Apparently it is World Womens Day? I was asked if I could come up with female comic characters. I replied -and I do apologise to the person involved if I seemed rude:
"Hello.
Well....
Acromaid,
Cat Girl,
Electro Girl,
Phantom Maid,
TNT Tina,
Gail Garrity,
Zonda and
Val and Valra (villainess and heroines from Ace Hart comics),
Madam
Fortell,
Tootsy,
Tanya (from The Amazing Three),
Aunt Tozer,
Big Hearted
Martha,
Katy The Cat,
THE Cat Girl (1970s),
Silver (from Swift Morgan),
Supergirl (UK 1983, Thomson),
The Super Cats (a trio),
The Space Girls
(1967),
The Silent Three,
Shari King,
Judy Baxter -Q5 (from The Q
Bikes/Karts),
Peggy The Pride Of The Force,
Penny Wise,
Judge
Anderson.....
That's
off the top of my head but you have to remember they are British and UK
Golden and Silver Ages and mostly in black and white so they are "of no
import" and I'm just an old fart wasting my time."
The 'hard researched' BBC list ran as follows and almost put their tea at risk of losing a couple of degrees of heat http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31781223
Wonder Woman first appeared as a comic heroine in 1941
From Wonder Woman to Cat Woman; we take a look at the female comic characters who have been inspiring young women for decades.
Wonder Woman is probably the most famous of all time, no offence to Lara Croft.
Since her first appearance in 1941 in DC Comics, she's featured on many a retro T-shirt.
We take a look back at some of the other as we celebrate International Women's Day.
She Hulk
She
Hulk gained super strength powers after a blood transfusion by her
cousin Incredible Hulk. But she contains her temper better than him. The
green lady was also a member of the Avengers and Fantastic Four.
Spider Woman
Spider
Woman's back story goes like this: When young Jessica Drew suffered
uranium poisoning her father injected her with spider serum. She first
appeared in Marvel Comics in 1977.
Storm
Storm
is a gifted hand-to-hand combatant. She was trained extensively by her
fellow X-Man Wolverine, and is also an excellent marksman with handguns.
Psylocke
Psylocke is a mutant with telepathic and telekinetic powers that can focus into deadly weapons.
She is a stealthy martial artist, a former fashion model and long-time X-Man. Her first comic book appearance was in 1976.
Elektra
Elektra
is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast. She is also a superb
hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. She made her first appearance
in 1981.
Cat woman
Cat woman has made countless comic book appearances since her debut in the 1940s.
She's
been played by two Oscar-nominated actresses, Michelle Pfeiffer in
Batman Returns and Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises.
Supergirl
Teenager
Kara Zor-el was rocketed to Earth from the dying planet Krypton. She is
the ultimate new girl in school with all the powers of Superman.
Batgirl
Batgirl
is Barbara Gordon, a confident young woman as committed to justice as
her father, Gotham City's top cop Commissioner Gordon.
But when her overprotective dad forbids her from joining the police, she takes the law into her own hands.
Captain Marvel
Ms Marvel's powers include flight, enhanced strength, and the ability to shoot concussive energy bursts from her hands.
She first appeared in Marvel comics in 1967.
Lois Lane
Lois
Lane is an investigative reporter at the Daily Planet in Metropolis,
and Superman's love interest. She first appeared in Action Comics in
1938.
The first Women's Day was held in 1909 in the United States.
In 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was marked for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
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