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Power Girl (real name Kara Zor-L, also known as Karen Starr) is a fictional DC Comics superheroine, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976).〔''Who’s Who in the DC Universe'' #18 (August 1986)〕 Power Girl is the cousin of DC's flagship hero Superman, but from an alternate universe in the fictional multiverse in which DC Comics stories are set. Originally hailing from the world of Earth-Two, first envisioned as the home of DC's wartime heroes as published in 1940s comic books, Power Girl becomes stranded on the main universe where DC stories are set, and becomes acquainted with that world's Superman and her own counterpart, Supergirl. In common with Supergirl's origin story, she is the daughter of Superman's aunt and uncle and a native of the planet Krypton. The infant Power Girl's parents enabled her to escape the destruction of her home planet by placing her in a rocket ship. As with Supergirl, although she left the planet at the same time that Superman did, her ship took much longer to reach Earth-Two. On Earth, as with other Kryptonians, Power Girl discovered she possessed abilities like super strength, flight, and heat vision, using which she became a protector of innocents and a hero for humanity. Though the specifics of how vary over subsequent retellings, Power Girl is later stranded on another Earth when a cosmic crisis affects her home of Earth-Two, and later carves out a separate identity for herself from her dimensional counterpart Supergirl once they are forced to coexist. Though they are biologically the same person, Power Girl behaves as an older, more mature, and more level-headed version of Supergirl, with a more aggressive fighting style. She also adopts a different secret identity from her counterpart. These changes are reflected in their differing costumes and superhero names as well; Power Girl sports a bob of blond hair; wears a distinctive white, red, and blue costume with (in most versions) a cleavage-displaying cutout. The name Power Girl reflects that she chooses not to be seen as a derivative of Superman, but rather her own hero and this choice is reflected in the strong independent attitude of the character. Over various decades, Power Girl has been depicted as a member of superhero teams such as the Justice Society of America, Infinity, Inc, Justice League Europe and the Birds of Prey. Power Girl's origin has gone through revisions, but over time has reverted to her original conception as the Supergirl of Earth-Two. The 1985 limited series ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' eliminated Earth-Two from history, causing her to be retconned as the granddaughter of an Atlantean sorcerer known as Arion. This was an unpopular change and writers depicted the revised Power Girl inconsistently. The 2005–2006 ''Infinite Crisis'' limited series then restored her status as a refugee from the Krypton of the destroyed Pre-Crisis Earth-Two universe. Following DC's ''Flashpoint'' crossover and The New 52 reboot in 2011, Power Girl's origin is retold as the Supergirl of "Earth 2", cousin and adopted daughter of Superman, who during evil god Darkseid's invasion of Earth 2 becomes stranded in the main continuity of Earth 0, subsequently adopting the name Power Girl to hide her true identity. She returned to her source Earth in the story ''Earth 2: World's End'' (2014–2015). ==Publication history== Power Girl was introduced in ''All Star Comics'' #58 in 1976, and was a member of the superhero team the Justice Society of America through the remainder of the 1970s and 1980s period known as the Bronze Age of Comics. Marvel Comics' then-publisher Stan Lee said in 1978 that when DC Comics created Power Girl after Marvel had introduced Power Man, "I'm pretty annoyed about that. ...I've got to ask the Marvel lawyer – she's supposed to be starting a lawsuit about that and I haven't heard anything. I don't like the idea. ... You know, years ago we brought out Wonder Man, and (Comics ) sued us because they had Wonder Woman, and ... I said okay, I'll discontinue Wonder Man. And all of a sudden they've got Power Girl. Oh, boy. How unfair."〔"Hello, Culture Lovers: Stan the Map Raps with Marvel Maniacs at James Madison University", ''The Comics Journal'' #42, October 1978, p. 55〕 After ''All Star Comics'' was canceled as a part of the DC Implosion, the character would continue to appear along with the rest of the JSA in ''Adventure Comics'' for a six-issue run. She appeared in a story arc that expanded on her pre-Crisis origin in ''Showcase'' issues 97–99. During this time, she was a regularly featured character in the annual Justice Society crossovers in the original ''Justice League of America'' series. She was a founding member of ''Infinity Inc.'', appearing in each of the first 12 issues and making later guest appearances. After DC's continuity-altering ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' inter-company crossover, her origin was retconned in ''Secret Origins'' vol. 2, #11 and she became a magic-based character with ties to ancient Atlantis, leading to appearances in ''The Warlord''. The character did not receive her own self-titled series until the ''Power Girl'' miniseries of 1988.〔(The Comic Book Database ) – Power Girl (1988)〕 The character became a featured member of ''Justice League Europe'' (a spin off from ''Justice League International'') for the run of the series. After the cancellation of JLI, the character joined Chris Claremont's creator-owned series ''Sovereign Seven'' and appeared in several issues of ''Birds of Prey''. She eventually rejoined the Justice Society in ''JSA'' #31 and became a regular part of that series and its follow-up, ''Justice Society of America'' vol. 3. Power Girl played a significant role in the continuity-changing events of ''Infinite Crisis'' (2005), which tied into her starring role in the first ''JSA Classified'' story arc "Power Trip" in 2005 (issues #1–4 of the series).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: )〕〔(The Comic Book Database ) – "Power Trip"〕 These stories heavily featured the revelation that Power Girl was in fact the Earth-Two Power Girl and a Kryptonian, who survived ''Crisis'', and that her Atlantean backstory had been a lie. Starting in July 2009, Power Girl received her first ongoing series, simply titled ''Power Girl'' (volume 2), with the first twelve issues written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, drawn by Amanda Conner,〔Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 338: "Writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, together with artist Amanda Conner, emphasized the fun of Power Girl in her first ongoing series."〕 and colored by Paul Mounts. According to Comic Book Resources, the series has been "wildly praised for its fresh and fun approach."〔 When Palmiotti, Grey and Conner left the series after issue #12, Palmiotti said, "Amanda always said she could just commit to the book for a year, and as we got into the series we realized that we just couldn't do the same type of book with another artist at this point and decided it was a good idea to leave with her and give another team a shot." Judd Winick took over as writer with artist Sami Basri beginning with issue #13. Winick stated that the tone of the book will continue, and the premise of the character in New York. The trade paperback ''Power Girl'' (ISBN 978-1401209681) collects ''Showcase'' issues #97–99, ''Secret Origins'' volume 2 issue #11, ''JSA'' issues 32 and 39, and ''JSA Classified'' issues #1–4. ''Power Girl: A New Beginning'' (ISBN 978-1401226183) collects the first six issues of the 2009 series. ''Power Girl: Aliens & Apes'' (ISBN 978-1401229108) collects issues 7 through 12, and ''Power Girl: Bomb Squad'' (ISBN 978-1401231620) covers 13 to 18, and ''Power Girl: Old Friends'' collecting issues 19-27. The entirety of the Palmiotti/Grey/Conner run is contained in ''Power Girl: Power Trip'', which collects ''JSA Classified'' #1–4 and ''Power Girl'' #1–12. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Power Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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