Wonder Women: The Worlds' Greatest (more or less) Heroines

While definitely superheroes outnumbered superheroines throughout the Multiverse, several notable women carved out names from themselves on Earths One and two, showing that they matched the mettle of their male peers. Preeminent among these was the Wonder Women and the Black Canarys, who stood on their own before joining their Worlds Greatest Heroes... the Justice League and Justice Society. And lest we forget, the Last Daughters of Krypton, Kara Zor-El and Zor-L aka Supergirl and Power Girl, proved equal to their more famous cousins... the Supermen.

And then there were the others, the lesser lights, who reflected the heroic standards set by the above fabulous females while carving out their own costumed careers. Many of these joined the New Teen Titans of Earth-One or the female version of the Justice Society of Earth-Two, while others stood apart trying to forge their own path within the metahuman community. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all those legendary ladies, as some would exist in other times, on other worlds, and under other circumstances. For the purpose of this piece, however, we are focusing on nine of these glorious gals whom we had previously considered although this time we do so more extensively.

- The Donna Troy of both worlds, on Earth-One she would become Wonder Girl the adopted Amazonian and on Earth-Two she became a Holliday Girl who once wore her college's guardian, Wonder Woman's costume.

- Jean Loring and Mary James who each had significant relationships with their world's respective Atoms, even though there were ups and downs, with Loring becoming the evil "Queen Jean" on occasion and James becoming a female Atom.

- Both Myra Masons, whether as the temporarily superpowered girlfriend of Space Ranger or the one-time female version of boyfriend Doctor Mid-Nite, were faithful companions to the men in their lives.

- Hawkwoman and Hawkgirl aka Shiera Hall, the loving wives of the Hawkmen who shared their high-flying adventures, with the former joining the Justice League with her husband and the latter the All-Star Squadron with her boyfriend.

- Raven and Clarice Winston, wearing hooded and caped costumes while being protected by shadowy
guardians during their encounters with evil over the years.

- Koriand'r aka Kori "Starfire" Anders and Doris "Starwoman" Lee, each wielding energy powered by the stars alongside their fellow heroines, and more importantly dazzling their boyfriends Robin and Starman, respectively.

- Tara Marcov was the illegitimate daughter of the King of Marcovia, who was given powers over the earth which led to her adopting the alter ego of Terra. Her counterpart was the second girlfriend of Wesley Dodds aka Sandman, adopting a female version of his costume. Both women had short careers.

- Amy Winston who was the Princess Amethyst and Peachy Pet Thunder who was also a girl with grand aspirations. Eventually, both would gained power and moved to new dimensional worlds for true love.

- Mysa Nal and Inza Cramer Nelson* were redheads with access to ancient energies from alien worlds allowing themselves to become among the most powerful of their peers.

Another heroine who was an unofficial member of the Teen Titans was Kole Weathers. A mutant whose scientist parents imbued in her the ability to weave silicon crystals in various shapes, she aided the Titans and fell in love with one of their members in Joseph “Jericho” Wilson. She perished attempting to protect fellow heroes during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Her counterpart was Gerta VonGunther, the daugher of former criminal scientist Paula Von Gunthner, who had been the arch-foe of Earth-Two's Wonder Woman. Once Gerta had been liberated from Nazi captivity and returned to her mother, Paula renounced her evil ways, and both mother and daughter moved to Paradise Island. There, Gerta began experimenting with germs turned into insects and creating mermaids out of sharks, although such experiments were dangerous. Gerta finally renounced her troublesome research for the safety of humanity.

The New Teen Titans would typify a balanced approach where both genders were concerned, as over time their membership would have notable females in the midst proving invaluable to their masculine comrades. So too would the Legion of Super-Heroes in Earth-One's future and the All-Star Squadron of Earth-Two's past, although the aforementioned Justice League and Justice Society sadly only had a handful of heroines throughout their history, although each would recruit non-member heroines from time to time to aid them in their efforts throughout the years.

* Inza also inherited a green skinned persona from her ancestor Ezra Hawkins aka Sir Traytor. This version of her spawned a woman named Jealous that battled her husband Kent “Doctor Fate” Nelson during a battle with a Lord of Chaos. This lethal osu was the counterpart of Supergirl’s evil clone Satan Girl.