FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Thursday, February 28, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: FOXTROT
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The 2010 Canadian cartoon METAJETS proved an enjoyable cross between superheres and aviation aces. In the distant future, numerous terro...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: ELECTRA WOMAN
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Aside from noting that Deidre Hall played Electra Woman... See previous essay.
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: DYNA GIRL
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There's no origin for the campy duo "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl," who are no more than distaff versions of the campy ...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: CAVE GIRL
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One of the last artistically strong gasps of the jungle-girl subgenre in comics appeared as a backup in Magazine Enterprise's THUN...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: BATWOMAN (1968)
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And now, moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, here's the 1968 "La Mujer Murcielago," a.k.a. Batwoman, reviewed here ...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: AGNIESZKA
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Given the current cinematic success of the film ALITA, I almost made that one my second "A," but decided instead to go with th...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: ZATANNA
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Zatanna first appeared as a guest-star in HAWKMAN #4 (1964), created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson as a feminine take on the Golden...
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