Who is your favourite female DC character and why?

[docmidnite]

I’ll start with mine first…

Lady Shiva – What’s not to like? She came up with Bronze Tiger and Richard Dragon (2 of my all time favourite Martial Arts characters) is the mother of the 2nd Batgirl/Cassandra Cain, has 2 good longstanding rivalries going on with 2 other female characters (Black Canary and Katana) and can make the “Almighty Batgod” her biatch whenever she feels like it.

Yours?

[John Venus]

Mine tend to be either the normal heroes with no powers or the mystical types.

So Black Canary, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Lady Shiva, Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol), Vixen and Barbara Gordon.

[Sutekh]

Outside of the Legion, it's Vixen. (Although I also like Icemaiden, Nightshade, Element Woman, Black Canary and Hawkwoman, among others, like Danette Reilly/Firebrand, who I just remembered!)

Including the Legion, it's Shadow Lass. (Second place some combination of Phantom Girl, Duplicate Girl, Sensor Girl and Dream Girl.)

[Jim Kelly]

Seriously Sugar Plumm. She and Spike Wilson were the first DC characters I knew of from the comics (I knew of Superman but as a shared cultural myth). I could not have had a better lesson in understanding humanity. Sugar could be bad, she could be good. She expressed her love for Spike in inappropriate ways. And she was never made to appear less than a male--she was always the equal to any other and often better.

After Sugar, it's a tie between Lois Lane, Sue Dibny and Nura Nal. Lois because she was a strong independent woman and her stories were often hilarious. Sue because she was a realistic spouse, who could challenge her husband, yet also expressed her love and desire for him. And Nura Nal because she was the Dream Girl that every man wanted and every woman feared--but she wasn't just a sex symbol, she was highly intelligent and foresaw the dangers that lay ahead--and she stuck by Thom Kallor when everyone else had rejected him.

[docmidnite]

Seriously Sugar Plumm. She and Spike Wilson were the first DC characters I knew of from the comics (I knew of Superman but as a shared cultural myth). I could not have had a better lesson in understanding humanity. Sugar could be bad, she could be good. She expressed her love for Spike in inappropriate ways. And she was never made to appear less than a male--she was always the equal to any other and often better.

After Sugar, it's a tie between Lois Lane, Sue Dibny and Nura Nal. Lois because she was a strong independent woman and her stories were often hilarious. Sue because she was a realistic spouse, who could challenge her husband, yet also expressed her love and desire for him. And Nura Nal because she was the Dream Girl that every man wanted and every woman feared--but she wasn't just a sex symbol, she was highly intelligent and foresaw the dangers that lay ahead--and she stuck by Thom Kallor when everyone else had rejected him.

Great response, Jim. Thoughtful as always.


Keep them coming people!

[docmidnite]

Outside of the Legion, it's Vixen. (Although I also like Icemaiden, Nightshade, Element Woman, Black Canary and Hawkwoman, among others.)

Including the Legion, it's Shadow Lass. (Second place some combination of Phantom Girl, Duplicate Girl, Sensor Girl and Dream Girl.)

Any particular reason why you are drawn to these certain female characters? Just for discussion purposes. ..

[Sutekh]

Any particular reason why you are drawn to these certain female characters? Just for discussion purposes. ..

Not that I can tell. They don't have a ton in common. Some are tough street-fighter types, able to throw down in hand to hand, like Black Canary and most of the Legion ladies, but others, like Icemaiden and Nightshade (and Firebrand, and Firehawk, and Green Fury, whom I've just remembered), are more 'blastery.' Some have fierce bold attitudes, but, again, others (like Icemaiden, but also Duplicate Girl and Phantom Girl) are just 'nice' and not at all 'alpha females.' Some are diverse (Vixen, Element Woman), others, not so much. It is funny that the only blonde in my list of present-day century heroes is Black Canary, and she's wearing a wig, and not a real blonde...

Obviously they are all smoking hot, but it's comics, pretty much everyone is smoking hot, including most of the men.

I do generally prefer more original non-legacy characters, like Vixen and Black Canary, compared to Superchicks and Batfemmes and Lady Lanterns, but obviously I'm not even consistent with *that* since I like Element Woman (Miss Metamorpho), Hawkwoman (She-Hawkman), Firebrand and Firehawk, who are the female legacies of Firebrand-dude, and Firestorm.

[Jekyll]

Courntey Whitmore- Stargirl

One of the few characters we got to see grow and mature under Geoff Johns. Her first run was a fun teenage, coming of age, story and then we got to see her truly become a hero in the pages of JSA. I also appreciate that she is continuing the Knight family legacy.

[scribbleMind]

Lois Lane
Ten (Batman Beyond)
Manteau (Dial H)

[Stanlos]

I’ll start with mine first…

Lady Shiva – What’s not to like? She came up with Bronze Tiger and Richard Dragon (2 of my all time favourite Martial Arts characters) is the mother of the 2nd Batgirl/Cassandra Cain, has 2 good longstanding rivalries going on with 2 other female characters (Black Canary and Katana) and can make the “Almighty Batgod” her biatch whenever she feels like it.

Yours?

Wonder Woman.

She saved my Grandmother from a horrible relationship and inspired her to become the totally awesome kick ass lady we all knew and loved. She would sit on the floor with me and tune in to WW and the Hulk.