I'd like to see if I can get this list up to one thousand. I'm sure that I've missed a lot of obvious ones, and even more obscure ones.
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I dredged up a dim memory from the recesses of my brain ... and recalled a character I read about in World's Worst Comics Awards: Polymer Polly, a member of the Fab Four from Dell Comics' Superheroes,* which lasted for only four issues in 1967.
Here's more than you really want to know about the title here, in the blog "Stupid Heroes."
* The Comics Database notes, "While the logo (on the cover and elsewhere) is stylized as two words ('Super Heroes'), the indicia title is one word ('Superheroes')."
Oh, wow.
ClarkKent_DC said:
I dredged up a dim memory from the recesses of my brain ... and recalled a character I read about in World's Worst Comics Awards: Polymer Polly, a member of the Fab Four from Dell Comics' Superheroes,* which lasted for only four issues in 1967.
Here's more than you really want to know about the title here, in the blog "Stupid Heroes."
* The Comics Database notes, "While the logo (on the cover and elsewhere) is stylized as two words ('Super Heroes'), the indicia title is one word ('Superheroes')."
Adde Lava Lass and the Slug from the Atomics.
Perhaps
-The Magician from Mars (Centaur)
A feature character. Jane Faro was a very powerful superwoman of the future who could do just about anything. She appeared in Amazing Man Comics #7-#11. In the first instalment she saves a spaceship and steals gold bullion.
Owl Girl (Western)
The crimefighting partner of the Owl, from his feature. A costumed heroine of the non-powered type. She debuted in Crackajack Funnies #32.
-Tiger Girl (Western)
A one-off feature character . A costumed heroine of the non-powered type. She was the star of Tiger Girl #1. Not to be confused with the Fiction House character of this name, a jungle heroine.
-Amazona the Mighty Woman (Fiction House)
A one-off feature character. She was a woman from a very hardy Arctic race, super-strong by our standards. She appeared in Planet Comics #3.
-Diana the Huntress (Charlton)
This was the goddess Diana. She starred in her own feature in Yellowjacket Comics, from #1.
DC's Morgana the Witch debuted as an antagonist in Woman Woman #186. She assisted Supergirl in Adventure Comics #398. These were both Mike Sekowsky stories.
Re DC's Enchantress, she was a heroine in her original feature in Strange Adventures, which only appeared for three instalments. She transitioned to being a villain through being used as an antagonist for Supergirl in Superman Family later.
If I might be forgiven for saying so, Valkyrie is iffy. She had a sobriquet and her costume can be taken as her uniform, although it displays her chest and includes a cape. The Black Angel was a costumed aviator heroine from Hillman's Air Fighters Comics who debuted in #2. She goes Valkyrie one better by having a double identity.
Clea might qualify.
A costumed jungle heroine called Leopard Girl appeared in Marvel's Jungle Action vol. 1. But being a jungle heroine she's marginal. I'd count Fantomah as she was originally, although she's also a jungle heroine, as she had superpowers.
There was Fleeta, the partner of Dell's Dracula who could also turn into a bat.
And there was another Batwoman who was an alien crimefighter who resembled a vampiress from Super Friends #10. Her like-powered husband was known as...Batman!
Leeta 87 was a super-heroine in the future who died when she slipped on an alien banana peel as seen in Adventure Comics #341 (F'66).
Then there's Lamprey and Nightwind, two Legion applicants who first appeared in Legion of Super-Heroes #272.
Good suggestions, Luke! One thing about making these lists is that I find out about all sorts pf characters thatI I never suspected existed!
Luke Blanchard said:
Perhaps:
-Ritty (Centaur)
The girlfriend or wife of Minimidget. The first instalment of "Minimidget" in Amazing Man Comics #5 appears to be a one-off horror story in the vein of the movie The Devil Doll repurposed into the first instalment of a series by the addition of the title panel. From #6 Minimidget and Ritty are little people who have adventures. Sometimes they get into trouble, sometimes they help others or fight bad guys. She has a claim to be the first comic book superheroine.
-The Magician from Mars (Centaur)
Jane Faro was a very powerful supewoman of the future who could do just about anything. She appeared in Amazing Man Comics #7-#11.
-Super-Ann Star (Centaur)
Ann was a staple of the Mighty Man feature from her introduction in Amazing Man Comics #24. The stories were really her adventures. He secretly assisted her. She had powers - super strength - but no costume.
-The Blue Lady (Centaur)
A costumed heroine whose blue bird ring gave her super-strength. She debuted in Amazing Man Comics #24.
Owl Girl (Western)
A costumed heroine of the non-powered type, the partner of the Owl. She debuted in Crackajack Funnies #32.
-Tiger Girl (Western)
A one-off character. A costumed heroine of the non-powered type. She was the star of Tiger Girl #1. Not to be confused with the Fiction House character of this name, a jungle heroine.
-Amazona the Mighty Woman (Fiction House)
A one-off character. She was a woman from a very hardy Arctic race, super-strong by our standards. She appeared in Planet Comics #3.
-Tomboy (Sterling)
A costumed heroine of the non-powered type, who starred in the supporting feature in Captain Flash. She's really a joke character: everyone talks about her as a great foe of crime, and she's just a little girl in a cape and mask.
-Diana the Huntress (Charlton)
This was the goddess Diana. She starred in her own feature in Yellowjacket Comics, from #1.
Luke Blanchard said:
DC's Morgana the Witch debuted as an antagonist in Woman Woman #186. She assisted Supergirl in Adventure Comics #398.
That should be Adventure Comics #397.
In the Silver Age Superman and Supergirl met some number of one-off superheroes from other planets. Two female ones from Supergirl's feature are Marvel Maid (Action Comics #272) and Volar (Adventure Comics #384). But this nears a can of worms, which is there were also one-offs in imaginary stories, such as Supermaid in "The Son of Jimmy Olsen!" (Jimmy Olsen #56), or for that matter Lois in "The Three Wives of Superman!" (Lois Lane #51).
Added Amazona, Diana, the Magician from Mars, Owl Girl, Ritty and Tiger Girl.
(The Blue Lady, Super Ann and the Tomboy were already on the list.)
I can only excuse missing the last. I checked under To-.
Lana Lang became Gravity Girl in Adventure Comics #285, but she's already on the list as Insect Queen.
Lana Lang got up to alot, didn't she?
Luke Blanchard said:
I can only excuse missing the last. I checked under To-.
Lana Lang became Gravity Girl in Adventure Comics #285, but she's already on the list as Insect Queen.