The predominant female dopplegangers to their World's Finest Teams, Supergirl/Batgirl and Power Girl/Huntress, each had relationships as essential to one another as had the Supermen and Batmen. And during the Crisis On Infinite Earths... even moreso. How so?
Their dynamic was such that there was a dominant and passive member to each Dynamic Damsel Duo, only reversed in each universe. On Earth-One, it was a Supergirl who provided the inspiration for a dejected Batgirl, feeling vulnerable perhaps for the first time in her caped crusading career. On Earth-Two, it was her cosmic twin the Huntress who needed to inspire Power Girl despite the death of the Maid of Might's Kryptonian counterpart. By the end of the Crisis, it was the weaker pair... Batgirl and Power Girl... who were left behind as their courageous best friends Supergirl and Huntress perished attempting to protect their worlds from the mad schemes of the Anti-Monitor. However, in the Earth-Two that remained after the Crisis, in an alternate timeline indicated by past stories, no doubt Huntress continued to inspire her pal through the years to come. Meanwhile, Batgirl was left to reflect on her fallen frriend who died so that the Multiverse could remain in one form or another...
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