Supergirl is one in all DC’s strongest and storied heroines, however her spectacular profession was placed on maintain after she was uncovered to Gold Kryptonite, which completely robbed her of her powers. In her stead, there needs to be a brand new particular person to step as much as the plate and tackle the burdens of being Supergirl, and fortunately, there are many choices in her newly shaped crew, Tremendous-Pressure. It brings collectively heroines each new and outdated, together with Matrix, who as soon as served as Supergirl within the post-Disaster continuity, earlier than Kara was reintroduced. Nevertheless, she’s not the unusual Supergirl in query. Neither is, surprisingly sufficient, Kara’s darkish half, Nightflame.
No, the Supergirl who took over the mantle is none aside from Thundergirl. When you don’t know who she is, that’s as a result of she’s a current addition, having simply been launched throughout the “Reign of the Superboys” storyline. Nevertheless, whereas Supergirl (2025) #19 confirmed us that Thundergirl is the right character to hold the mantle whereas Kara is out of fee, that doesn’t make her dash to this standing any much less unusual. That’s as a result of Thundergirl has one of many strangest origins out of any superhero, which incorporates being inherently tied to the legendary Kingdom Come as a result of she’s a clone of one of the crucial underrated villains/anti-heroes of all, Mangog.
An Origin that Connects Many years of Lore
Earlier than we dive into how Thundergirl will function the momentary new Supergirl, let’s go over precisely who she is. She debuted in Supergirl #11, being one of many a number of clones created by Kim-Da, a scientist from the Bottle Metropolis of Kandor. He blended his DNA with the genetic genome of Boy Thunder, who as soon as served as Superman’s sidekick when he was rocketed to the primary DC Earth from one other dying world within the multiverse. Thundergirl was the primary clone made, and the mix of the younger David and Kim-Da’s DNA created a singular combo of powers. Thundergirl developed some restricted Kryptonian powers, similar to flight, in addition to a sonic scream, which serves as her predominant assault. Finally, she selected to depart Kandor and work alongside Supergirl as a hero.
In fact, simply being a clone is commonplace sufficient, proper? Fallacious. See, Boy Thunder wasn’t merely a random little one from the multiverse. After a quick interval serving as Superman’s first sidekick and surrogate son, the identical power that introduced him to Earth took him to a different world, the place he met the mighty and close to omnipotent Previous God, Gog. David grew to become Gog’s champion and was despatched as his disciple to Earth-22, in any other case often called the world of Kingdom Come. There, David grew into the hero Thunderman, and finally Magog. He would go on to kill the Joker, stealing Metropolis’s religion and killing Superman’s, and was even concerned within the nuclear explosion of Captain Atom that worn out Kansas.
So, to recap, Magog was the chief of the anti-heroes in Kingdom Come, embodying the development of morally gray killers claiming to be superheroes that the story was created to critique within the first place. He briefly served as Superman’s sidekick and surrogate son, throughout which he met with the scientists of Kandor. Then, years later, Kim-Da determined to make clones of this random little one whom he met maybe as soon as, and whereas many of the clones would degenerate, Thundergirl would rise above them as the only survivor and go on to affix Supergirl’s pal. And he or she, frankly, was simply launched to reference Boy Thunder within the “Reign of the Superboys” occasion, however her character is being run with. That is an origin so convoluted it stretches throughout many years, and I adore it. It reveals precisely how wild comedian guide origins could be, and likewise offers us guess about what Thundergirl’s time as Supergirl may appear to be.
A New Supergirl, Probably from a Bygone Age
After Kara left her powers, the remainder of Tremendous-Pressure instantly debated over who ought to inherit the cape, which led to an all-out brawl between those that supported Matrix and people who supported Nightflame. In the long run, Thundergirl satisfied everybody to face down, being the one super-powered heroine to maintain her cool. That impressed Kara to supply the place to her, as Supergirl needed to be a logo for final good, however whereas she may need gotten the job for preserving her feelings in examine, we don’t understand how lengthy that’ll maintain. In any case, Thundergirl doesn’t even have her personal title but, utilizing her time as Supergirl as an opportunity to develop her personal id.
That’s the place the hazard lies. She’s a clone of David, whose emotional instability value actually thousands and thousands of lives, that means that she at the least has the potential for that type of darkness inside her. The true reality, nevertheless, is that David’s anger got here from concern of shedding what he had and cowardice. Thundergirl has not proven indicators of this, but, however think about if she begins to see being Supergirl as one thing that provides her objective and a spot on this planet. She’s a girl struggling to search out how and the place she belongs, and Supergirl is the trail to that. When Kara inevitably will get her powers again, a combat between them would greater than make sense. Thundergirl barely has any expertise on this planet, and who would somebody reasonably be than Supergirl?
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