FF #47: THE WASP

 A very minor milestone: though Marvel's costumed heroines of the sixties were sometimes a rather demure lot, at most able to engage in a little judo, the Wasp broke the "punch barrier" in 1968 when she clocked Princess Python,

FF #46: THE VIXEN

 Despite Vixen kicking around for years, she doesn't have that many good fights. Here's one from SUICIDE SQUAD #23.

FF #45: ULTRA GIRL (1986)

 Not much to remember about this eighties character, except that she does seem to be the first comics character to sport the "Ultra Girl" cognomen.

FF #44: THUNDRA AND TITANIA (1979 version)

 It's far from the best fight for Thundra, but might be the best for Marvel's first character with the "Titania" moniker (later changed).

FF #43: STARFIRE (1971)

 Three Starfires preceded the celebrated TEEN TITANS character. One was a male Russian one-shot hero who appeared in a 1968 TITANS comic, but the second was a new villainess for Supergirl when Mike Sekowsky took over the character. This Starfire was a lot like the "Doctor Cyber" character in the contemporaneous "Wonder Woman" comic, also by Sekowsky: a stylish lady fiend with an all-female army. To my knowledge this Starfire hasn't been revived, even under a new name, but I think she might be the first female character who beats up Supergirl when the heroine loses her powers. However, the Maid of Might recovers and trounces the nasty girl.

FF #42: RED SONJA

 You always remember your first punch from Red Sonja.

FF #41: PRINCESS PROJECTRA AND SATURN GIRL

 So these two Legion of Super-Heroes babes get stood up by their dates, and decide to get even by having a sapphic hookup in a futuristic Tunnel of Love. But they're both dominants, so they get into a fistfight about who has to act the submissive.

Not really, but it's more entertaining than the real story.

FF #40: NEKRA AND SPIDER-WOMAN

 One of the more brutal F/F fights in Marvel Comics appeared in SPIDER-WOMAN #16, between the Arachnid Avenger and Nekra, who became invulnerable whenever she experienced hatred. Bitchin' art by Carmine Infantino.

BTW, any time I feature more that two characters in a post, I'll list them alphabetically. So, no "Veronica and Betty."

FF #39: LIBERTY BELLE (1942)

 From her debut in BOY COMMANDOS #1, here's the original Liberty Belle, one of the many athlete heroines of the forties.

FF #38: KATANA

 Never liked DC's X-imitation BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS or their cheapjack samurai heroine Katana, but occasionally the artwork was at least OK.

FF #37: JET

 I don't get the impression that the Wildstorm heroine Jet made a big impression back in the nineties.

She did have a better than average costume, though.

FF #36: IBUKI IKARUGA

 Ibuki, the female lead of the lightweight comedy SAMURAI HAREM, is another of the "punishiing maiden" types a la Akane Tendou in RANMA 1/2, constantly clobbering the young hero whenever he transgresses against her, one of her sisters, or pretty much any female.

FF #35: HARUKA NISHIHARU

 Haruka, the lead female in the slapstick comedy series GIRLS SAURUS, comes from a long line of manga girls who look delicate but pack a punch.

FF #34: GOLDEN GIRL (1946)

 Betty Ross, support-character to Captain America, didn't get to become a superheroine until 1948. This Golden Girl had also appeared as a support-character to a superhero, 1945's Golden lad, and then had one adventure as Golden Girl in the last issue of Golden Lad's magazine.

FF #32: FLARE

Flare, the biggest female hero of Hero Comics in the nineties, made a return of sorts in the 2000s. Don't think she's appeared since.

FF #31: DAZZLER AND ENCHANTRESS

 Here's a "D" and an "E" fighting each other, so-- call them a combo act, if you can stand the substandard art (from Frank Springer, who unlike many later comics pencilers could really draw).