"I have you." - The Sandra Woosan aka Lady Shiva Appreciation Thread!

[RLAAMJR.]

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She is my favorite female character in DC Comics and I know that there are other fans of hers too.

Let's discuss and appreciate the awesomeness of Sandra Woosan aka Lady Shiva!

[mathew101281]

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Shiva fighting the techno-ninja Shadowdragon from the superman titles.

[RLAAMJR.]

Thanks a lot for the scans!

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[Gorblax]

I've compiled a spreadsheet of every single time since her debut in 1975 that Lady Shiva has fought a (named) opponent, and the ensuing results. Enjoy.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...fOQ/edit#gid=0

[Batarang]

I like Lady Shiva She's pretty strong, only second to Batman in martial arts or something like this, right ? I saw her kick Nightwing's butt and i like it when Cassandra and Shiva go all out on each other in a fight. You think Talia is a bad mother ? well, think again... lol But isn't Shiva a Batman character ? i have only seen her in bat books.

[darkseidpwns]

Shouldn't this be on the Batman forums?

[Gorblax]

Shouldn't this be on the Batman forums?

Lady Shiva has been associated closely with the Batman Family, but actually originated as a Richard Dragon character — and she's been as integral to the history of The Question, and even Green Arrow, as Batman. She really has a much wider scope than just Batman.

[Gorblax]

I like Lady Shiva She's pretty strong, only second to Batman in martial arts or something like this, right ? I saw her kick Nightwing's butt and i like it when Cassandra and Shiva go all out on each other in a fight. You think Talia is a bad mother ? well, think again... lol But isn't Shiva a Batman character ? i have only seen her in bat books.

I'd argue that in a straight fight, Lady Shiva could beat Batman. Their only real serious fight against each other was in "A Death in the Family," and Batman only won because Jason intervened at a crucial moment, turning the tide.

As for whether Shiva is a Batman character: Shiva debuted in RICHARD DRAGON: KUNG-FU FIGHTER, where she became a principal member of the main cast, and then went on to become a major supporting character in THE QUESTION - all before she ever appeared in a Batman book. Any time Richard Dragon or The Question show up in their own books since, Lady Shiva isn't far behind.

[darkseidpwns]

Lady Shiva has been associated closely with the Batman Family, but actually originated as a Richard Dragon character — and she's been as integral to the history of The Question, and even Green Arrow, as Batman. She really has a much wider scope than just Batman.

Richard Dragon had a short lived series in 2004 that was retconned away with in less than 2 years and another series about 30 years before that. The Question hasn't had a series since the 80s and she had one appearance in Green Arrow that was a part of a crossover with Batbooks. This is before I mention the fact that Dragon has about what 80 appearences in total while Shiva has far more and Connor Hawke himself was only a thing in the late 90s.
Majority of Shivas appearences have been in Batman family of books, she has only appeared in Batman exclusive mainstream media, she has been a Batman family character since the late 80s which brings it to almost 30 years as opposed to being a Dragon/Question character for only 15 years at most. Even Bronze Tiger left Dragon in the dust in the late 80s when he joined the Suicide Squad.

[Gorblax]

Still, I don't think it's fair to pigeonhole her as a Batman character, any more than it would be to say Black Canary is a Green Arrow character. I think there's enough ambiguity here to include this thread here.