Believed to be the granddaughter of the ancient atlantean mage Arion,Kara was sent thousands of years into the future to spare her from Arion's evil half-brother, GarnDaanuth. She emerged from her time-spanning life-pod and was taken under the wing of Superman, who introduced her to the Justice Society of America, a team that helped Kara "Karen" Starr, New York software designer, to master her own magically-created superpowers of super-strength, super-speed, Nigh-invulnerability, and flight and adopt the guise of the heroine POWER GIRL!
