Karen Starr

## Power Girl

Karen's modern Power Girl suit (Created by Phil Cho for Roy Westerman)

Equinox (HIDDEN ID)

Ma'am, Miss, Boss (Titles)

Zor-El (Brother, Status Unknown)

Divine (Clone, Status Unknown)

Allura In-Ze (Sister-In-Law)

Lara Lor-Van (Sister-In-Law, Deceased)

Clark Kent (Nephew)

Kara Danvers (Neice)

Jon Kent (Great Nephew)

Conner Kent and Chris Kent (Adoptive Great Nephews)

Mia Kent (Adoptive Great Neice)

Laura Kent, Carol Kent, Jane Kent (Great Neices)

### Affiliation

Justice Society of America (Alumni, Leader of Current Team)Justice League (Member)

StarrWare (Founder and CEO)

## Biographical Info

### Education

Metropolis University (Master's Degree in Computer Engineering)Minor in Business

### Residence

Penthouse Suite, 18 Starfield Place, Brooklyn, NY

### Base of Operations

Fortress of SolitudeBrownstone, Blue Valley, Nebraska

Watchtower

## Biography (Written by Author-X and Equinox)

### Childhood: 1949 - 1966

Born February 21st, 1949 as Kara Seg-El as the daughter of Seg-El and the sister to Jor-El and Zor-El. She grew up loving to explore, especially the Fire Falls of Krypton. Around 1964, she was chosen to be the new Nightwing but she did not want that role/responsibility on her shoulders. Even though she didn't want to be the world's new hero, she did want to contribute to society. Karen used her knowledge of computers to help Zor-El establish the basis of "modern" Kryptonian AI. Even making an assistant named Kelex. While nearing the end of her training to become Nightwing, she had discovered a planet with people similar to them, Earth. So after a few months of researching Earth and packing, she took a Kryptonian scout ship and ran away.

### Karen Starr: 1966 - 1968

When she reached Earth, she landed the ship in a remote location, the Arctic. Using the ship's technology, she was able to fashion herself clothes similar to what humans wear. She spent the next few months studying Earth's languages and cultures.

When she finished learning, Karen would go to Brooklyn, New York and meet Arion and Andrea Star. Arion and Andrea would notice Karen's being awkward which was when she told them who she truly is and where she is from. So Arion and Andrea decided to adopt Karen. Over the course of the next months, her powers started developing and over the course of the next years, she honed her powers. She would continue researching Earth and sending updates back to Jor-El and Zor-El. She also got a job as a computer programmer to become further acquainted with the world.

### Power Girl: 1969 - 1973

In 1969, after the JSA formed, Karen was inspired by them to become a hero and she took a suit of her design. During her first mission, the press dubbed her as "Power Girl" (since she is a girl... who was powerful). With each mission, the more famous she grew and over time she grew more known by the Justice Society. In 1970, the JSA took the decision and recruited Karen to join their ranks and later that year she helped them defeat Wotan and Wizard.

In 1971, Karen and the JSA would take down Vandal Savage. In 1972, she and the JSA took down Solomon Grundy and Brainwave. She then finished her research and sent the info to Krypton. Then the JSA defeated Cheetah and Icicle.

In 1973, the government began working on shutting down the JSA. Even going as far as making a point that Karen should not even belong on the team since she's an alien. But during the final battle of the JSA, she was badly injured. After the battle ended, she used the last of her energy and flew to the Fortress where she went into suspended animation collecting solar energy to heal while the Fortress shut down.

### Karen Starr: 2000 - 2006

In 2000, when Clark discovered the Fortress of Solitude, he turned on Kelex who activated the Fortress. A few minutes after Clark left to save some people When Clark left, Kelex remembered Karen and woke her from suspended animation. When she woke up, she went to check how long she had been in suspended animation, this is when she found out about everything (how it’s been 27 years, no one knows who the JSA are, etc).

When Clark came back to the Fortress, Karen didn't know who he was and as a result attacked him. She almost defeated him but Kelex then calmed her down. She asked Clark what he was doing there which is when he told her he had a key. Kelex then explained that Clark was Jor-El's son, Kal-El. Karen then ran towards Clark, hugged him, and asked what he was doing there. Kelex then further explained that Kal-El was sent here to survive the explosion of Krypton. Not believing what Kelex had said, Karen ran towards the computer and accessed a Kryptonian satellite. When the satellite was not registering anything, she rewound the feed to the last thing recorded: two pods escaping Krypton's atmosphere followed by Krypton's destruction. After seeing this, Karen retreated herself into her room in the Fortress.

A few weeks later, Karen chose to move on and talk with Clark. She apologized for just running off like that and Clark was understanding about it. She told Clark that she would be reacquainting herself with Earth culture and seeing what has been changing. When Clark asked her why she was on Earth, she responded that it was because of exploring a new planet and she wanted to be a hero. Clark further inquired but Karen told him it was a story for another day.

After a few months of getting reacquainted with Earth culture, Karen decide she would not be a hero but be a civilian. She also decided to go to college to learn about Modern Computer Programming. Later, Karen told Clark about the second pod that escaped Krypton. She also suggested that if another pod came out, then many more could've as well.

In 2004, a Kryptonian pod had landed in the Atlantic ocean near Metropolis. Clark took the pod out of the ocean and to the Fortress. When Clark ripped off the hatch, a young Kryptonian girl awoke. While Clark did not know who she was, Karen recognized her as Kara Zor-El, Clark's cousin and Karen's niece. Kara was shocked that the grown man before her was the infant cousin she was sent to protect.

It was decided that Kara would stay in the Fortress for a few months while learning English and of Earth's cultures. Karen helped Kara learn about Earth's cultures and told her stories about her time on Earth. So Karen became basically the mother figure of Kara for some time, and they bonded during this time.

In 2005, when Kara began developing her powers, Karen and Clark would train Kara in how to use them. While training Kara, Karen realized that as she had once before wanted to do something more in her life, once again she had received the feeling. So she began studying for her Master's Degree in Computer Science while minoring in Business.

In 2006, Karen began working on an AI based on Kelex's code. While training with Karen, Kara mentioned how she was named after Karen and looked up to her. Kara would ask Karen if she was ever a hero like Clark and Karen began telling her stories of her time as Power Girl. Kara then told Karen that she wanted to be a hero like Karen and Clark. This made Karen doubt her decision to stay as a civilian.

### Power Girl Reborn: 2007 - Present (2016)

In 2007, when Clark was fighting Doomsday, Karen decided it was time to stop hiding and suited up once more as Power Girl, even with a new suit. Karen and Kara arrived to see Clark dying so he told them to go get the Phantom Zone Generator and lock Doomsday in it.

Kelex had found out that Clark was indeed alive but in a deep coma so Karen told Lois about this. When the four new Super"men" came out, Karen couldn't do anything since the world didn't know anything about Clark being alive. After the Eradicator disappeared, it was then that she found out he was actually a Kryptonian program. A few months later, when she finished her AI, she named it Kela after Kelex. She also decided that instead of selling the AI to a company like Wayne Enterprises or Queen Consolidated, she was going to start her own company.

So in 2008, after a bunch of planning, Karen founded StarrWare with funding from Bruce Wayne and Oliver Queen (as favors for Clark). When Steppenwolf attacked, Clark asked Karen and Kara to protect his family from the impending army of Parademons. In 2009, while being transferred from a secret military facility to the S.T.A.R Labs facility in Metropolis, the Parasite escaped custody. Karen went to deal with him as Clark was busy with something else. Karen had trouble defeating him as in the time between he fought Clark and 2009, his powers had evolved. But Karen was able to defeat him. That same year she had joined the Justice League.

In 2010, Lobo was sent after Clark, Karen, Chris, and Kara. He had come after Karen first and Karen defeated him before he could go against the others. SHe helped the League battle against the Legion of Doom. Something she considers an achievement of that year is that she was able to be one of the nation's top ten entrepreneurs. In 2011, a new JSA was formed and Karen became the leader and the Justice League liaison of the team. Another achievement was that StarrWare became a world-class company.

In 2012, Mongul sent his daughter, Mongal, to challenge one of Earth's heroes. Karen was the first hero to arrive on scene and accept the challenge. While Mongal had the upper hand for a while, Karen was ultimately the winner. In 2013, Karen helped Clark against Lex Luthor. She would battle an army of LuthorBots with Chris, Mia, Conner, and Kara while Clark defeated the head bot. While they won, Lex made a conference and threw the blame on someone else and evade capture.

In 2014, Maxwell Lord (under the influence of Kilg%re) had Dr. Sivana create a clone of Karen called Divine. Karen would battle Divine over the course of the next few weeks But when Lord released the OMACs, he sent Divine after Karen. Divine through Karen through her building before taking her towards Dr. Sivana's lab in Antarctica. Divine rammed Karen into the lab before slamming her fists against her face. Karen managed to distract Divine and began beating her. Seeing that she was losing, Lord had Sivana teleport her to his location. In the aftermath of Kilg%re's defeat, Divine had disappeared.

In 2015, Karen would **[DATA CORRUPTED]**. In 2016, Karen, the new JSA, the League, etc took down Darkseid and stopped his invasion of Earth. As of now, Karen is battling crime alongside Clark and Kara as well as the JSA.

## Strengths

* **Kryptonian Physiology:** These powers are fueled by the energy of a Yellow Sun:
	+ **Super Strength:** Clark can lift heavy objects like cars, airplanes, boulders, etc.
	+ **Flight:** Karen can reach altitudes of around 30,000 km.
	+ **Super Speed:** She can reach speeds of Mach 10 while running and around Mach 18 while flying.
	+ **Heat Vision:** Karen can fire beams of intense heat. When fired at temperatures below 300 Fahrenheit they can be made invisible.
	+ **Invulnerability**
	+ **Enhanced Senses:**
		- **Enhanced Vision:**
			* **Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision:** She can see into all of the EM Spectrum.
			* **X-Ray Vision:** Karen can see through any object except for lead.
			* **Microscopic Vision:** Karen can see objects as small on the microscopic level.
			* **Telescopic Vision:** Karen is able to see objects from a great distance.
			* **Heat Vision:** Karen can see heat signatures by any object or living thing.
		- **Enhanced Hearing:** Karen is able to hear conversations or noise from up to 100+ miles.
		- **Enhanced Smell:** Karen can smell extraordinarily well, she can smell an odor up to a mile away and can smell what you had for food up to around 4 hours ago.
	+ **Enhanced Lung Capacity:**
		- **Freeze Breaths:** Karen's breath can extinguish fire, freeze objects or living things, etc.
		- **Hyper Breath:** Karen's breath can cause hurricane-force winds.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina:** Karen can survive for a long time without food, water, sleep, etc.
* **Computer Genius:** Karen is an expert in Krpytonian coding and because of going to college, she is extremely knowledgeable in modern human coding... even rivaling that of Babs.
* **Business**

## Weakness

* **Kryptonite:** Kryptonite is one of Karen's only weaknesses. Green Kryptonite depowers her and makes her fatigued.
* **Red Sun:** The Red Sunlight depowers her completely.
* **Magic**
* **Sensory Overload:** Due to Karen's Enhanced Senses, she is very sensitive to external stimuli like Hypersonics.

## Tech

* **Suit:** Karen's suit is made of a special material that harnesses the sunlight. It is in it's 2nd version.

## Fun Facts

* Many people confuse Karen and Kara and ask if they are twins.
* Karen cares for Kara as if she is her daughter.
* Karen has a cat named Stinky
* The research that Karen provided to her family was one of the reasons Zor-El and Jor-El sent Kara and Clark to Earth.

## Notes

* The idea of Karen being the aunt of Superman and Supergirl and not an alternate version of Supergirl was done as to not have Power Girl just be from an alternate universe.
* Her current address is one she used in the comics.
* Equinox was the name of her son in the comics.
* Arion was an Atlantian wizard who Karen thought was her ancestor in the comics. While Andrea is a reference to Andrew Vinson, who helped her adopt the identity of Karen Starr in the comics.