Top 10 Most Iconic Female Characters?

[Samm]

So I was recently in a discussion about the most iconic females in gaming (Lara Croft, Samus Aran, Jill Valentine, Chun Li came up a lot) and that got me thinking about superheroes, specifically DC because I’m a huge DC fan. Who would you list as the most iconic/popular female characters DC has to offer? I had to think for a minute but I have my list, curious to see what yours are?

1) Wonder Woman
2) Catwoman
3) Supergirl
4) Lois Lane
5) Harley Quinn
6) Batgirl
7) Poison Ivy
8) Hawkgirl
9) Black Canary
10) Starfire

Honorable Mention: Raven, Bumblebee, Katana, Batwoman, Cheetah

[titanfan]

In the DCU:

1. Wonder Woman
2. Lois Lane
3. Catwoman
4. Harley Quinn
5. Poison Ivy
6. Batgirl
7. Starfire
8. Zatanna
9. Cheetah
10. Amanda Waller

[Robanker]

1. Wonder Woman
2. Lois Lane
3. Catwoman
4. Supergirl
5. Harley Quinn
6. Batgirl
7. Poison Ivy
8. Black Canary
9. Starfire
10. Mera (the movie had to have helped)

Hawkgirl was an honorable mention but I gotta put billion dollar movie over beloved animated series because the former is going to have more staying power to the general public. Movies "count" more, sadly. A lot of my favorites are not on that list, which breaks my heart, but I'm going from a "top ten some casual people may recognize" perspective. So no Power Girl, or even Zatanna who could be mistaken for just a leggy Vegas showgirl by some.

[Gaius]

Wonder Woman
Lois Lane
Harley Quinn
Catwoman
Batgirl
Supergirl
Starfire
Raven
Mera
Hawkgirl

[Stanlos]

So I was recently in a discussion about the most iconic females in gaming (Lara Croft, Samus Aran, Jill Valentine, Chun Li came up a lot) and that got me thinking about superheroes, specifically DC because I’m a huge DC fan. Who would you list as the most iconic/popular female characters DC has to offer? I had to think for a minute but I have my list, curious to see what yours are?

1) Wonder Woman
2) Catwoman
3) Supergirl
4) Lois Lane
5) Harley Quinn
6) Batgirl
7) Poison Ivy
8) Hawkgirl
9) Black Canary
10) Starfire

Honorable Mention: Raven, Bumblebee, Katana, Batwoman, Cheetah

I think because of the "choices" the publisher has made the only iconic ones left are Wonder Woman and Lois Lane with Harley being added recently did to SUICIDE SQUAD.

It is like DC was mad max at Hawkgirl, Vixen, Canary, Zatana, Donna, Supergirl, Peege, Starfire, and Xanadu. And were it not for the potency of her iconic status I suspect WW would also have been dimmed were it left to the old guard. At least they are gone or going though.

[Lee Stone]

1. Wonder Woman
2. Lois Lane
3. Supergirl
4. Batgirl
5. Catwoman
6. Harley Quinn
7. Wonder Girl
8. Batwoman
9. Zatanna
10. Power Girl

[Stromberg]

1. Wonder Woman
2. Lois Lane
3. Supergirl
4. Black Canary
5. Catwoman
6. Batgirl
7. Harley Quinn
8. Zatanna
9. Starfire
10 Raven

[kjn]

I think iconic and popular measure slightly different things, namely recognisability versus numbers of fans. Here is my list of iconic DC heroines and villainesses.

(1) Wonder Woman. No contest here.
(2) Lois Lane
(3) Catwoman
(4) Harley Quinn
(5) Batgirl
(6) Supergirl
(7) Poison Ivy
(8) Oracle
(9) Raven
(10) Zatanna

Wonder Woman takes the top spot a mile ahead of the competition. I think the gap between Lois, Catwoman, and Harley is near enough to be indistinguishable, and they are in turn far ahead of the rest of the field. Batgirl and Supergirl are up there mainly on the strength of their parent brands. Ivy and Oracle earns their spots through their very strong visuals and themes, despite everything the DC has done to bury them. Raven and Zatanna are there mostly to fill out the field, I think characters like Bumblebee, Vixen, Black Canary, or Mera could easily be there instead.

[achilles]

I wouldn't call Harley "iconic". Heavily pushed, yes, iconic, no.

[etrumble]

1. Wonder Woman
2. Lois Lane
3. Supergirl
4. Black Canary
5. Catwoman
6. Batgirl
7. Harley Quinn
8. Zatanna
9. Starfire
10 Raven

This would be my list as well. Hawkgirl could replace 9 or 10.

[mathew101281]

Tier 1
Wonderwoman: the definitive female superhero. She is also the only female hero who is a franchise into her self and not a spin off of a popular male character or team.
Tier 2
Catwoman Supergirl or Lois (These two are pretty close) iconic characters your non comic reading mom would know who they are by name or image alone.
Tier 3
Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Black Canary. They show up pretty regularly in outside media so they have some recognition, just not as much as tier 1 and 2.
They show up pretty often in outside media but the a

Tier 4
Zatana Starfire Mera

This is perennial guest star group. They are either most known for being part of a team or as a cameo character brought in to deal with unusual threats.