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* FantasticRacism: Director Chase doesn't really like or trust aliens, although she's willing to work with them and give them the benefit of the doubt.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome:: Kara is the kind of hero who will punch you, throw in a cell... and try to help you.
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* ActuallyADoombot: In ''Supergirl Rebirth #2'', Kara fights Cyborg Superman. She wins, but she is disappointed when she discovers that it is only a drone.
-->'''Supergirl:''' Of course... Another lie. Another fake. A drone. It exploded but... I barely touched it.
-->'''Supergirl:''' Of course... Another lie. Another fake. A drone. It exploded but... I barely touched it.
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* SecretIdentityIdentity: is given a secret identity by the DEO. However, "Kara Danvers" is merely a tool to socialize with humans and understand them in order to protect them better.
--->"Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect.
--->"Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: In ''Supergirl Rebirth #2'', [[spoiler:Cyborg-Superman]] tells [[spoiler:Kara]] he is her father (who she had previously thought dead). Understandably, she didn't take this revelation well.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Really, the only thing [[spoiler:Zor-E]] wants is [[spoiler:to bring Argo back to life and make his daughter happy]]. He doesn't get why Supergirl thinks his methods are horrible.
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* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Supergirl always finds harder to attend school and make friends than being a super-hero. She attends National City High School along with being a teen superhero, but she doesn't manage to fit in with her schoolmates because she isn't familiarized with human social customs and Earth's science is primitive and ancient to her. However she has saved the world dozens of times for now.
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* LegacyCharacter: Kara joins the DEO to restore her powers and carry on her cousin's work.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: In her Kara Danvers SecretIdentity, Kara dyes and braids her hair and wears glasses in order to look like an incospicuous, average, geeky brunette instead of a stunningly beautiful blonde with an athletic build.
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* SecretKeeper: Only Supergirl's foster parents -Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers- and her boss -Director Cameron Chase- know who Kara Danvers is.
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** Cat Grant's appearance and attitude (and possibly age) have been tweaked to more closely resemble Calista Flockhart's version of the character from the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' TV show.
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** Cat Grant's appearance and attitude (and possibly age) age though that might be down to the attitude) have been tweaked to more closely resemble Calista Flockhart's version of the character from the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' TV show.
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* ShootingSuperman: Invoked and deconstructed in ''Supergirl vol. 7 #1'' when Director Cameron points out that bullets may hurt innocent people after bouncing off her.
-->'''Director Chase:''' Bullets bounce off you. But where do they go next?
-->'''Director Chase:''' Bullets bounce off you. But where do they go next?
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''Supergirl vol. 7'' proper starts out right after the ''Rebirth'' issue with the ''Reign of the Cyborg Supermen'' story arc. Supergirl is having trouble adjusting to life on Earth and would rather be back on Kryton. The sudden return of Cyborg Superman and his offer to bring Krypton back will complicate matters even more so.
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* BreathWeapon: Kara uses her super-icy breath to freeze the fist of a train hijacker.
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* ConLang: Writer Steve Orlando stated that he created Kryptonian grammar in the book, from scratch.
-->"If you want to translate Kryptonian, it's not just English with Kryptonian characters. There are rules here."
-->"If you want to translate Kryptonian, it's not just English with Kryptonian characters. There are rules here."
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* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}: Director Chase thinks that Kryptonians were arrogant, and their hubris led to their destruction.
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* HomeBase: Before dying, pre-Flashpoint Superman handed the key of the Fortress of Solitude over to Supergirl. The massive arctic fortress is now hers.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Cat Grant thinks she is the center of the universe, and several train hijackers were after her. She isn't and they weren't.
* SoProudOfYou: Back in Krypton, Zor-El said Kara he was proud of her during a school excursion:
-->'''Zor-El:''' The Kamnium in the lake petrified these animals ages ago. They're not going anywhere.\\
'''Kara:''' Exactly. They're stuck here. But If I holo-photo them all, then a little piece of them can escape with me. It's pretty strange, I know. Everyone else thought so.\\
'''Zor-El:''' That's because no one else would ever see it that way, Kara. I would never say that's strange. That's Hope. That's what the crest we wear stands for. That's why I'm proud you're my daughter.
* SoProudOfYou: Back in Krypton, Zor-El said Kara he was proud of her during a school excursion:
-->'''Zor-El:''' The Kamnium in the lake petrified these animals ages ago. They're not going anywhere.\\
'''Kara:''' Exactly. They're stuck here. But If I holo-photo them all, then a little piece of them can escape with me. It's pretty strange, I know. Everyone else thought so.\\
'''Zor-El:''' That's because no one else would ever see it that way, Kara. I would never say that's strange. That's Hope. That's what the crest we wear stands for. That's why I'm proud you're my daughter.
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* TakeMyHand: A sinister example: [[spoiler:Cyborg Superman]] declares that he can take Supergirl to Argo City, and she only needs to take his hand.
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* TrespassingToTalk: In the first issue, Kara returns to her Fortress of Solitude and finds Cyborg Superman waiting for her and claiming he can take her back to Krypton.
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* SuperSenses: Kryptonian senses aren't limited by silly, pesky things such like laws of physics. As she's orbiting the Sun, Supergirl hears her foster mother asking for help. In real time.
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* SuperSenses: Kryptonian senses aren't limited by silly, pesky things such like laws of physics. As she's orbiting the Sun, Supergirl hears her foster mother asking for help. In real time. Later in that issue she uses her microscopic vision to read Lar-On's genetic makeup.
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* PedestrianCrushesCar: Variant in ''Supergirl vol. 7 #1''. Kara breaks several cars while she's trying to learn how to drive.
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Downplayed. Kara ''really'' doesn't like hearing her foster parents flirt when she's around (or when she is ''not'' around. She can hear them from anywhere, literally). They are not concerned about her squicked reaction, though.
-->'''Jeremiah:''' What I did miss?\\
'''Edna:''' Just the '''launch''', Jeremiah. But the new uniform sure fits.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Comms are live. I can '''hear''' you two.\\
'''Edna:''' We're your '''parents''', Kara. We're not '''dead'''.
-->'''Jeremiah:''' What I did miss?\\
'''Edna:''' Just the '''launch''', Jeremiah. But the new uniform sure fits.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Comms are live. I can '''hear''' you two.\\
'''Edna:''' We're your '''parents''', Kara. We're not '''dead'''.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: In Supergirl vol. 7 #1, as Kara is learning how to drive, she puts her foot on the brake... and through the bottom of the car. When it happens, her mother cries out "Again?".
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Kryptonian senses don't care for puny laws of physics. Kara hears what is happening on Earth in real time while she is on the surface of the Sun. And she uses her microscopic vision on Lar-On to observe his genes and determine that his genetic makeup has been completely mangled by Red-K poisoning.
-->'''Supergirl:''' I can see his genes.
-->'''Supergirl:''' I can see his genes.
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* HulkSpeak: Lar-On speaks this way when he is a werewolf. His beastly nature overwhelms him and he refers to himself in third person, barely uses names and verbs, and doesn't care about using correct verb tenses.
-->'''Lar-On:''' Zor-El -- ashamed of my name. But you -- never forget Lar-On!
-->'''Lar-On:''' Zor-El -- ashamed of my name. But you -- never forget Lar-On!
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lar-On hurled a bunch of burning rocks at Kara. Kara used her cape to send them back to him.
* HumansNeedAliens: Supergirl provided the DEO with Kryptonian technology.
* HumansNeedAliens: Supergirl provided the DEO with Kryptonian technology.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lar-On When Supergirl fought Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On, he hurled a bunch of burning rocks at Kara. Kara used Kara, but she caught them with her cape to send and threw them back to him.
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* HumansNeedAliens:Supergirl Kara provided the DEO (Department of Extra-normal Operations) with Kryptonian technology.technology to help them fight alien threats off. Moreover, Lar-On would have killed everybody in the base if Kara hadn't returned.
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* ClarkKentOutfit: Kara's SecretIdentity wears loose clothes and baggy trousers to hide her super-strong physique.
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* CallBack: Director Chase mentions states that Kara is working for the DEO because her powers faded (at Supergirl vol. 6 issue #40), her cousin Superman is dead died (in ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''), and Kara's landing place was Siberia.she wants to keep protecting Earth in his stead.
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* TheBusCameBack: Cameron Chase rerurns to regular appearances in this series as the Director of the DEO. She was last seen (aside from a cameo) in the first ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' Annual way back in 2014, where she retired and went back to freelance PI work.
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* TheBusCameBack: Cameron Chase rerurns returns to regular appearances in this series as the Director of the DEO. She was last seen (aside from a cameo) in the first ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' Annual way back in 2014, where she retired and went back to freelance PI work.
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'''Supergirl: Rebirth''' is a 2016 comic book published by DC Comics as part of their Rebirth initiative and part of the Franchise/{{Superman}} universe, written by Steve Orlando with art by Emanuela Luppacino and Brian Ching. It redefines ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and her place in the New 52 universe after the events of ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''. It is also a direct sequel to Supergirl vol. 6, which ended with Kara Zor-El being depowered due to unknown reasons.
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'''Supergirl: Rebirth''' is a 2016 comic book published by DC Comics as part of their Rebirth initiative and part of the Franchise/{{Superman}} universe, written by Steve Orlando with art by Emanuela Luppacino and Brian Ching. It redefines ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and her place in the New 52 universe after the events of ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''. It is also a direct sequel to Supergirl vol. 6, which ended with Kara Zor-El being depowered due to unknown reasons.
reasons, and takes inspiration from the TV-series ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''.
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* BadassBookworm: Kara is enrolled in National City High School, a specialized science school. However, Director Chase notes that it'll feel somewhat remedial after Krypton.
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* BadassBookworm: Kara is enrolled in National City High School, a specialized science school. However, Director Chase notes that it'll feel somewhat remedial after Krypton. Her SecretIdentity looks like a glass-wearing, small, physically unimposing, highly smart nerdy girl... who can lift millions of tons with ease.
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Before dying in ''Superman Super League'', Superman entrusted Supergirl with protecting Earth. After her cousin 's death Kara Zor-El turns to the shadowy organization known as the D.E.O. (Department of Extranormal Operations) to restore her lost powers once and for all as she ponders her place on Earth and wonders if she truly belongs on Krypton. But as a fateful experiment sends her rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On!
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Before dying in ''Superman Super League'', Superman entrusted Supergirl with protecting Earth. After her cousin 's death Kara Zor-El turns to the shadowy organization known as the D.E.O. DEO (Department of Extranormal Operations) to restore her lost powers once and for all as she ponders her place on Earth and wonders if she truly belongs on Krypton. But as a fateful experiment sends her rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On!
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* CallBack: Cameron Chase, director of D. E. O. mentions that Superman is dead and Kara's landing place was Siberia.
* CallBack: Cameron Chase, director of D. E. O. mentions that Superman is dead and Kara's landing place was Siberia.
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* TheBusCameBack: Cameron Chase rerurns to regular appearances in this series as the Director of the D.E.O. DEO. She was last seen (aside from a cameo) in the first ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' Annual way back in 2014, where she retired and went back to freelance P.I. PI work.
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* DynamicEntry: Kara interrupts the battle between Lar-On and the D. E. O. agents when she suddenly swoops in on the werewolf, grabs him and flies away with him.
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* DynamicEntry: Kara interrupts the battle between Lar-On and the D. E. O. DEO agents when she suddenly swoops in on the werewolf, grabs him and flies away with him.
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* HumansNeedAliens: Supergirl provided the D. E. O. with Kryptonian technology.
* HurlItIntoTheSun: As a last resort to get her powers back, the D. E.O. launches Kara into the Sun.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Stop this. Let me help you. My father may have abandoned you... But I never will."]]
->It's time to finalize our agreement. Superman died. You came to us, looking to carry on the work your late cousin began. But your powers were gone. I said I'd help you restore them. I did. Now comes your end of the deal.
'''Supergirl: Rebirth''' is a 2016 comic book published by DC Comics as part of their Rebirth initiative and part of the Franchise/{{Superman}} universe, written by Steve Orlando with art by Emanuela Luppacino and Brian Ching. It redefines ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and her place in the New 52 universe after the events of ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''. It is also a direct sequel to Supergirl vol. 6, which ended with Kara Zor-El being depowered due to unknown reasons.
Before dying in ''Superman Super League'', Superman entrusted Supergirl with protecting Earth. After her cousin 's death Kara Zor-El turns to the shadowy organization known as the D.E.O. (Department of Extranormal Operations) to restore her lost powers once and for all as she ponders her place on Earth and wonders if she truly belongs on Krypton. But as a fateful experiment sends her rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On!
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* ActionGirl: Supergirl is one of the most powerful heroes of Franchise/TheDCU. In the first issue she flies from Sun to Earth in a matter of seconds and wrestles with a super-powerful werewolf.
* ActionMom: Kara's foster mother Eliza Danvers. As Lar-On is attacking the base, she quickly figures out where he comes from and what kind of ammo they need, and throws a grenade at him.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis Zor-El was a decent person and father who tried to protect his family. Post-Flashpoint Zor-El took part in the creation of the Wordkillers and became Cyborg Superman.
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:Zor-El]] becomes this to [[spoiler:Kara]] after turning into [[spoiler:Cyborg Superman]] and getting obsessed with getting things "right".
* AntiVillain: Zor-El only wants to save his family and his city. In order to accomplish this goal, though, he makes choices which are morally dubious at best, and his sanity decreases with each failure.
* BadassBookworm: Kara is enrolled in National City High School, a specialized science school. However, Director Cameron notes that it'll feel somewhat remedial after Krypton.
* BadassCape: Supergirl's long, flowing red cape. She can use it as a weapon to hit projectiles back.
* BadassFamily: The Danvers. Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, two agents trained to deal with alien threats and Kara Zor-El, her Kryptonian foster daughter.
* BattleCouple: Kara's foster parents Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers are a couple of Government agents trained to deal with alien threats.
* BrainyBrunette: Supergirl's secret identity is a brown-haired, nerdy girl.
* CallBack: Cameron Chase, director of D. E. O. mentions that Superman is dead and Kara's landing place was Siberia.
* CanonImmigrant: Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers are originally ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' characters.
* TheCape: After going through a very hard time, being pushed beyond her limits, ''[[Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton becoming a Red Lantern]]''... Kara has finally outgrown her anger and her confusion and is developing into the same kind of hero her late cousin was.
* ChestInsignia: Kara's new uniform has a modified S-shield. Lar-On associates her with the House of El when he sees her emblem.
* ClarkKenting: Kara wears loose clothes, glasses, dyes her hair brown and braids it into a ponytail, and behaves like a insecure, quiet, geeky girl (as opposite to her hot-blooded, fiery and determined real self).
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: As seen in the first scene, in Argo City everybody wore colourful, bright clothes and long, flowing robes and capes. And the buildings were tall, alien-looking structures made of glass and metal.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Eliza Danvers has a witty sense of humour:
-->'''Supergirl:''' Eliza, Jeremiah -- Do you need help?\\
'''Eliza:''' Not at all! I live to work hours cleaning twenty square feet.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Sarcasm is not unique to Earth, you know.\\
'''Eliza:''' Good. You already speak my language. This adjustment process will be easy.
** On the other hand, Director Cameron Chase's wit is drier:
--->'''Cameron:''' Years since I let you two get married and you still find ways to help me question that decision.
* DoomedHometown: Kara explains Lar-On that Argo City is gone.
* DyeOrDie: Kara dyes her hair brown to disguise herself.
* DynamicEntry: Kara interrupts the battle between Lar-On and the D. E. O. agents when she suddenly swoops in on the werewolf, grabs him and flies away with him.
* EyeBeams: Supergirl has kryptonian heat vision. Lar-On's werewolf form is a variant: his eyes shoot fire rays instead of heat beams.
* FantasticRacism: Director Chase doesn't really like or trust aliens, although she's willing to work with them and give them the benefit of the doubt.
* FlyingBrick: In the first issue Kara already shows her flying brick skills: she survives being hurled into the Sun, flies back to Earth in a matter of seconds, and wrestles a super-strong werewolf.
* GeniusBruiser: Director Cameron notes that Earth science is primitive for her newest FlyingBrick agent's standards.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She is a blonde, and the kind of person who will stop you, send you to prison and try to help you. She stops Lar-On's rampage and talks him down, saying she'll never give up on him.
* HappilyAdopted: Kara has a pretty good rapport with her adoptive parents after a few weeks.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Although she's saved the world several times for this point, Director Cameron Chase regards her as an out-of-control liability due to the number of messes she caused or took part in before getting over her angst, loneliness and anger issues.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lar-On hurled a bunch of burning rocks at Kara. Kara used her cape to send them back to him.
* HumansNeedAliens: Supergirl provided the D. E. O. with Kryptonian technology.
* HurlItIntoTheSun: As a last resort to get her powers back, the D. E.O. launches Kara into the Sun.
* KryptoniteFactor:
** Red Kryptonite is non-lethal but it does weird things to Kryptonians. Lar-On suffers from lycanthropy because Red-K poisoning.
** Eliza uses a red solar grenade against Lar-On when she notices he speaks Kryptonian.
* LeaveMeAlone: Upon arriving on Earth, Lar-On wants to be left alone.
* MundaneUtility: Subverted. Kara wants to use her SuperSpeed to help rebuild the base, but her foster mother suggests that she needs to learn how non-powered people deal with disasters.
* MythologyGag:
** Ghost Site 252, a nod to Kara making her debut in ''Comicbook/ActionComics #252''.
** Kara's secret identity is a brunette girl.
** In Supergirl Rebirth #1, Kara fights the Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On, who first appeared in World's Finest #256 way back in 1979.
** The Phantom Drive and Regeneration Matrix are lifted right from ''Comicbook/TheManOfSteel''.
** The Phantom Drive opening up a rift to the Phantom Zone is also similar to ''The Man of Steel''.
** A Zone portal opening up accidentally, and the fight eventually taking all fighters to the sunny side of the planet is reminiscent of Lar-On's first appearance in World's Finest #256.
** Argo's bedrock is Red Kryptonite. In the Silver Age it was Green K.
** Cameron saying "Then it's a job for Supergirl" at the end of the first issue.
* NotSoDifferent:
** Kara explains Lar that they are not so different in order to appease him.
--->'''Supergirl:''' I know your anger. Your confusion. I remember it from when I was stranded here. Disoriented. A different language. Different world.
** While she sees Supergirl's rocket leaving Earth, her foster mother thinks is how her biological parents felt when they blasted their only daughter off into space to save her.
--->'''Eliza:''' Look at her go. It feels strange, Chase, blasting Kara off into space. This must be how her real parents felt.\\
'''Cameron:''' I think they'd relate.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lar-On is a Kryptonian werewolf. His condition was caused by red Kryptonite poisoning. He turns into a muscled, huge, purple-red, humanoid wolf with firey EyeBeams.
* ParentalSubstitute: Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers become Kara's guardians when she moves into National City. They are both her handlers and her foster parents.
* PhantomZone: Lar-On was quarantined to this place, where he would remain frozen outside real time.
* PlayingWithFire: Lar-On's eyes shoot streams of fire.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The D. E. O. didn't necessarily want to hurt Lar-On, but they didn't want an alien to tear their base down. Lar-On didn't want to hurt anyone but he couldn't explain he only wanted to be left alone because he didn't speak or understand English. Thus, they fought.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Supergirl's new blue-and-red outfit is based on several of her classic outfits and the TV-series suit, retaining the armour look of the New 52 suit.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Cameron Chase doesn't trust Kara, but she's willing to work with her and give her a chance to earn her trust.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Supergirl, an incredibly powerful sixteen-year-old who was a ball of angst and anger issues before her CharacterDevelopment agrees to work for the D. E. O. Director Cameron notes that her newest agent used to be out of control.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The cover of the first issue subverts this: Kara's eyes are glowing red, but she looks happy.
* {{Retcanon}}: National City from the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' TV show now exists in the DC Universe.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Argo City burned up in the first arc of Supergirl vol. 6 ''Last Daughter Of Krypton''. Here it's been destroyed but it isn't completely gone.
** Minor retcon: Zor-El is brown-haired instead of blonde.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Subverted. Lar-On wants to kill Supergirl when he hears she's Zor-El's daughter. However she talks him down, pointing out that she has nothing to do with whatever her father did, and killing people will not bring his family back.
* SadisticChoice: Zor-El had to choose between banishing an innocent to the Phantom Zone and let someone potentially extremely dangerous run free.
* SanitySlippage: Krypton's destruction and his inability to save Argo City and his own family have deteriorated Zor-El's sanity to the point he strikes a bargain with ''Comicbook/{{Brainiac}}'' of all people. Supergirl wonders what happened to his father after hearing about some of his actions.
* SecretIDentity: For first time in the New 52 continuity, Supergirl has a secret identity: Kara Danvers.
-->'''Cameron:''' "Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect.
* SuperSenses: Kryptonian senses aren't limited by silly, pesky things such like laws of physics. As she's orbiting the Sun, Supergirl hears her foster mother asking for help. In real time.
* TragicMonster: Lar-On was a werewolf due to Red Kryptonite poisoning. He was dangerous and uncontrollable but he had committed no crime and he wanted to hurt nobody. Nonetheless, he was quarantined to the Phantom Zone -in where Kryptonians dumped their worst criminals-, and when he escaped the Zone, his family was gone and he was stranded in an alien world and attacked by hostile forces.
* YouAreNotAlone: Kara gives the speech to Lar:
-->'''Supergirl:''' People feared me, too. At first. This doesn't have to be you. You're not alone. Stop this. Let me help you. My father may have abandoned you... But I never will.
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->"Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect. I accept you on Earth, Supergirl. I believe in your potential. But I do not trust you. Not yet. But through Eliza, Jeremiah. Through your life as Kara, I hope you find your place. And my trust.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Stop this. Let me help you. My father may have abandoned you... But I never will."]]
->It's time to finalize our agreement. Superman died. You came to us, looking to carry on the work your late cousin began. But your powers were gone. I said I'd help you restore them. I did. Now comes your end of the deal.
'''Supergirl: Rebirth''' is a 2016 comic book published by DC Comics as part of their Rebirth initiative and part of the Franchise/{{Superman}} universe, written by Steve Orlando with art by Emanuela Luppacino and Brian Ching. It redefines ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and her place in the New 52 universe after the events of ''Comicbook/SupermanSuperLeague''. It is also a direct sequel to Supergirl vol. 6, which ended with Kara Zor-El being depowered due to unknown reasons.
Before dying in ''Superman Super League'', Superman entrusted Supergirl with protecting Earth. After her cousin 's death Kara Zor-El turns to the shadowy organization known as the D.E.O. (Department of Extranormal Operations) to restore her lost powers once and for all as she ponders her place on Earth and wonders if she truly belongs on Krypton. But as a fateful experiment sends her rocketing toward the sun, disaster strikes at home in the form of the lost Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On!
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!!Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Supergirl is one of the most powerful heroes of Franchise/TheDCU. In the first issue she flies from Sun to Earth in a matter of seconds and wrestles with a super-powerful werewolf.
* ActionMom: Kara's foster mother Eliza Danvers. As Lar-On is attacking the base, she quickly figures out where he comes from and what kind of ammo they need, and throws a grenade at him.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis Zor-El was a decent person and father who tried to protect his family. Post-Flashpoint Zor-El took part in the creation of the Wordkillers and became Cyborg Superman.
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:Zor-El]] becomes this to [[spoiler:Kara]] after turning into [[spoiler:Cyborg Superman]] and getting obsessed with getting things "right".
* AntiVillain: Zor-El only wants to save his family and his city. In order to accomplish this goal, though, he makes choices which are morally dubious at best, and his sanity decreases with each failure.
* BadassBookworm: Kara is enrolled in National City High School, a specialized science school. However, Director Cameron notes that it'll feel somewhat remedial after Krypton.
* BadassCape: Supergirl's long, flowing red cape. She can use it as a weapon to hit projectiles back.
* BadassFamily: The Danvers. Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, two agents trained to deal with alien threats and Kara Zor-El, her Kryptonian foster daughter.
* BattleCouple: Kara's foster parents Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers are a couple of Government agents trained to deal with alien threats.
* BrainyBrunette: Supergirl's secret identity is a brown-haired, nerdy girl.
* CallBack: Cameron Chase, director of D. E. O. mentions that Superman is dead and Kara's landing place was Siberia.
* CanonImmigrant: Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers are originally ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' characters.
* TheCape: After going through a very hard time, being pushed beyond her limits, ''[[Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton becoming a Red Lantern]]''... Kara has finally outgrown her anger and her confusion and is developing into the same kind of hero her late cousin was.
* ChestInsignia: Kara's new uniform has a modified S-shield. Lar-On associates her with the House of El when he sees her emblem.
* ClarkKenting: Kara wears loose clothes, glasses, dyes her hair brown and braids it into a ponytail, and behaves like a insecure, quiet, geeky girl (as opposite to her hot-blooded, fiery and determined real self).
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: As seen in the first scene, in Argo City everybody wore colourful, bright clothes and long, flowing robes and capes. And the buildings were tall, alien-looking structures made of glass and metal.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Eliza Danvers has a witty sense of humour:
-->'''Supergirl:''' Eliza, Jeremiah -- Do you need help?\\
'''Eliza:''' Not at all! I live to work hours cleaning twenty square feet.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Sarcasm is not unique to Earth, you know.\\
'''Eliza:''' Good. You already speak my language. This adjustment process will be easy.
** On the other hand, Director Cameron Chase's wit is drier:
--->'''Cameron:''' Years since I let you two get married and you still find ways to help me question that decision.
* DoomedHometown: Kara explains Lar-On that Argo City is gone.
* DyeOrDie: Kara dyes her hair brown to disguise herself.
* DynamicEntry: Kara interrupts the battle between Lar-On and the D. E. O. agents when she suddenly swoops in on the werewolf, grabs him and flies away with him.
* EyeBeams: Supergirl has kryptonian heat vision. Lar-On's werewolf form is a variant: his eyes shoot fire rays instead of heat beams.
* FantasticRacism: Director Chase doesn't really like or trust aliens, although she's willing to work with them and give them the benefit of the doubt.
* FlyingBrick: In the first issue Kara already shows her flying brick skills: she survives being hurled into the Sun, flies back to Earth in a matter of seconds, and wrestles a super-strong werewolf.
* GeniusBruiser: Director Cameron notes that Earth science is primitive for her newest FlyingBrick agent's standards.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She is a blonde, and the kind of person who will stop you, send you to prison and try to help you. She stops Lar-On's rampage and talks him down, saying she'll never give up on him.
* HappilyAdopted: Kara has a pretty good rapport with her adoptive parents after a few weeks.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Although she's saved the world several times for this point, Director Cameron Chase regards her as an out-of-control liability due to the number of messes she caused or took part in before getting over her angst, loneliness and anger issues.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lar-On hurled a bunch of burning rocks at Kara. Kara used her cape to send them back to him.
* HumansNeedAliens: Supergirl provided the D. E. O. with Kryptonian technology.
* HurlItIntoTheSun: As a last resort to get her powers back, the D. E.O. launches Kara into the Sun.
* KryptoniteFactor:
** Red Kryptonite is non-lethal but it does weird things to Kryptonians. Lar-On suffers from lycanthropy because Red-K poisoning.
** Eliza uses a red solar grenade against Lar-On when she notices he speaks Kryptonian.
* LeaveMeAlone: Upon arriving on Earth, Lar-On wants to be left alone.
* MundaneUtility: Subverted. Kara wants to use her SuperSpeed to help rebuild the base, but her foster mother suggests that she needs to learn how non-powered people deal with disasters.
* MythologyGag:
** Ghost Site 252, a nod to Kara making her debut in ''Comicbook/ActionComics #252''.
** Kara's secret identity is a brunette girl.
** In Supergirl Rebirth #1, Kara fights the Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On, who first appeared in World's Finest #256 way back in 1979.
** The Phantom Drive and Regeneration Matrix are lifted right from ''Comicbook/TheManOfSteel''.
** The Phantom Drive opening up a rift to the Phantom Zone is also similar to ''The Man of Steel''.
** A Zone portal opening up accidentally, and the fight eventually taking all fighters to the sunny side of the planet is reminiscent of Lar-On's first appearance in World's Finest #256.
** Argo's bedrock is Red Kryptonite. In the Silver Age it was Green K.
** Cameron saying "Then it's a job for Supergirl" at the end of the first issue.
* NotSoDifferent:
** Kara explains Lar that they are not so different in order to appease him.
--->'''Supergirl:''' I know your anger. Your confusion. I remember it from when I was stranded here. Disoriented. A different language. Different world.
** While she sees Supergirl's rocket leaving Earth, her foster mother thinks is how her biological parents felt when they blasted their only daughter off into space to save her.
--->'''Eliza:''' Look at her go. It feels strange, Chase, blasting Kara off into space. This must be how her real parents felt.\\
'''Cameron:''' I think they'd relate.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lar-On is a Kryptonian werewolf. His condition was caused by red Kryptonite poisoning. He turns into a muscled, huge, purple-red, humanoid wolf with firey EyeBeams.
* ParentalSubstitute: Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers become Kara's guardians when she moves into National City. They are both her handlers and her foster parents.
* PhantomZone: Lar-On was quarantined to this place, where he would remain frozen outside real time.
* PlayingWithFire: Lar-On's eyes shoot streams of fire.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The D. E. O. didn't necessarily want to hurt Lar-On, but they didn't want an alien to tear their base down. Lar-On didn't want to hurt anyone but he couldn't explain he only wanted to be left alone because he didn't speak or understand English. Thus, they fought.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Supergirl's new blue-and-red outfit is based on several of her classic outfits and the TV-series suit, retaining the armour look of the New 52 suit.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Cameron Chase doesn't trust Kara, but she's willing to work with her and give her a chance to earn her trust.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Supergirl, an incredibly powerful sixteen-year-old who was a ball of angst and anger issues before her CharacterDevelopment agrees to work for the D. E. O. Director Cameron notes that her newest agent used to be out of control.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The cover of the first issue subverts this: Kara's eyes are glowing red, but she looks happy.
* {{Retcanon}}: National City from the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' TV show now exists in the DC Universe.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Argo City burned up in the first arc of Supergirl vol. 6 ''Last Daughter Of Krypton''. Here it's been destroyed but it isn't completely gone.
** Minor retcon: Zor-El is brown-haired instead of blonde.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Subverted. Lar-On wants to kill Supergirl when he hears she's Zor-El's daughter. However she talks him down, pointing out that she has nothing to do with whatever her father did, and killing people will not bring his family back.
* SadisticChoice: Zor-El had to choose between banishing an innocent to the Phantom Zone and let someone potentially extremely dangerous run free.
* SanitySlippage: Krypton's destruction and his inability to save Argo City and his own family have deteriorated Zor-El's sanity to the point he strikes a bargain with ''Comicbook/{{Brainiac}}'' of all people. Supergirl wonders what happened to his father after hearing about some of his actions.
* SecretIDentity: For first time in the New 52 continuity, Supergirl has a secret identity: Kara Danvers.
-->'''Cameron:''' "Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect.
* SuperSenses: Kryptonian senses aren't limited by silly, pesky things such like laws of physics. As she's orbiting the Sun, Supergirl hears her foster mother asking for help. In real time.
* TragicMonster: Lar-On was a werewolf due to Red Kryptonite poisoning. He was dangerous and uncontrollable but he had committed no crime and he wanted to hurt nobody. Nonetheless, he was quarantined to the Phantom Zone -in where Kryptonians dumped their worst criminals-, and when he escaped the Zone, his family was gone and he was stranded in an alien world and attacked by hostile forces.
* YouAreNotAlone: Kara gives the speech to Lar:
-->'''Supergirl:''' People feared me, too. At first. This doesn't have to be you. You're not alone. Stop this. Let me help you. My father may have abandoned you... But I never will.
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->"Kara Danvers" is a tool for you to walk amongst the people you protect. I accept you on Earth, Supergirl. I believe in your potential. But I do not trust you. Not yet. But through Eliza, Jeremiah. Through your life as Kara, I hope you find your place. And my trust.
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