Jerro

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A merman of Tritonis in Atlantis. Jerro is the long-time suitor of Supergirl.

When Supergirl is summoned to Atlantis by Lori Lemaris in October 1960, she meets and has a romance with Jerro. Because Atlanteans are telepathic, Supergirl is soon embarassed when her crush on Jerro becomes known. Banned from marriage by Atlantean tradition, they soon part but continue to pine for each other (Action No.269, Oct 1960: "Supergirl's First Romance").

Supergirl meets Jerro again on her 16th birthday when she returns to Atlantis for a rescue operation (Action No.270, Nov 1960: "Supergirl's Busiest Day").

Jerro gets a rival when Braniac 5 and Supergirl are inducted into the Legion of Super-Heroes (Action No.276, May 1961: "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends").

In January 1962, Jerro proposes marriage to Supergirl when she is temporariy transformed into a Super-mermaid by Red Kryptonite and rescues the mermaid Lenora, who also loves Jerro (Action No.284, Jan 1962: "The Strange Bodies of Supergirl")

When Supergirl is finally revealed to the world by Superman, she is congratulated by the people of Atlantis and Jerro telepathically remarks, "Supergirl will be too busy saving worlds to think of me". However, Supergirl's room in the Fortress of Solitude is revealed to have a picture of Jerro on the wall (A No.285, Feb 1962: "The World's Greatest Heroine").

Jerro next appears when he and Dick Malverne temporarily acquire super-powers of their own (A No.290, July 1962:"Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends").

When Vostar, an evil Atlantean scientist, plots revenge against Lori Lemaris and Jerro, Supergirl must battle a berzerk Comet to save them (Action No.302, July 1963: "The Day Super-Horse Went Wild").

Jerro and Supergirl meet again when they give Biff Rigger a hero's burial in Atlantis (Action No.303, Aug 1963: "Supergirl's Big Brother").

Jerro next tries to warn Supergirl about Tor-An, a convict from the Phantom Zone who attempts to marry her (Action No.307, December 1963: "Supergirl's Wedding Day").

Jerro appears again in June 1965 (Action No.325/2, June 1965:"The Ugly Duckling Teacher of Stanhope College").

Supergirl encounters Jerro in her search for the rare isotope Element Z, needed to save the life of Lex Luthor, in the process discovering the shrine of Garr Rindaz, an Atlantean hero (Action No.355, Oct 1967:"The Death of Luthor!").