Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Legend of the Blue Lotus. The following is a list of female superheroes in comic books, television, film, and other media. Each character's name is followed by the publisher's name in parentheses; those from television or movies have their program listed in square brackets, and those in both comic books and other media appear in parentheses.
The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases."
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
The character was subsequently rebooted as the heroine of The Shadow of Empress Wu (Riyue Lingkong), broadcast from 2007 to 2008 on CCTV, and of Imperial Tang Female Inspector (Da Tang Nü Xun An), first broadcast on Dragon TV in 2011. In all three, she is tasked with investigating various problems and uncovering provincial malfeasance for the ...
Wonder Woman is the only female heroine studied who earned her own comic book title. [45] It has been debated whether the perceived lack of female readership was due to male writers being uncomfortable with writing about or for women, or whether the comic book industry is male dominated due to actual lack of women's interest in comics. [28]
Pages in category "DC Comics female superheroes" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 251 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2002, University of New Mexico kicker Kate Hnida became the first female to play in an NCAA Division I game. And in 2020, Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller became the first woman to both play in and ...
Jurors selected the final lists from 250 male and 250 female nominees. [2] When the lists were unveiled, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, Kirk Douglas and Sidney Poitier were alive, but have since died. As of 2025, at age 90, Sophia Loren is the sole surviving star.