What are the names of female superheros?
Since the majority of comic books were produced by men, and catered to men, we had few comic books specifically about women. “Wonder Woman” is one of the few ongoing monthly series, that stars a female super-hero. “Wonder Woman” has been going strong since 1942. No other female super-hero can come close to Wonder Woman’s longevity, visibility, or Q-rating. Wonder Woman is a success because she’s an Icon. Many female heroes that have had their own series were, unfortunately, copies of successful male heroes. For example, there was “Mary Marvel Comics” (1945- 8), “Supergirl” (1972-4), “Ms. Marvel” (1977-9), “Spider-Woman” (1978-83), “Savage She-Hulk” (1980-2), again with “Supergirl” (1982-4), again with “Sensational She-Hulk” (1989-94), “Catwoman” (1993-present) again(!) with “Supergirl” (1995-present), and Electra (1996-present). Female knock-offs of established male super-heroes are like photocopies; fuzzy, ill-defined and often unappealing. Some have argued that things have gotten bet
