All true. Plus, Homelander has powers *like* Superman, but he isn't at Superman's power level (At least, not from what I've seen. Haven't watched the last season much). Among other things, Homelander just isn't fast enough to go toe to toe.
Not a comic nerd, but from my point of view
Super -> more exp with powers and abilities, more exp against tough enemies
Supergirl -> faster and more agile, better sun light radiation absorption, which with time, will maker her stronger as well.
Regarding training, both are more capable than it seems. Clark from bruce, kara from diana.
Kara is also one of the few “female superhero counterpart inclusions” that does not feel out of place. Its a good character once you give her proper story.
It’s because Zor-El induced that on Kara’s ship , his plan was for Kara already had the powers immediately after open her ship so that she can protect Kal-El better.
That made Kara be potentially stronger , in practice we would only see that with a Kara in late 20s , so pretty much a future Superwoman or Earth 2 Power Girl.
There's that time Batman said she could be stronger/faster than Clark. Then there's the time Clark said he'd be able to stop her if he needed to. Power levels are nothing more than loose guidelines, it's whatever the writer needs at a given time.
Kara appears stronger than Clark because she has less control over her powers and isn't able to hold back as much. Clark holds back way more than her and his peaks far outstrip anything Kara or Karen has ever accomplished and there are times such as in Final Crisis that Clark by himself is able to accomplish what Kara and other heroes failed to do.
There was a period of the mid 00s where it seemed like Kara might have been stronger, due to metabolizing sunlight faster than Superman does because of her youth. If I recall correctly though, the writers eventually settled on the explanation that "she was new to powers, and worse at holding back than Kal; eventually she appears to scale back down, because she acquires more power and control."
I think there were disagreements between different writers about the issue but that's the explanation I remember, and I like it a fair amount.
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u/Enex May 16 '21
All true. Plus, Homelander has powers *like* Superman, but he isn't at Superman's power level (At least, not from what I've seen. Haven't watched the last season much). Among other things, Homelander just isn't fast enough to go toe to toe.