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anded together as many heroes from as many worlds as he could Supergirl, Ms. Mesmer could finish off the heroine.
before the universe was destroyed to stop his foe. The Anti- Enchantress — A villain with magical powers, against which
Monitor, however, caused the death of the Monitor, and his plan to Supergirl had only the defenses of an ordinary human being. A
destroy the universe proceeded more smoothly. Supergirl and fight between the Enchantress and Supergirl resembled a chess
fourteen other heroes attacked the stone fortress of the Anti- match, each trying to bring their special powers into play to close
Monitor, located in the anti-matter universe. The fortress held the out their conflict.
machine which would destroy all the positive worlds, as well as The Council — A technologically oriented villains’ organization,
the Anti-Monitor himself. it survived Supergirl’s assaults because the Council was arranged
The Anti-Monitor would have killed Superman if Supergirl had in separate cells, Destroying one cell did not destroy the organizanot
intervened. Supergirl sacrificed herself in battle with the Anti- tion, and secrecy kept the other cells safe. They posed little threat
Monitor. In doing so, she saved Superman, ruined the machines,
and destroyed the body of the Anti-Monitor. Her valiant death
proved to be the turning point in the war for the fate of the
universe. She was only 19 years old.
to Supergirl directly, but stopping their plans was difficult.
Using Supergirl in a campaign
Supergirl’s Foes
Well, she’s dead, isn’t she? In the DC Universe of the comics, she IS
dead — but, in a campaign, this is not necessarily true. Switching
Supergirl seemed to be plagued by myriad one-shot villains. A few the roles of Kara and the Superman of Earth II in Crisis would kill
foes managed to return several times, and tended to break down off the older Superman and leave Supergirl alive, and I do not
into one of four basic types. Examples of each type believe the outcome of the Crisis would have been significantly
follow. altered. She could also time-travel into the post-Crisis era, though
Blackstarr — Here was a villain who was physically equal, and no one will know who she (or Linda Danvers) is!
perhaps superior, to Supergirl. Blackstarr could manipulate the Currently, the Batman seems to be DC‘s choice as the character
forces which held the universe together, from quarks on up. She who forges together new hero groups. I think Supergirl would be
attacked Supergirl with “the full force of gravity . . . a thousand a great alternative as the instructor of another group of new
billion times more powerful than can be found on Earth. . ." Even heroes. Supergirl and the Batman hold radically different views of
that power was not enough to stop Supergirl. Blackstarr was a good. If the player characters were trained by one hero and an
world-breaker, but so was Supergirl. Supergirl usually could not NPC group of heroes was being trained by the other, adventures
overpower Blackstarr; she had to trick the villain in order to win. could be spiced up with the competition between them.
Ms. Mesmer — A member of the Gang, Ms. Mesmer had great If a player wants to run Supergirl as a character, the GM may
mental powers. She could not take on Supergirl alone, as she was have to handle two problems. The first problem is the player who
physically no match for the Maid of Steel, but her powers could wants to run Supergirl as a supervigilante, totally ignoring her
defeat Supergirl’s mental defenses. In concert with another villain, motivations and established personality while gaily incinerating
or villains, who could temporarily withstand the assault of small villages in order to get the one terrorist who is in hiding. A
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