appears and shows Superman a future where Lois Lane is killed,Wonder Woman andBatman are turned intocyborgs by a nano-tech virus, and Cir-El is trapped in aBrainiac robot. Brainiac reveals that he created Cir-El by grafting Kryptonian DNA onto a human body, gave her false memories, and made her a carrier of the nano-virus.[2][3][4][5][8] Horrified, Cir-El throws herself into a time portal to prevent herself from being born and alter the future.[9][2][3][4][8]
Thanks to the time-traveling efforts ofBizarro inSuperman/Batman #24, Cir-El returns and joinsLinda Danvers,Kara Zor-El, andPower Girl to rescueSuperman from theSource. However, Superman does not recognize Cir-El due to her originating from an erased timeline.[3][8][10]
A hybrid of human/Kryptonian origin, Cir-El possesses the standard abilities of Kryptonians, including immense strength, durability, speed, hearing, and flight.[10] She can release stored energy from her hands as blasts ofred solar radiation that generate intense heat and force.[11]
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