Female Furies Furiously Fight Fearsome Foes

While the Wonder Women were the standard bearers of powerful female heroes on Earths One and Two, other mighty ladies followed their path. Among these were Barda the Female Fury of Apokolips  and Marya the Giant Girl of Mexico. Each legendary lady possessed superhuman strength and courageous demeanors.

Big Barda was raised in an orphanage on the alien world of Apokolips, and tutored by the harsh Granny Goodness into becoming leader of the Female Fury Batallion, enforcers for the world's leader Darkseid! Marya lived in a remote area of Mexico, until she encountered allies of the Axis Powers threatening her home. Meeting and teaming up with Wonder Woman, she overpowered her oppressors and left for America with the Amazing Amazon.

Barda befriended Scott Free, the son of neighboring planet New Genesis' Highfather, who had likewise been held hostage with her in the orphanage. The two eventually escaped this cruel world, and migrated to Earth-One, where they became performers and freedom fighters. Barda eventually fell in love Scott, also known as Mister Miracle, and the two soon married. When not performing as an escape artist and his assistant, Scott and Barda battled several threats sent by Free's adopted father Darkseid.

Marya accepted a scholarship to Holliday College of Earth-Two, where she joined the Holliday Girls while working on the side as a lifeguard. She would again be called to action, assisting Wonder Woman battling the Axix Powers in Africa. Another Marya, who was a leader of the planet Eros, had previously met Wonder Woman when the superheroine visited her world. What if any connection between the two Maryas is unknown, although that world had dream duplicates of Earth humans and reflected much of Apokolips'  own warlike nature.