Do you consider Power Girl a Superman, JSA or independent character first?

[bat39]

Something that's been discussed, on and off, on the various JSA threads active right now and which I thought warranted a poll.

Power Girl is Supergirl's Earth 2 doppelganger, and the cousin of the Earth 2 Superman (who is notionally at least supposed to be the original Golden Age Superman). So in that sense, she is a Superman character.

But she first appeared in the pages of a JSA story, was created primarily to be a JSA character during their 70's revival, and appeared far more often in the pages of JSA stories than she ever did in Superman stories (probably because her Superman has never been the 'main' version during her existence as a character).

A case can also be made for Power Girl as an independent B or C-list DC character, and certainly there was an effort to make her one for a while after COIE (including with the Atlantean origin).

Personally, I lean towards her being more of a JSA character than a Superman character, and it seems that's DC's current line of thinking going by The New Golden Age. But would love to hear what you'll think...

[Primal Slayer]

I see her as all 3

[bat39]

I see her as all 3

Now that's a cop-out answer

(No offence, you're entitled to your view of course!)

[Primal Slayer]

Now that's a cop-out answer

(No offence, you're entitled to your view of course!)

I mean....i think she's one of those characters where its true. She has as strong of ties to the SM fam as she does the JSA and a if that makes her a character that can be independent but part of everything all at once.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I see her as a Superman and JSA character first. I know her mostly through those relationships. I just saw her as a legacy character.

[Jim Kelly]

Although she was introduced as a founding member of the "Super Squad"--her being Superman's cousin was the whole point. So she's a Superman family character.