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DC Comics female superheroes

  • She-RaFor the honor of Grayskull, I am She-Ra. Those words, spoken to a sword, turn a soldier named Adora into the superheroine of the Masters of the Universe franchise. She-Ra began as a toy line and a minicomic. She then became the star of two…
  • Barbara GordonBarbara Gordon is a DC Comics heroine who has worn two very different identities, Batgirl and Oracle. The artist Carmine Infantino helped create her, and he summed up her beginnings with a boast. In Infantino's words, "Julie and I came up…
  • Wonder WomanWonder Woman's creator invented a device crucial to the lie detector.
  • Poison Ivy (character)Poison Ivy exists because of a television show, and the artist who sketched her said so plainly. Carmine Infantino recalled: "The only reason she came about was because of Catwoman on the Batman show. They wanted more female villains."…
  • Cassandra CainCassandra Cain is a DC Comics superheroine who first appeared in Batman #567, published in July 1999. Writer Kelley Puckett and penciler Damion Scott are generally credited with inventing her. They gave her a trait that is rare among comic…
  • Annie JanuaryAnnie January, the superheroine known as Starlight in the comic series The Boys, was supposed to be a joke. Her creator Garth Ennis says so himself: "Annie started out as a joke." He made the series with Darick Robertson. In the story she…
  • Robin (character)Robin, the young partner of Batman in DC Comics, once had his fate decided by a telephone poll. In 1988, DC invited readers to call a 1-900 number and choose whether the second Robin, Jason Todd, should die. The count came in at 5,343…
  • CatwomanCatwoman first appeared in Batman #1, published in the spring of 1940, and in that issue she did not wear a costume at all. She was called only "the Cat," a mysterious burglar and jewel thief. For most of the story she was disguised as an…
  • Harley QuinnHarley Quinn, the DC Comics character, first appeared on screen on the 11th of September 1992, in the 22nd episode of Batman: The Animated Series. The episode was called Joker's Favor, and she was supposed to appear in it once and never…
  • Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)Supergirl, whose Kryptonian name is Kara Zor-El, first appeared in Action Comics #252 in May 1959. Writer Otto Binder created her, and artist Al Plastino designed her and drew that debut. Her story begins on Argo City, a fragment of…
  • ZatannaZatanna Zatara first stepped onto a comic book page in Hawkman #4, dated November 1964. Writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson created her for DC Comics. Today she is counted among the publisher's best-regarded supernatural heroes,…
  • Doctor FateDoctor Fate, the helmeted sorcerer of DC Comics, was nearly called Doctor Droon. Writer Gardner Fox came up with that name, and an editor changed it before the character reached print. Fox remembered the episode in a 1987 interview, and he…
  • SupergirlSupergirl died in issue #7 of Crisis on Infinite Earths, published in October 1985, and the aftermath was stranger than the death. Inside the story's world, nobody remembered that she had ever lived. A shift in editorial policy at DC…

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