D.R.Rosensteel | My Favorite Female Superheroes of Pop Culture

Can Supergirl kick Superman’s butt? I say yes, and here’s why: I live in a
household of females. I believe God has done this to build my character, and not
as a cruel joke. So I know firsthand the strength and battle prowess of women.
Hence this post about My Favorite Female Superheroes of Pop Culture.

Let’s start with Supergirl. She was created in 1959 to be Superman’s female counterpart. But in 2016, Supergirl became a force that overshadowed even Superman with the TV show Supergirl. Supergirl’s real name is Kara Zor-El. She is Superman’s cousin, and technically, an illegal alien. The Earth’s sun gives her amazing power—unimaginable strength, x-ray vision, heat vision, ice breath, invulnerability to nearly any human weapon, and the awesome capacity to fly. Like Superman, she is vulnerable to Kryptonite. Supergirl lives in National City under the name of Kara Danvers, and works for media mogul Cat Grant. Her true identity is masked by her geekish demeanor and, of course, glasses. To prove my point about the battle prowess of women, I am compelled to point out that Supergirl defeated Reactron, whom Superman could not. Wonder Woman’s real name is Princess Diana of Themyscira. She is a princess of the Amazons (no relation to the internet retailer), a mythical group of women warriors. Her alter ego is named Diana Prince, and she works as a United States government agent for the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Thanks to her Amazonian training, Wonder Woman has extraordinary skills in strategy, hunting and fighting. Her weapons include the Lasso of Truth, a pair of indestructible bracelets, and a tiara which she uses as a projectile. She has superhuman strength and pilots, of all things, an invisible jet! How cool is that? Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine. Red Sonja is the archetypal fierce and beautiful female barbarian. She can wield any bladed weapon with the skill of Conan the Barbarian, with whom she has been on several adventures. He crossed swords with her on occasion as well, but it didn’t go too well for him. Batgirl has no actual super powers. She doesn’t need them. She relies on her incredible skills of stealth and the intense combat training she received from Batman. She also has a set of impressive gadgets, from her batarang to pocket explosives and gas pellets that she uses to create a smoke cloud. Her cape isn’t bulletproof, but it is fireproof, acid proof, and shields against radioactivity. Yes, I believe she could kick Batman’s butt. I mean, Cat Woman does it all the time. Which brings us to the latest female superhero on my list, Rinnie Noelle. Rinnie is a Psi Fighter, trained in the Mental Arts, a crime fighting style that blends martial arts with psionic ability. Rinnie can kick butt better than Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee combined. Like Batgirl, her skills are learned. There was no radioactive spider (although she is deathly afraid of spiders) or gamma-induced super strength. Rinnie got to be the amazing crimefighter she is by years of dedication and grueling practice. Her high tech armor is made of a space age material so strong it makes kevlar look like cheap aluminum foil, and the voice-altering electronics in her mask give her the ability to roar like Death Incarnate or sing the C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song like SpongeBob. She also has a highly sophisticated technology that allows her to create weapons from her thoughts and emotions, her favorite of which is the Thought Saber. Rinnie loves swordplay, and her skill would make Zorro blubber like a little girl who dropped her ice cream cone. So there’s my rundown of the top female superheroes. I hope all the crime fighters out there found it useful. Oops, look at the time. I have to go. THE PSI WHO LOVED ME manuscript is calling me.

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