| Character Name: | Thara Ak-Var |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Debut: | Superman #681 (October 2008) |
| Creators: | Geoff Johns James Robinson |
| Full Name: | Thara Ak-Var |
| Species: | Kryptonian |
| Homeworld: | Krypton |
| Partners: | Nightwing (Lor-Zod) Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) |
| Aliases: | Flamebird |
| Powers: | Powers and abilities identical to those of Superman: Superhuman strength, super speed, flight, stamina and freezing breath, super hearing, multiple extrasensory and vision powers Flamebird powers:
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Thara Ak-Var is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, created by Geoff Johns and James Robinson. The character first appeared during the storyline in Superman #681 (October 2008). She is the latest character to take on the role of Flamebird.[1] Along with the new Nightwing, Thara is the feature character in Action Comics beginning with issue #875 (May 2009). Thara Ak-Var's name is a reference to Ak-Var, who was the second pre-Crisis Flamebird, and his wife, Thara.
Esmé Bianco portrays Thara in the third season of Supergirl.
In the Silver Age, Thara is the wife of Ak-Var, the assistant of her uncle Van-Zee, who later assumes the mantle of Nightwing.
Thara Ak-Var is a resident of Argo City and a childhood friend of Kara Zor-El who survives Krypton’s destruction after Zor-El erects a force field around the city. After Brainiac captures and shrinks the city, Thara becomes its chief of security and the avatar of the deity Flamebird.[2] [3]
After Superman liberates Argo City and Kandor, Thara moves to Earth and becomes the superhero Flamebird. In , Thara sacrifices herself to save the remaining Kryptonians after Reactron destroys New Krypton.[4]
Thara has all the standard abilities of a Kryptonian exposed to the light of a yellow sun: super strength, super speed, invulnerability, flight, heat vision, super-breath, x-ray vision, and super hearing. She also possesses an undefined connection to the mythic "Flamebird" entity, which gives her pyrokinesis, immunity to gold kryptonite, and a psychic link with Chris Kent.
Like all Kryptonians, Thara is weakened by kryptonite radiation and fatally vulnerable to prolonged exposure.