Smallville - Now with Supergirl

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=41877

TV Guide reported that The CW's Smallville will add a classic DC Comics character to the show when it returns for its seventh season this fall: Supergirl.

The magazine reported that Clark Kent (Tom Welling) will discover that he's not the only survivor of the destruction of the planet Krypton: His cousin Kara "was sent to Earth in a ship that arrived at the same time as baby Kal-El's," executive producer Al Gough told the magazine.

Gough added: "But there was a problem, and she's been in suspended animation for the last 16 years. We'll find out in the season premiere that the big dam break in last season's finale is the reason she's finally awoken."

Kara/Supergirl will help Clark get in touch with his Kryptonian roots, Gough said. "With his [adopted] father dead and his [adopted] mother moved to Washington [to become a U.S. senator] and Lana blown up, suddenly there's some family in his life," he added.

Kara will have all of Clark's powers and a couple he doesn't have yet, Gough teased. "She can fly," he said. "And her response when Clark asks why is 'Obviously, girls mature faster than boys.'"

Kara makes her debut in the season premiere of the SF drama and will appear in about half of the season's episodes. A casting notice is set to go out shortly, and producers hope to unveil their new addition at July's Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Raph's Girl note: Yay! The actual Supergirl! A bit convenient that her ship just happened to have landed in Smallville too. Ah well...