Supergirl: Your First Look at Reactron

Tonight's trailer for Supergirl did more than just reinforce some of the imagery seen from the [...]

By Russ Burlingame

Tonight's trailer for Supergirl did more than just reinforce some of the imagery seen from the pilot -- it also gave fans their first looks at some of the other threats in the show's universe.

Among those is Reactron, played by Chris Browning, whose photo you can see above.

It's definitely not the shining, gold, totally finished look of Reactron from the comics. This guy looks more like somebody who either just got their powers, or who has been living underground for a while and had to cobble together a suit.

His powers, though, seen in action throughout the trailer, are admittedly pretty impressive. In the comics, he self-identifies as a "living reactor" and has squared off against Supergirl, Power Girl and the Doom Patrol (with whom he has a history, having served in the military with one of their members).

Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El, Superman's (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents' help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later, at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant. She works alongside her friend and IT technician Winn Schott and famous photographer James Olsen, who Grant just hired away from the Daily Planet to serve as her new art director. However, Kara's days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime.

The Supergirl series premiere airs Monday, October 26 at 8:30 PM. The series will then move to its regular Monday 8 PM slot the following week, November 2.

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