Wonder Woman gets all the attention as comic ’s pre - eminent superheroine , but there are flock of other female crimefighters desirable of our attention — even back in the Golden Age of comics . Here are 20 more grand women hero you should sleep together .
Betty Bates , Lady at Law ( 1940 )
Ms. Bates did n’t have any major power , but that did n’t stop her from fighting crime in the courtroom as a district attorney . Outside the court , she used her detective acquisition and jiujitsu to take out gangsters . Seriously , this 1940 heroine straight - up punch felon in the face .
Black Canary ( 1947 )
The original Black Canary debuted in 1947 , as a supporting graphic symbol / love interest in Johnny Thunder , the back - up story in DC ’s The Flash funnies . But Dinah Drake almost in a flash overshadow Thunder , and took over the pip in the comics — as well as his place in the Justice Society of America .
Black Cat ( 1941 )
Well before Felicia Hardy was steal things in Spider - Man , Linda Turner was frame on a one - piece blue washup suit and an opera house mask to fight Nazis and other crook . She used her science as an actress and a stunt woman , and thanks to her silent Western film actor father , she was also quite skilled with a lasso . She was create in 1941 by Harvey comedian .
Black Venus ( 1944 )
Mary LeRouche was an devoid Parisian alien terpsichorean whose fiancé was murdered by a Japanese diplomatist . vow vengeance , LeRouch check to pilot , somehow got her hands on a bootleg customise Lockheed P-38 long - range interceptor , and starting shoot down every Nipponese pilot she could find .
Black Widow ( 1940 )
Before Natasha Romanov ever put on her leather body suit , Claire Voyant used the name for the original Marvel Comics . Of naturally , Claire was n’t a undercover agent as much as a servant of Satan , give powers to belt down with a single touch and ordered to pour down the most evil people on the planet for Satan ’s delectation .
Fantomah ( 1940 )
One of Fletcher Hanks ’ weirdest creations — and if you have sex Hanks ’ work , that ’s saying something , Fantomah is known as the “ Mystery Woman of the Jungle . ” She has immense and whole unexplainable powers , such as the power to fly , translate people and things , and the risky habit of her face turning into a drear skull ( but still with her tenacious light-haired hair’s-breadth ) .
Jill Trent , Science Sleuth ( 1943 )
partly an adventurer , partially a crimefighter , entirely a star , Jill and her best friend Daisy used their smarts to baffle bad guys . Ms. Trent invented x - light beam spyglass , undestroyable cloth , and much more . reckon Marie Curie and Veronica Mars , and then you ’ll have an mind of the awesomeoneness of Jill Trent .
Lady Luck ( 1940 )
Created by the legendary Will Eisner , Lady Luck was much like Eisner ’s more notable hero — someone with no peculiarly great power , but a uncanny ability to fight crime . Despite only wearing a veil over her brass , somehow no one ever reckon out her surreptitious identity .
Lady Satan ( 1941 )
After Nazis flush it the sauceboat she and her fiancé was on , killing him , Lady Satan vowed to fight down the Nazis and in reside Paris as the awesomely refer Lady Satan . She had no powers but her wits and beaut … until her third consequence , when she suddenly had a wizardly gang that essentially let her to do jolly much anything .
Liberty Belle ( 1942 )
This DC heroine literally gained her powers when the actual Liberty Bell in Philadelphia rang . She ’d somehow signal Tom Revere , a guard at the bell , and somehow band it would deed over Liberty ace - strength , super - speed and more .
Madame Strange ( 1941 )
Great Comics only lasted three issue , but this star made an impression , both for her cape and two-piece outfit as well as her ability to work over the hell out of her foes .
Miss Fury ( 1941 )
Occasionally known as Black Fury , Miss Fury has the eminence of being the first superheroine created and draw by a woman . Despite the fact she had a Wiccan medico - enchanted panther skin , she usually fought bad guys without it . She also adopt the boy of her former fiancé and one of her villains , which made her an unmarried mother , too .
Miss Masque ( 1946 )
Bored with her aliveness as a untried socialite , Diana Adams decides to fight crime with two pistols and a red fedora . Alan Moore recently fetch back the character in his Tom Strong comics .
Ms. Victory ( 1941 )
The original Ms. Victory never had an prescribed root , so her powers — super - strength , impregnability — are a secret . We do lie with her name is Joan Wayne and her day job was as a stenographer .
Phantom Lady ( 1941 )
Daughter of a senator , Sandra Knight manage a black light shooter which had the dual effect of blind her enemy and rendering her unseeable . The barely clad Phantom Lady — specifically , the covering to emerge # 17 , here — was a key part of Dr. Frederic Wertham ’s proclamation that comics were ruining America ’s children .
Red Tornado ( 1940 )
If you only know Red Tornado as the Justice League ’s android buddy , then I ’m delighted to introduce you to Ma Hunkel , who order on red longjohns and a pot on her head to defend uncollectible guys . The Red Tornado was a superhero parody comedian , of course , but that does n’t mean Ma Hunkel did n’t give up her fair portion of buns .
Spider Widow ( 1943 )
After discovering the super creepy-crawly ability to control sinister widow woman spiders , athlete Dianne Grayton decide to push evil while garb as a traditional witch , complete with ugly green mask .
The Veiled Avenger ( 1944 )
Seeing how rampant law-breaking was as the secretary to the territorial dominion attorney , Ginny Spears … you have sex the deal . ComicVine describes her more eloquently than I could : “ Armed only with a bullwhip and ira management problems the Vailed Avenger was not above using deadly forcefulness against her foeman , become as far as using her whiplash to make her foes shoot each other and themselves . ”
The Woman in Red ( 1940 )
One of the very first Golden Age comic superheroines — yes , even before Wonder Woman — The Woman in Red is really a police woman named Peggy Allen , who gets prey up with the organisation and decides to make matters into her own hands . Dressed from head - to - toe in red ink , she cuts an imposing figure , even without superpowers .
Yankee Girl ( 1947 )
Reporter Lauren Mason took a trip to the statue of Liberty , fell asleep on a bench , and had a dreaming where the American Spirit assure her she had to part protect America . When she woke up , she had superpowers which she could only access by saying “ Yankee Doodle Dandy . ”
Thanks toSaladin Ahmedfor the art assistance !
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