One forum topic here that interested me was a post by The Baron on one thousand of his favorite characters.
Since I think the comics medium gets a bad rap about the empowerment of female characters in both comic books and strips, I wondered what names would come up if a given board was interested in nominating the thousand coolest "femmes formidables."
I'd devoted a blog to the subject of femmes formidables in all media.
But what I'm considering here is, which are the coolest ones of all in comic strips and books.
The only factor that separates a femme formidable from any old female character is that the former must have some above-average capacity for defense or offense. Otherwise, hero, villain, or support character can be admitted, as can characters from any culture or nation-- as long as they BEGIN in comics, as opposed to appearing first in another medium.
Should anyone care to play the game, I'll assemble an alphabetical list of the first thousand named. If no one's into it, I'll probably finish it off myself.
I'll start with 26 in alphabetical order for examples:
Arisia Rrab-- GREEN LANTERN
Belldandy-- OH MY GODDESS
Catwoman-- BATMAN
Dragon Lady-- TERRY AND THE PIRATES
Enchantress-- THOR
Faora Hu-Ul-- SUPERMAN
Glitter-- D.P. 7
Hellcat-- AVENGERS
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil-- comic of the same name
Jann of the Jungle-- comic of the same name
Kodachi Kuno-- RANMA 1/2
Lois Lane-- SUPERMAN
Meggan-- EXCALIBUR
Nightshade-- comic of the same name
Owl Woman-- SUPER FRIENDS
Plastique-- CAPTAIN ATOM
Queen Azura-- FLASH GORDON
Rogue-- X-MEN
Sharon Cater-- CAPTAIN AMERICA
Tigra-- AVENGERS
Umar-- DOCTOR STRANGE
Valkyrie-- AIRBOY
Wonder Woman-- comic of the same name
XL-- LEGION
Yellow Peri-- SUPERBOY
Zatanna-- JUSTICE LEAGUE
"Oh what fun it is to ride
A hobbyhorse all day."
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I don't know about a whole list, but I'd put She Who Must Be Obeyed on it. I'd also put Tinkerbelle on it.
Coolest?
It's too much work to go alphabetically, so I'll just go off the top of my head ...
Elektra (Daredevil)
The Black Widow (The Avengers)
Black Canary (Green Arrow)
Amanda Waller (Suicide Squad)
Catwoman (Batman)
Misty Knight (Daughters of the Dragon)
Lady Shiva (Batman)
Storm (X-Men)
Sharon Carter (Captain America)
Leslie Thompkins (Batman)
Bethany Cabe (Iron Man)
The Dora Milaje (Black Panther)
Mademoiselle Marie (Our Army at War featuring Sgt. Rock)
Talullah Bankhead (Jonah Hex)
Blondie Boopadoop (Blondie)
Gracie Bermudez (Baldo)
Tia Carmen (Baldo)
Luba (Los Hernadez Brothers)
Abby Arcane (Swamp Thing)
Hawkgirl (Justice League of America)
Thems for starters ...
I think you're thinking of XS from Legion -- though Monstress was XL.
Let me throw in Amy Racecar from Stray Bullets, since she popped into my mind.
Halo Jones (2000AD)
Judge Hershey (Judge Dredd)
Judge Anderson (Judge Dredd)
Chief Judge McGruder (Judge Dredd)
Niamh (Slaine - 2000AD)
Medb (Slaine - 2000AD)
Nest (Slaine - 2000AD)
Purity Brown (Nemesis the Warlock - 2000AD)
Mina Harker - (LOEG)
Orlando (1/2 the time :-) LOEG)
Silk Spectre I (Watchmen)
Silk Spectre II (Watchmen)
Crazy Jane (Doom Patrol)
Bulleteer (SSoV)
Shining Knight (SPOILERS!)
Big Barda - Queen of them all, surely?
Medusa - FF
She-Hulk
Supergirl mk I
Supergirl mk II (Peter David's AKA the blobby one AKA what were they thinking?)
Supergirl mk III (Post Infinite Crisis - occasionally, when she was done well...)
Supergirl mk IV (Nu52 - ah why not?)
Uber-Fraulein (Final Crisis - while I'm at it!)
Batwoman
Question Renee Montoya
Talia Al-Ghul
Having started with Batwoman and Renee, I'm thinking that someone more familiar with his work could drop and give us a good dozen Greg Rucka Femmes Formidables.
Deena Pilgrim - Powers
(I agree about Tia Carmen and Gracie from Baldo!)
Excel - Excel Saga
Carrie Stetko - Whiteout
Tara Chace - Queen & Country
Queen Projectra - LSH
Cameron Chase - Chase
Dizzy - 100 Bullets
Miho - Sin City
Body Doubles - Resurrection Man
Jenny Sparks - Stormwatch/The Authority
Figsrello,
Do you mean Kathy Kane or Kate Kane?
Glad to see that someone else recognizes that we now have 4 (featured) Supergirls with separate continuities.
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