FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Monday, March 25, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: PURDEY
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I've already covered the other three femme-adventurers from the British AVENGERS franchise, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, and Tara King. Th...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: ORACLE
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Way back when I wrote this essay on the 1966 Batgirl, I said that her identity as the wheelchair-bound "Oracle" deserved a se...
Thursday, March 14, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: NAMORA
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At a time when DC had yet to give birth to Batwoman or Supergirl, Timely Comics introduced a female cousin for their popular male hero, ...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: MARGUERITE KRUX
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As noted here, the original Conan Doyle LOST WORLD practically sports a sign "no girls allowed." But starting with the 1925...
Monday, March 11, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: LAS LUCHADORAS
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Mexican superhero wrestlers caught fire in the 1950s, particularly with the famed "El Santo," but the first "luchadoras...
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: KITTEN
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Boy sidekicks were all over the comics-world in the Golden Age, but young girl partners were rarer than hen's teeth-- except for one...
Thursday, March 7, 2019
HEROINE HEADCOUNT: JAELITHE
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Andre Norton's 1963 WITCH WORLD provides a female's take on the John Carter trope, wherein Earthman lands on a medieval-style wo...
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