Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira says she struggled to get to grips with the often cheerful and optimistic portrayals of Kara Zor-El until she encountered Tom King's comic book Woman of Tomorrow.
"She watched Krypton completely be destroyed," Nogueira told Variety. Unlike Superman, who was raised on Earth by loving human adoptive parents, Kara, who's older (despite her outward appearance) had a much more tumultuous upbringing.
