‘Supergirl,’ the Kickass Female Superhero We All Need

By Mapi Piña on August 28, 2015

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s ~~Superman~~ Supergirl –the kickass lead female superhero we’ve been waiting for!

Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, producers of hit comic shows “Arrow and The Flash,” are at it again. The duo have teamed up with Allison Adler (Chuck, Family Guy) to create a comic book show centered on the 24-year-old cousin of Kal-El (Superman, in case you forgot), Kara Zor-El (AKA Kara Danvers, or Supergirl). The heroine is played by Melissa Benoist, who played Marley Rose on “Glee” and appeared in the critically-acclaimed film “Whiplash.”

In the DC Comics universe, 12-year-old Kara Zor-El escaped Krypton with the help of her parents at the same time as Kal-El. Like Kal-El, Kara was found and raised by a couple who eventually adopt her, the Danvers. She lived in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and concealed her otherworldly powers for the safety of herself and her family.

Twelve years later, Kara, now 24, comes out of the superhero closet (with tights and a skirt, of course) when she’s enlisted by the head of a secret government agency to help protect the citizens of her home, National City, against sinister threats. What threats, exactly? We’ll find out when “Supergirl premieres Monday, October 26 at 8:30 PM on CBS. The series will then move to its regular Monday 8 PM slot the following week, November 2.

Earlier this month at the Television Critics Association, CW President Mark Pedowitz expressed his regrets on passing on the opportunity to host “Supergirl.”

When asked about a potential crossover between “Arrow,” “Flash,” and “Supergirl,” Pedowitz said, “I leave that up to Greg Berlanti if they can make it work… I’m open to crossovers.”

While CBS chairman Nina Tassler was against it, it’s really the power of the nerds to get that win. If a crossover does happen, we hope that CBS will let “Supergirl” characters develop and establish a name for themselves among all of the comic book shows.

We’re excited to see a previously forgotten female superhero shine in a new TV series, but we are mostly relieved to see that she isn’t sexed up (Anyone remember Marvel Comics’ erotic Super-Woman?).

See for yourself in the trailer below: