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However, every version of Supergirl has managed to fly out from behind her cousin’s shadow, sometimes in very strange ways. The new DCU version of Supergirl, played by Milly Alcock, is no different. In the latest trailer, we see a lot more about this the Girl of Steel and her world, establishing her as truly a different type of hero.
To the casual observer, Supergirl is just a blond version of Superman wearing a miniskirt. She has the same powers, a similar basic backstory, and she’s generally a force for good. The first trailer for 2026’s Supergirl did little to change that narrative, outside of adding the wrinkle that Kara Zor-El has a bit more spunk than her cousin Kal-El.
Let’s breakdown the latest trailer to get a better understanding of the DCU’s Maid of Might.
The Last Daughter of Krypton
During the production of last year’s Superman, James Gunn would often share Frank Quitely drawings of the Man of Steel sitting on a cloud or watching Earth from afar, a lonely deity separated from humanity. The idea that Superman carried the weight of his lost world and felt disconnected from adopted home world has long been associated with the character, but wasn’t actually much of Gunn’s take. David Corenswet played Superman as a guy who loved humanity and integrated well among them.
Rather than discard the idea entirely, it appears that Supergirl will examine Kara as the Last Daughter of Krypton. The trailer establishes her as a lonely soul who hasn’t been able to find her place, something that Clark himself expresses via cameo from Corenswet.
The trailer also shows why that take makes sense. Traditionally, writers treated Kara as someone who fit in on Earth because she arrived as an adult into a world where Superman was already a beloved hero. However, Supergirl appears to be picking up on the tragedy of her adult journey. Kara actually grew up in Argo City, on a portion of Krypton that survived intact after the explosion, and feels the loss of her culture more keenly than Clark, who only knows the world through records and stories.
Superman may get to watch videos of Ma and Pa from his Fortress of Solitude, but Supergirl will experience true solitude as she wanders through space.
Zor-El and Life in Argo City
Argo City is one of the weirdest concepts in Superman lore, and that’s saying something. Originally, writers simply said that the city survived because the land it was on was dislodged in-tact from the rest of Krypton, allowed to float through space unencumbered. Over time, writers added other explanations, ranging from magic to interference by Brainiac to a giant shield erected around the city. The shield allowed Kara to mature to her teen/young adult years, when she was launched in a rocket toward Earth as Argo City also faced destruction.
The trailer shows us not just that shield in action—a yellow sphere shot into the sky—but also the man who made it: Kara’s father and Clark’s uncle, Zor-El, played by David Krumholtz. In most comics, including the miniseries that inspired the movie Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, Zor-El is a generic scientist with a penchant for watches, even more underdeveloped as his brother and Superman’s dad, Jor-El.
But the trailer suggests that Supergirl will spend more time in Argo City, giving Zor-El some more attention. A shot of Kara holding her father’s watch recalls his genius as an inventor, and we see bits of a funeral—presumably that of Kara’s mother, Alura (Emily Beecham)—which will involve the religious practices of the Kryptonians.
But is more Zor-El a good thing? Superman revealed a villainous side to Jor-El, and Zor-El traditionally shares the values of his brother. Will fond memories for Kara be nightmares for everyone else?
Krem of the Yellow Hills
For the most part, Supergirl seems to hew closely to Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Kara will be recruited by young Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley) to hunt down Krem of the Yellow Hills, the man who killed her father. We have long known that Matthias Schoenaerts plays Krem in the film, and we even got a glimpse of him in the first trailer. But in the latest trailer, Krem establishes himself as perhaps the most hatable character in cinema history by immediately shooting Krypto with a crossbow.
Krypto’s injury comes straight from Woman of Tomorrow (as does the resolution, for those worried folks who don’t want to wait to find out if the super-dog pulls through). Woman of Tomorrow was inspired by True Grit, the Charles Portis novel that inspired an okay John Wayne movie and an excellent Coen Brothers movie. Supergirl stands in for bounty hunter Rooster Cogburn, Ruthye Marye for aggrieved child Mattie Ross, and Krem of the Yellow Hills for Tom Chaney. In True Grit and in Woman of Tomorrow, the killer is in fact a coward, a dullard who murdered a girl’s father out of stupid anger.
However, the trailer features a more frightening Krem, now leader of a band of marauders called the Brigands. He may still have a doofy facial expression, but this Krem comes covered in armor, carrying an ax and a crossbow. Elsewhere in the trailer, Krem demonstrates impressive fighting skills. In short, this is version of Krem is a true villain, even if never shot Krypto with an arrow.
Lobo’s Here, Fanboy
Krem’s power upgrade isn’t the only change from the King and Evely comic. Supergirl also adds, Lobo, the last Czarnian, an invincible, ammoral, and outrageous bounty hunter played by Jason Momoa.
Lobo first appeared as a minor antagonist in the sci-fi series Omega Men and a supporting character in L.E.G.I.O.N., but he rose to prominence as a satire on the type of edgy comics that were all the rage in the 1990s. With his popularity came a desire to see Lobo in less antagonistic roles, and he soon became an ally of the Justice League and Superman, albeit an often uneasy one.
Lobo isn’t in Woman of Tomorrow, but it’s not hard to imagine how he’ll fit in the story. Lobo always keeps his word and will always hunt down his target, so presumably someone else has hired him to capture Krem or even Ruthye Marye and/or Kara. Or, perhaps, Kara tries to hire Lobo to find Krem, so she can pawn off Ruthye Marye and continue her drinking.
Either way, Lobo’s appearance promises to give Kara space to show off her Kryptonian powers—and a chance to show how she can outsmart an unstoppable and merciless opponent.
Supergirl Unleashed
Perhaps the most surprising and exciting parts of the trailers are those that showcase Kara’s powers. Although physically smaller than her cousin, Kara has all the same strength and abilities as any other Kryptonian exposed to yellow sunlight, which means that she can just as easily topple a kaiju and lift a building.
The second trailer is full of scenes showing Kara’s powers: she tosses toughs around in a bar, she hurls a mace to clear a bunch of Brigands, she stops a photon cannon with her laser vision. In these moments, we’re not just reminded that, whatever dramatic or thematic weight that director Craig Gillespie and writer Ana Nogueira bring, Supergirl is still an action movie. They also remind us that Supergirl is a formidable superhero, just one who saves the day in her own style.
Supergirl flies into theaters on June 26, 2026.
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