I thought of this when I was scanning in the cover attached where Bat Woman becomes Catwoman. I thought of Lois and Carol Ferris becoming Star Saphires, not to mention Lois becoming Catwoman for a while. Was it just these two or were girl friend prone to becoming supervillains back then? I can't remember the SA Supergirl or Wonder Woman becoming villains at all.Detective_Comics_318_1963_Cover.jpg
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Lady Blackhawk was brainwashed by Killer Shark into switching sides and becoming Queen Killer Shark in Blackhawk #200, and wasn't permanently cured until Blackhawk #228. I'd draw a distinction between girlfriends actually becoming costumed supervillains and their briefly turning against the hero because they've been zapped by something or somesuch, as the latter might be only an episode in a story and was more common. In an Imaginary story in Lois Lane ##64-65 Lois was turned evil by a ray, married Luthor, and sought to murder Superman with a kryptonian xylophone. There are likewise Jimmy Olsen stories in which he was turned against Superman or apparently turned evil etc.: the cover stories from Action Comics #253 and Jimmy Olsen #54, #68, #83 and ##86-87 are examples. Superman sometimes returned the favour e.g. the cover story from Jimmy Olsen #81.
Supergirl was turned into a demon version of herself and had a compulsion to commit evil deeds in "The Black Magic of Supergirl!" in Action Comics #324. Wonder Woman lost control of herself and went on a destructive rampage when Paula von Gunta stole her bracelets in the cover story from Wonder Woman #163.
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Lois was turned into a monster version of herself in "The Madam Jekyll of Metropolis!" from Lois Lane #36, but Superman either doesn't appear or doesn't play a big role in that story, so it lacks the hero vs girlfriend element.
"The Black Magic of Supergirl" sounds interesting, has it been reprinted anywhere? It's hard to think of the SA Supergirl doing anything bad. I'm not sure if Madame Rouge from the Doom Patrol qualifies. I remember the Wonder Woman story.
The GCD lists two reprints of "The Black Magic of Supergirl!", but neither is recent. (I initially thought it was three, but the Adventure Comics #416 and DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-10 are the same issue listed two different ways.) If DC ever does a third Showcase Presents: Supergirl volume the story should appear in it.
Jean Loring was turned evil/mad in The Atom & Hawkman #45, the last issue, and cured in Justice League of America c.#81.
The female Legionnaires plotted to eliminate the male ones in the cover story of Adventure Comics #326, and made use of romance in their plans. That story's been reprinted in a Showcase and an Archive.
A scene close to the one depicted on this Batman cover occurs in the issue's story. However, in the tale - spoiler warning, it's available in a couple of Showcases - Batgirl only pretends to embrace the women's cause.
Early in Mike Sekowsky's Wonder Woman run, also recently reprinted, Tim Trench, a PI and potential new love interest, double-crosses Diana.
Did Jean pick up a costumed identity?
Luke Blanchard said:
In Avengers ##29-30 the Black Widow, at the time Hawkeye's girlfriend, is brainwashed into going back to work for the Soviets.
In The Brave and the Bold #51, which teamed Aquaman with Hawkman, the villain transforms Hawkgirl into a harpy-form and mind-controls her.
In The Brave and the Bold #64 Batman acquires a new girlfriend and she is blackmailed into becoming a supervillainess.
Mark S. Ogilvie said:
No. There's an account of the story here, with spoilers and images. (The images are from an issue that's been defaced.)
In Metal Men #2 Tina made a robot version of Doc to be her boyfriend and he turned out to be bad and built an alternative set of Metal Men to do his bidding. In #6 Doc was turned into a robot by rays, became bad as a result and built a set of robots based on gases. The Commander explained what happened to him late in the Silver Age in this column.
June Robbins was transformed into a dangerous giant in the cover story of Challengers of the Unknown #15. A couple of the Mark Merlin-led issues of House of Secrets have Elsa-has-turned-against-me covers (#29, #48). Compare Blackhawk #166.
Satan Girl was a Red Kryptonite spawned version of Supergirl who attacked the Legion.
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