UPDATE: DC Comics has announced Power Girl's return in a forthcoming title in May 2012 titled World's Finest.
One casualty of DC Comics’ constant overhauls of it’s continuity is Power Girl. Her origin has been revised so many times, I wonder if they should’ve just left it alone.
One casualty of DC Comics’ constant overhauls of it’s continuity is Power Girl. Her origin has been revised so many times, I wonder if they should’ve just left it alone.
As the new era of DC Comics begins with all their titles renumbering back to issue number one, we can’t help but ponder about Power Girl. The character was another Krypton survivor who landed on Earth, or Earth-Two as designated before the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries, years later after her cousin Kal-El. The Earth-Two Superman and Lois Lane help Power Girl adapt to life her new home planet.
A reminder to our readers, the Crisis miniseries was meant to clean up the convoluted continuity of DC’s past stories involving multiple Earths. Earth-Two’s timeline was based during the early 20th century around the time, the original Superman stories were first written. Pre-Crisis, Power Girl later joined the Justice Society and was a founding member of Infinity, Inc, which was formed by the children of the Justice Society.
A reminder to our readers, the Crisis miniseries was meant to clean up the convoluted continuity of DC’s past stories involving multiple Earths. Earth-Two’s timeline was based during the early 20th century around the time, the original Superman stories were first written. Pre-Crisis, Power Girl later joined the Justice Society and was a founding member of Infinity, Inc, which was formed by the children of the Justice Society.
During the Crisis miniseries, her history was completely erased and given a different origin completely. After all, if her Earth-Two didn’t exist anymore, then who exactly was she and how would she fit into the new Earth created after the miniseries? The answer was to state that she was a descendant of the ancient sorcerer Arion. Furthering her origin was that she was in suspended animation all this time. She later joined the Justice League.Furthermore, during the Infinite Crisis story line, her convoluted origin came back full circle. Confronting the original Superman, he explains her previous Earth-Two origin. Furthermore, after an encounter with the Earth-Two Lois Lane, memories of her previous life reappear. Her current role in the rebooted DC Universe remains unclear at this time. The early issues of her solo series are available digitally through the DC Comics app.
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