Kara Zor-El

Few characters arrive with the weight of legacy and the promise of something entirely new quite like Kara Zor-El, who burst onto the Modern Age DC scene in 2005 courtesy of the powerhouse creative team of Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill. Over more than two decades of publication, she's proven herself a figure of genuine staying power, racking up 90 catalog appearances and two collector-significant key issues that speak to her impact on the DC universe. She moves in rarefied company — her pages are shared with the likes of Superman, Batman, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, and Robin, placing her squarely at the heart of DC's most iconic mythology. Whether headlining her own Supergirl series or holding her own in the pages of Detective Comics and Batman, Kara Zor-El is a character whose enduring presence across 21 years makes her essential reading for any serious DC fan.