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List of the best female <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book characters</a>, be they superhero or villain. These are the women characters comic book enthusiasts continue to adore for a range of reasons. The list includes great women in comics from any period, from classic characters (such as Wonder Woman) to characters who were introduced in the 21st century.Did you know that Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, holds the official Guinness World Record of being the first <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-female-characters-in-literature?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female character</a> to act as the main heroine in her own comic series? The first issue of Sheena Queen of the Jungle was published in the U.S. in 1942. Fans of female comic book characters might know that Wonder Woman first appeared in that same year, but according to Guinness, Sheena was published earlier in the year, thus earning her the title.The top females in comic books today don’t necessarily resemble these forerunners of the genre. As of 2013, there are female comic book characters, best or otherwise, of different nationalities, allegiances, and abilities. Comic book readers might note one similarity amongst female comic book characters from <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/which-era-would-you-want-to-live-in/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">all time periods</a>, though: The best female comic book characters, heroines and villains, are usually dressed to turn men’s heads. This list contains the best female comic book characters of all time, including famous female superheroes and villainesses. You might prefer the villains. You might prefer the superheroes. You might choose <a href="/list/the-ultimate-favorites-list/stevo200?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your favorites</a> based on abilities, clothing, or personality. However you choose your favorites, though, the greatest women in comics are all right here.Check out these amazing comic book heroines and other girl comic book characters!

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Originally known as Timely Publications and then as Atlas Comics, the comic book publishing company known as Marvel began in 1961 when it launched The Fantastic Four.

The Universe of Marvel Comics

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Marvel Comics has long been the kind of company that honors its fans&#39; requests in a number of fun and interesting ways. Back in 1977, the company tried something new by releasing a series titled&nbsp;What If...?&nbsp;with each issue focusing one or more stories related to their previously published titles. Instead of Spider-Man getting rejected from the Fantastic Four in&nbsp;The Amazing Spider-Man&nbsp;#1, why not see&nbsp;What If... Spider-Man JOINED The Fantastic Four?&nbsp;

Titles like that explored how the Marvel Universe might have turned out differently if just one thing was altered from how it actually played out. Each comic essentially created what would become Marvel&#39;s Multiverse in that each issue was <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/main-timelines-marvel-universe/ranker-comics" target="_blank">basically a separate universe</a> depicting a slight change (or sometimes <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/craziest-marvel-what-if-stories/stephanroget" target="_blank">a wild change</a>) from what happened in Marvel&#39;s prime universe, otherwise known as Earth-616. Some of the stories were so successful and beloved, parts of a few found their way into canon eventually.

What If...?&nbsp;has been a popular series for Marvel Comics for decades, and it&#39;s even been made into <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-what-if-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">an animated TV show&nbsp;for Disney&#39;s new streaming service, Disney+</a>. But even the most extensive television anthology series can&#39;t cover all possible possibilities, so why not take a look at the many&nbsp;What If...?&nbsp;titles Marvel has published over the years and rank up your absolute favorite to see which one rises to be the best of them all!

All The Marvel What If…? Stories

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All Marvel What If Comics, Ranked By Non-Canonical Awesomeness

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With plenty of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-spiderman-lines/ranker-comics" target="_blank">comic book inspiration</a> to draw from, the Marvel Cinematic Universe offers up loads of laughs to go along with the seemingly unending amount of action they continue to provide on the big screen. The screenwriters who have worked on Marvel Studios films have seen fit to add plenty of MCU jokes and Marvel puns throughout the last decade of dominance.&nbsp;

Whether it&#39;s a witticism from the hyperverbal mouth of Tony Stark, a deadpan joke from Black Widow, or some innocuous innuendo from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, there always seems to be enough giggles to go around. Get ready to roll your eyes and chuckle under your breath&nbsp;at some good, old-fashioned wordplay.

The Most Heroic Puns In The MCU

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The Most Heroic Of Marvel's Puns In The MCU, Ranked

T.W. Mitchell

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With hundreds of issues already in print and more arriving every week, it&rsquo;s practically impossible to keep up with the Avengers&rsquo; comic book adventures - and it&rsquo;s especially daunting once one figures out that there&rsquo;s literally a prehistoric Avengers reading order. With folks like Thor and Hercules around, ancient Avengers members are nothing new, but the revelation that squads of Earth&rsquo;s Mightiest Heroes have been coming together since the year 1,000,000 BCE is a fairly recent one, and one that has shaken the Marvel Universe to its historical foundations.

The so-called Stone Age Avengers may be old, but don&rsquo;t think of them <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-senior-citizen-superheroes/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">as elderly superheroes</a>. Instead, think of them as timeless. They&rsquo;re not from some What If&hellip;? story or <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-powerful-alternate-universe-superheroes/tyler-mitchell" target="_blank">alternate comic book universe</a>; they&rsquo;re the very real, very relevant past of mainstream Marvel Comics canon - and they also happen to be preposterously cool.&nbsp;

Meet The Marvel Universe's First Super-Team, The Avengers Of 1,000,000 BCE

The Marvel Universe Has A Stone Age Avengers Team From One Million BCE

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Movie trivia and "things you didn't know" in your favorite sci-fi, fantasy, comic book, and cult classic films. These lists will help you spot all of the best easter eggs in movies. 

Film Facts & Easter Eggs

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Marvel on the Big Screen

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All Marvel movies have hidden Easter Eggs in them. Sometimes you have to be paying close attention or you&#39;ll miss them. Marvel movie Easter Eggs fit into the best Marvel movies just as well as mutants, irradiated spiders, and Avengers. The absolute best way to please both the diehard comic fan and the casual movie-goer alike is to sneak in these hidden Easter eggs to characters and things that may not directly work on screen.

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-film-easter-eggs/robert-desalvo?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Easter Eggs in movies</a> are also a clever way to tie a universe together (sometimes separate universes in some cases due&nbsp;to copyright), or to foreshadow or throwback to prior movies without seeming redundant.

Which are the best Marvel movie Easter Eggs? Did you miss Captain America&#39;s shield Easter Egg in the first Iron Man? How about the samurai swords hanging in Wolverine&#39;s apartment in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which nodded to his samurai history <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-x-men-comic-book-television-show/ranker-entertainment" target="_blank">better than his origin movie</a>? Did you have to rewind your The Incredible Hulk DVD to catch the Lou Ferrigno cameo?

Simply put some of the best movie Easter Eggs can be found in Marvel films. In this Marvel movies Easter Eggs list, we&#39;ve found almost all Marvel movie goodies&nbsp;referencing to some of the best things found in Marvel Comics universe. So take a peek at some great hidden Easter Eggs in movies you may have missed, then rewatch some of these amazing movies in a whole new way.

Easter Eggs From Every Marvel Movie

75+ Easter Eggs from Every Marvel Based Movie

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a hodgepodge of competent combatants and chaotic agents that somehow manage to make the universe a better place than how they found it. The Guardians fill a lovely niche in the Marvel Cinematic Universe &ndash; riding the line between heroes and swashbuckling bounty hunters. From Peter Quill&#39;s permanently-stuck-in-the-1980s mentality&nbsp;to Mantis&#39; radical empathy&nbsp;and the incredible sibling dynamics between Gamora and Nebula, MCU fans continue to point out incredible details about the Guardians and we just can&#39;t get enough.

Take a look below and vote up the most interesting details about the Guardians of the Galaxy!&nbsp;

21 MCU Fans Point Out Guardians Of The Galaxy Details We Never Noticed Before

Joe Donley

It seems that these days, just about every successful film has something to do with comic book superheroes. That&#39;s largely due to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but that&#39;s hardly the only superhero cinematic universe. There are several&nbsp;Spider-Man&nbsp;and&nbsp;Batman&nbsp;films alongside a plethora of independent comic properties out there for fans to enjoy and enjoy them they have! Every one of those movies is filled with impressive details.

This list looks at some of the most interesting small details in superhero movies that demand a rewatch. Plenty of people have noticed them and posted their findings on the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/" target="_blank">MovieDetails</a> subreddit.

Small Details In Superhero Movies That Demand A Rewatch

Jonathan H. Kantor

Ever wonder what it&#39;s like to be a part of the Avengers group chat?&nbsp;<a href="https://textsfromsuperheroes.com/" target="_blank">Texts From Superheroes</a>, run by comedians <a href="https://twitter.com/Ivimey" target="_blank">Andrew Ivimey</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/WordsOfDiana" target="_blank">Diana McCallum</a>, imagine the hilarious messages superheroes send to each other, as part of <a href="https://fromsuperheroes.com/" target="_blank">The From Superheroes Network</a>.&nbsp;

Spider-Man is all about the memes, while Thor is struggling to keep up with so many emails.&nbsp;Browse below and vote up the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-texts-from-superheroes/ranker-comics" target="_blank">texts from superheroes</a> that make you laugh.&nbsp;

The Funniest Texts From The Avengers

Raelyn Giansanti

Of all Marvel Comics&#39; characters, none is beloved as much as Spider-Man. Over the years, ole&#39; Web-Head has managed to swing into the hearts and minds of people who never even picked up a comic book, thanks to the multiple film franchises, video games, and animated series devoted to everyone&#39;s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. With so much content out there, even the most ardent fans can honestly say that there are&nbsp;still plenty of ingenious details many haven&#39;t noticed before.

While there are plenty of people who find interesting things while watching the various Spider-Man&nbsp;movies and television series, only a few take the time to share their findings online. This list takes a look at some of the&nbsp;wall-crawler&#39;s most obscure&nbsp;and ingenious details that fans have pointed out online.

Marvel Fans Are Pointing Out Details About Spider-Man That We Never Noticed Before

The MCU has been going strong for more than a decade now, and with the dozens of movies and television shows Marvel has thrown into the world, there are fans of all sorts. Fans of the MCU have had some pretty interesting ideas over the years. When those folks find themselves online discussing their favorite aspects of the heroes, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mcu-villain-fan-theories/raelyn-giansanti" target="_blank">villains</a>, and events in the MCU,&nbsp;you&#39;re going to end up with some pretty interesting fan theories.

Every so often, fans will take their theory to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/" target="_blank">FanTheories</a>&nbsp;subreddit to share their thoughts and ideas behind the characters and events that make the MCU such an incredible franchise. Some fan theories actually make a lot of sense, and the best of them have been compiled here. Take a look at them down below, and if you find a fan theory that makes you think twice about something related to the MCU, be sure to give it an upvote before you go!

MCU Fan Theories That Actually Make A Lot Of Sense

Theories and speculation about every Marvel character, team, and property, from Ant-Man to the X-Men.

Deconstructing Marvel

Looking closer at the villains that keep the Avengers busy.

Baddies of the MCU

It&#39;s tough to be a Marvel fan after&nbsp;Endgame. With the MCU on a temporary hold, fans are rehashing the past events of Earth&#39;s Mightiest Heroes and coming up with fresh fan theories. These mind-blowing theories about MCU villains like Loki and Red Skull are not only plausible, but a ton of fun.&nbsp;

If you&#39;ve ever wondered if Thanos has a back up plan, you&#39;re not alone. Browse below and vote up the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/90s-movies-fan-theories/mariel-loveland?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best fan theories</a> about MCU villains!

16 Fan Theories About MCU Villains That Make A Ton of Sense

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Not all comic strips need to deal with super villains or alien invasions in order to be compelling; sometimes the greatest struggles occur simply as part of everyday life. Capturing everyday struggles is what <a href="https://www.facebook.com/assignedmale" target="_blank">artist Sophia Labelle</a> does with her Assigned Male comic strips, specifically the everyday struggles of living as a transgendered individual. Similar to how <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-daily-life-gay-couple-comics/mick-jacobs" target="_blank">Daily Life of a Gay Couple comics</a> convey the lives of a nontraditional couple in animated terms, Sophia Labelle's&nbsp;Assigned Male comic series touches upon the struggles and successes of trans people in colorful yet informative ways. The best Assigned Male comic strips, centered around a young trans girl named Stephie, use humor and education to enlighten people about <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/trans-etiquette/devon-ashby" target="_blank">trans etiquette</a>. By writing comic strips about being transgender, Labelle reveals&nbsp;how day-to-day existence for a trans person can feel just as tumultuous, and relatable,&nbsp;as anything you'd read from&nbsp;Marvel or DC.

This Artist Creates Eye-Opening Comics About Being Trans

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Kicking a** and taking names is just a part of the daily lives of these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/yelena-and-natasha-sister-moments/charlie-boyle" target="_blank">Marvel women</a>. But does this slayer status extend beyond the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/2021-mcu-fan-theories/charlie-boyle" target="_blank">Marvel</a> Universe?&nbsp;

Yup. These actresses slay every day by speaking their truths, highlighting important issues, having fun, and generally not giving a f*ck. Below are some interviews that highlight such moments. Vote up your favorites!

20 Times The Women Of The MCU Slayed Their Interviews

Charlie Boyle

Some bad guys just want to watch the universe burn.

Villains and Bad Guys

Ranking comic book characters by their powers, strength, physical traits, affiliations, and other features, like how just goshdarn super they are.

Heroes and Villains

Who are the best comic book villains of all time? This list of top supervillains in comics includes some of the most notorious evil-doers in comic book history. Some of them are among the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-marvel-villains" target="_blank">best Marvel villains</a> like Doctor Doom, Magneto and Galactus. Others are classic <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-comic-book-villains">DC Comics villains</a>&nbsp;like The Joker and Bane. Are they the best (or worst, depending on how you view supervillains)? Vote them up! Feel free to add any great comic book villains who are missing from the list, and you can also re-rank this list your way, in any order you like. Any and all great comic book villains have one thing in common: They are the absolute arch rivals of some of the greatest and <a href="www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time" target="_blank">best superheroes</a> in comics' history. Every great protagonist needs a worthy antagonist to balance things out, after all. Several of the top supervillains listed here began their evil careers in comic books, but they quickly took their evil deeds to the big screen, starring in some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-superhero-movies-ever-made" target="_blank">best superhero movies ever made</a>.Who do you think are the top comic book villains? Vote now!

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Captain America

The MCU is one of the largest franchises ever. With over twenty films, countless interesting characters,&nbsp;and so much source material to pull from, it&#39;s no question as to why. One of&nbsp;fandoms&#39; favorite things to do is come up with fan theories, and when it comes to the MCU&nbsp;there are a lot of them. Especially about our First Avenger - Captain America. We managed to round up some of the most interesting fan theories surrounding Steve Rogers.&nbsp;

Which Captain American fan theory do you think is most believable? Vote up your favorites below!

Captain America Fan Theories That Are Actually Plausible

Loren O'Connell

Martin Scorsese started some internet drama in 2019 when <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/martin-scorsese-marvel-movies-not-cinema-theme-parks-1202178747/" target="_blank">he said</a> comic book movies are &quot;not cinema.&quot;&nbsp;While Scorsese later <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html" target="_blank">clarified his point</a>, comic book movies can require a fair bit of heavy lifting. Actors not only need to perform the emotions of the scene but also sell an entire fantastical reality. Sometimes, they&#39;re pulling&nbsp;double-duty as superhero and&nbsp;alter ego. So much of what makes a comic book movie come alive is being able to suspend belief and buy into the idea that superpowers, magic, and wildly advanced science are&nbsp;real. While CGI and special effects help build the world itself, much of the impact hinges on the actors&#39;&nbsp;performances. Sadly, those are not the actors on this list. This list pulls together some of the worst performances of actors playing superheroes.&nbsp;

Superheroes are like people, only better. While they&#39;re given superhuman intellect, energy, magical ability, or advanced technology, so much of the job&nbsp;is about being larger-than-life.&nbsp;There&#39;s a certain gravitas&nbsp;it takes to sell a superhero to an audience. Granted, some poor performances boil down to improper casting or issues with the story or production. But these performances are from actors who played not-so-super-heroes. Like with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-supervillain-performances-in-movies/stewart-chyou" target="_blank">subpar villains</a>, these performances can send comic book properties to production purgatory.

Cast your ballots for the worst superhero performances. Who&#39;s the real super zero?

The Worst Superhero Performances In Comic Book Movies

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The Worst Superhero Performances In Comic Book Movies, Ranked

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Lists of the best (and worst) times superheroes and villains took their fights off the pages of comic books and onto the big screen.

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This list of the best comic book movies ever, is ranked by fans of both comics and movies and needs your votes as well! This list includes some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-superhero-movies-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest superhero movies</a> as well as great&nbsp;film adaptations of graphic novels, which may not necessarily feature traditional heroes.&nbsp;Road to Perdition&nbsp;is an awesome example of a comic book turned into a movie that has nothing to do with classic superheroes.&nbsp;These are the best of the best of the comic book movie genre, and many star some of the best actors in all of Hollywood. Furthermore, you&#39;ll find that this is far more than just a top ten comic movies list. Vote up your favorites to help them reach the top of the list.

Though not all comic book fans agree on the best comic book movies, some find a few of these comic inspired movies even better than the source material. Whether you prefer Marvel movies or DC movies, there&#39;s surely a comic book film on this list that you think is great.

Vote up your favorite movies from comics to move them up the list, or press rerank to create your own list of the best comic movies of all time and further affect the order of this ultimate list.

The Greatest Comic Book Movies Of All Time

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The Greatest Comic Book Movies of All Time, Ranked

Lists about all the versions of DC Comics's Batman to make it to the big screen, including Burton, Nolan, and Lego adaptations and looking forward to 2021's The Batman.

Batman on the Big Screen

Alot of fans consider the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight&nbsp;trilogy to be the best of all Batman films.&nbsp;But&nbsp;were they the best Batman movies of all time? This list of the greatest Batman films ever is here to declare, in order, which of all Batman movies is really the top Batman film ever made. How can you possibly rank such masterpieces? It&#39;s easy - consider the mood, directing, actors, and storylines that the movie creators were able to capture in their films. Which of all of the Batman movies do you feel was most faithful to the original comics or more entertaining than the others? It&#39;s unlikely that anyone&#39;s answer would be a chronological list, given that the films have continued to build on themselves over time.

Batman has been one of the most popular comic book characters to make the jump to movies. There&#39;s also no end in sight to his cinematic appearances, as a<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/new-batman-movie-2021/mike-calendrillo" target="_blank"> new Batman film</a>&nbsp;seems to perpetually be on the horizon. This list has every adventure of the Dark Knight tallied by preference, from Adam West all the way up to Christopher Nolan&#39;s Dark Knight trilogy with <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/christian-bale-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference">Christian Bale</a>, including the final film, 2012&#39;s <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-dark-knight-rises-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">The Dark Knight Rises</a>.&nbsp;It also includes the animated Batman movies that became popular in the mid-90s. But what is the best Batman movie? Or have you ever wondered how many Batman movies are there? This list will answer both those questions!

Batman films are so iconic and popular that there&#39;s even a whole genre of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/guide-to-batman-fan-films-list-of-fan-made-batman-movies/fan-films-list">Batman fan films</a>! Many other cultures have translated Batman films into their own languages. FYI there&#39;s another list on Ranker of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-batman-comics/analise.dubner">Best Batman Comics</a>, if you&#39;re interested.

Vote for your favorite Batman movie titles below on this Batman movies list! And if you&#39;re a real fan, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-batman-actors/ranker-entertainment" target="_blank">best Batman actors</a> who ever donned the batsuit.&nbsp;

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Every Single Batman Movie, Ranked Best to Worst

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Lists about Marvel's team of superhuman mutants in all its variations.

Who Xes the X-Men?

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We&#39;ve all been big fans of X-Men for quite some time now. Now is your chance to let your comic book knowledge shine. We&#39;re turning to you, our Ranker Community to make lists of your favorite X-Men Mutants in action of which you&#39;d like to see star in their own film next summer. Let the world know who has the best back-story that could be developed into a prequel. We&#39;re looking to shine light on other comic book legends that deserve a chance to share their story, like bombshell Jean Grey or powerful Beast. If it were up to the Ranker&#39;s Staff, we&rsquo;d like to see Rouge or Mystique star in a movie sometime soon.

Which x men deserves their own movie?