By channeling her rage into protecting others from the suffering she experienced after losing her home, Krypton, Supergirl demonstrates why she is DC’s best Red Lantern.
Becoming a Red Lantern revealed a whole new aspect of Supergirl that hasn’t been explored as extensively in more recent runs, despite the fact that she frequently displays her real power without upgrades as one of DC Comics’ powerhouses. The many hues of the Lantern Corps represent the range of emotions, with red standing in for hatred and anger. As a result, the Red Lanterns are frequently regarded as being a particularly vicious group. Supergirl joining this vicious gang is shocking, but it turns out she blends in more seamlessly than viewers had anticipated.
Guy Gardner, whose use of his wrath to become a hero and teach others how to use their negative emotions for good, is frequently regarded as the most well-known Red Lantern. Even though he wasn’t the only hero the Red Lanterns sought after, he served as their primary focus and the Corps’ real leader. He isn’t the ideal Red Lantern, though; Kara Zor-El has that title. She joined the Corps alongside her fellow hero and channeled her wrath into a force for good.
The Furious Woman of the Future
Supergirl is forced to confront her rage in a 2014 run of Red Lanterns by Charles Soule, Jim Calafiore, Alessandro Vitti, and Miguel Sepulveda, just like Guy Gardner. Being a teenager from Krypton and a freshly formed Lantern, Kara is through many changes that she is unsure how to handle. But, she is selected by the Red Ring for a cause, and the pent-up rage she feels for the death of Supergirl’s family is transformed into her Lantern abilities. She is chosen by The Ring because she lacks self-awareness and has been wallowing in fury for a very long time. She feels as though she is merely being carried around as luggage, second to Kal-El, and that she isn’t allowed to express herself because she is Superman’s younger cousin. Even according to Superman, she chooses to hold onto her rage rather than come to terms with what happened to her family and the world around her.
Supergirl: Woman of Future by Tom King and Bilquis Evely demonstrates to readers how fury and tiredness over the loss of her people are her driving forces, in contrast to Red Lanterns, which portrays her as a force of rage. The one person in the universe who completely comprehends what Kara is going through stands between her and her decision to kill or release her captive in the climactic conclusion. Her anger on losing Krypton has led her to feel responsible for defending the defenseless and providing support to others in similar situations. To teach one young girl that her rage can be channeled towards assisting others rather than pursuing a terrible cycle of hatred, Kara Zor-El sacrifices a great deal of her time and sanity.
Supergirl discovers that anger is merely a tool and that how one uses it decides whether it is beneficial or terrible as an adult and an adolescent. The youthful Kara Zor-El discovers that the purpose of the Red Lanterns is to shield people from the suffering that first inspired them to become Red Lanterns. She is actually preventing others from experiencing the same destiny as she did in Woman of Tomorrow. The aim of many Red Lanterns is achieved by Supergirl as she embarks on a lengthy mission to save one child from herself. She keeps achieving this goal with each battle, mission, and person she helps.
Kara Zor-El’s response to the loss of Krypton was different from Superman’s; while her memories of her exiled home make her angry, she has long ago mastered the art of channeling her anguish and suffering for the benefit of others. When she first arrives on Earth, she doesn’t have a family like the Kents to help raise her, so she has to learn how to be a hero by observing others. Supergirl eventually begins to share objectives with a Red Lantern, making her an ideal candidate for their Corps.
