That said, who has the best super heroines? I am so glad you asked. Marvel does. I know what a lot of you are thinking, Wonder Woman. She has her merits but she is REALLY lame as a hero, think about it. She has a lasso of truth (I don't get it; it's a lasso that makes you tell the truth?), indestructible bracelets (which I'm sure are very useful), and an invisible plane (which would actually be kind of cool if she weren't still visible while inside) none of which make her interesting as a heroine. Then there's Super Girl who essentially is a female version of Super Man (real creative DC), Cat Woman for which the movie speaks for me, Hawk Girl who...has the powers of a hawk? Not very inspired.
Now let's take a look at Marvels line up of killer ladies. We have Black Widow the red-headed Russian assassin (she's in the Avengers, Iron man 2 and Captain America 2 nuff said), Jean Grey/the Pheonix with telekinetic powers she can use to literally tear people apart or resurrect them, Scarlet Witch the daughter of Magneto who can manipulate reality itself (she will be in Avengers:age of Ultron), the Invisible Woman female member of the Fantastic Four, She-Hulk green skin and a law degree, Electra the ninja assassin, Wasp, Storm, Emma Frost, Valkyrie, Spider Woman, The Lady Sif, Psylocke, Tigra, sorry for rambling there are just so many great female heroes in the Marvel universes (yes plural, if you read comics you know what I'm talking about). All totalled, Marvel has better super heroines, they are more powerful, more diverse, and it doesn't hurt that they're easy on the eyes (I'm a nerdy guy, deal with it feminists).
Excelsior, Marc out.
There's an identically long list on the DC side naturally.
ReplyDeleteNone of yours have the standalone power or popularity of Wonder Woman.
Sure Batgirl and Supergirl are spinoffs but Marvel does the same thing with Spider Woman and that female clone of Wolverine.
Among my favourites are Zantanna, Oracle, and the Huntress.
Sider woman has absolutely no connection with Spider-Man. She was a Hydra assassin who turned good and her powers are different has super strength and speed and cast focus bio electrical energy plus flight. Don't dis a character unless you know what your talking about.
ReplyDeleteScarlet Wich is soon to become ever more popular then Wonder Woman and her powers are 10 times more powerful than Wonder Woman's. She has helped define the Marvel universe and as literally reshaped the reality of their world.
And for the record her name is X-23 (that female clone of Wolverine)