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Supergirl joins Smallville next season
By lexxrobotech
Created 25/07/2007 - 5:01pm

Look, up in the sky: it's a bird, it's a plane! It's...Supergirl! This fall, Supergirl will be joining the lineup of burgeoning superheroes and villains in . Supergirl is the latest DC Comics character to join the series that has previously welcomed Martian Manhunter, The Green Arrow, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg and Brainiac. Casting for the Supergirl role is currently underway. airs o­n Thursdays at 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET o­n The CW.






On , the seventh season premiere kicks off with the arrival of Supergirl, whose name is Kara, as Clark's (Tom Welling) 19-year-old cousin. She was born o­n Krypton and is the daughter of Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. Kara possesses all of Clark's powers and o­ne he doesn't yet have ─ she can fly! Kara also has a strong, rebellious streak that puts her at odds with Clark, and puts her o­nto Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) radar. In addition, she takes a romantic interest in Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore).

"One of the joys of creating has been our ability to reinvent and reinterpret classic DC Comics characters," said executive producer Al Gough. "Miles and I believe that Supergirl will give our series the mythic jolt that it needs as we head into our seventh season."

Reinterpreting the Superman mythology from its roots, was developed for by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (, ), based o­n the DC Comics characters.

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