What is one of the hardest things to endure super or not?
Pregnancy.
It’s a physical and mental process that takes a toll on your body, your mind, your
spirit.
It’s a journey.
And those that choose to raise children are some of the bravest I know, be they in the
real world or in comics.
Many mothers and fathers around the world are basically performing real-world heroics
on a daily basis.
I know my parents were and honestly, even though I’m pretty much grown up, still are.
Today we’d like to pay homage to some of these real-world heroes as we count down the
top 10 pregnant superheroes who can’t die.
Meaning we’ll be looking at some of the most indestructible superheroes who beared
children and impressed us with their mental, emotional and/or physical strength in the
process.
These are heroes who can’t be stopped or put down and always seem to bounce back from
whatever we throw at them.
If you have a parental figure in your life, be they biological or not, that is your own
real-world superhero be sure to show them some respect by giving this list a thumbs
up.
And be sure to stick around till the end of this list where I will have some bonus content
coming your way.
Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Harley Quinn
I would argue at this point in the comics, Harley is more hero than villain.
After being seperated from the Joker for quite awhile, she spends most of her time hanging
out with Poison Ivy and working with the Suicide Squad while ocassionally going on her own
adventures which usually showcase her in a heroic light.
She was pregnant once to though not many may know this.
During a fight with Black Canary, Harley offers to take a break when she realises Black Canary
is not feeling well because she is pregnant.
Harley then confesses that she once pregnant so she can empathize.
What made her and her pregnancy so untouchable?
The fact that it apparently happened off panel.
Harley confesses that she took some time away from Joker while pregnant to give birth and
that her daughter has been convinced that Harley is not her mother but her aunt for
her own protection.
And death doesn’t usually come to heroes or villains while they are off panel.
Because we kind of want to read it.
Meaning that she would have been untouchable at this time.
Also despite being absent and deranged, Harley actually sounds like a pretty decent mom.
9 Siryn
The daughter of Banshee, Theresa became pregnant after sleeping with Jamie Madrox, her boyfriend
at the time, known as Multiple Man.
Turns out that Multiple Man was using his ability to create a duplicate of himself so
he could maintain a relationship with both Siryn and Monet at the time.
He later confessed this, pissing off both women but especially Siryn who was pregnant.
She ended up keeping the baby and even asked Jamie to marry her when she went into labour.
He accepted and their son Sean was born.
The only problem was that it turned out Siryn had slept with a duplicate of Madrox.
Meaning that when Jamie held Sean in his arms for the first time, the baby was absorbed
back into him as a product of his duplicate.
Siryn was understandably pissed and while she has never died, Jamie should have been
very afraid of meeting his maker after causing Siryn so much grief.
Fortunately she did not choose to end him but did break his fingers and threatened to
break his neck if they ever met again.
8 Angel Salvadore
While Angel’s pregnancy was unexpected and kinda weird.
It has to be said that there was likely no harming this mother-to-be.
Angel and her classmate, Beak found themselves pregnant after a dared kiss grew into a romance
between the two young mutants.
Still students at Charles Xavier’s Institute, they feared they would be expelled for this
unplanned pregnancy.
Surprisingly, they were not but found themselves fully supported instead.
With all of the mutant community supporting and protecting them, Angel and her children
would be therefore untouchable.
While she would turn evil momentarily under the guidance of Xorn who revealed himself
to be Magneto, her lover Beak would lead her and the other members of Special Class to
rise up against Magneto, turning them back into heroes who helped to win the day.
Angel still thrives in the comics.
7 Jessica Jones
Jessica became pregnant with Luke Cage's baby after one of their passionate and casual hookups.
While Luke and Jess were more of a casual think, Jessica ended up dating Scott Lang,
aka Ant-Man in a more serious capacity.
She discovered she was pregnant and told Scott, confessing that the baby wasn’t his.
It turned out it was Luke Cage’s baby, which she in turn told him.
Luke confessed that he cared for Jess and asked her what she wanted to do.
She told him she wanted to keep it and he supported her and suggested they move in together.
Thus began one of the most famous and cutest comic book romances.
Jessica’s pregnancy appeared pretty routine and she spent most of it working for the Daily
Bugle.
After their daughter, Danielle was born she felt inspired to return to a life of heroics.
And while many may not think of Jessica as being quite as indestructible as some of her
fellow superhero counterparts, including her husband, Luke Cage, she has never died in
the comics and while her pregnancy was relatively uncomplicated, her life has been anything
but.
It has been filled with emotional trauma: from the loss of her parents; to being mind-controlled
by Killgrave; to fearing that Danielle actually might be the Purple Man’s baby, concieved
from rape.
Jessica is definitely a hero who is invincible in more than just the physical sense.
6 Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman has actually survived two challenging births.
And for that she deserves some props.
It’s amazing that she didn’t die during either of them and that her children also
managed to survive.
Although granted the first time around Valeria did not, so really, three challenging births.
Valeria was originally born after Franklin but due to complications and radiation that
the unborn baby was emitting, ended up being a stillborn.
However Franklin weirdly saved the day when it was later revealed that he had saved his
unborn sister using his powers, allowing her to be raised in alternate timeline.
But then this all got reset due to some timey wimey stuff and Valeria ended up as an unborn
child again in her mother’s womb, meaning Sue now how to relieve the pain of giving
birth to Valeria all over again.
Miraculously, and with the help of Doctor Doom, she survived once again and so did Valeria
this time, whom Doctor Doom named after his first love.
And in a weird twist Victor also ended up joining the family, becoming Valeria’s godfather
and gloating that he was better than Reed as succeeded where he could not.
Sue has been through so many difficult pregnancies that she definitely deserved a medal of invincibility
for being near death during childbirth so many times.
What a tank.
5 Power Girl
Honestly if Kara could survive this insane pregnancy story, she could survive just about
anything, surely.
Power Girl immaculately conceived and had a baby and went to great lengths to protect
it.
She had kissed Hal Jordan and had a brief romantic moment with Aquaman previous to her
conception so originally we thought they might be the father but it was later revealed that
she hadn’t slept with anyone so there apparently was no father.
This was during the retcon that made Power Girl a descendent of Atlantis, making her
a proud Atlantean like Aquaman.
She discovered this by meeting part of her grandfather in spirit form who told her that
she was.
And of course she believed him.
Getting a hug and getting zapped a memento on her belt of heritage.
After her baby is born we find out that during this moment with her grandfather’s sort
of ghost she was impregnated.
Her grandfather is actually still around and he explains this to her when her baby magically
takes her to see him.
But he also has no idea why or how it really happened.
Power Girl is pissed but she gets over it and raises the baby, which she oddly refuses
to name.
The baby grows up at an accelerated rate and leaves her.
She runs into him when he is man, still calling him baby, and learns from a demon that the
baby is actually his magical baby, part demon, part Atlantean, created by her grandfather
in her womb using both sets of genes, destined to become Atlantis’ champion.
Her man-baby defeats the demon getting power from his mother, names himself Equinox and
is basically never heard from again.
Power Girl survives this whole ordeal with psyche somehow intact when most people would
surely die from the trauma.
4 Scarlet Witch
Despite the fact that Wanda ended up with the synthezoid being, Vision, who while resembling
a human is not one and therefore can’t really reproduce, Wanda still managed to get herself
pregnant and bear two twin children.
How did she does this with a bit of magic and sheer willpower.
Well mostly willpower to be honest as it was later revealed that the babies she had given
birth to were simply constructs of her subconscious.
Despite the fact that others deemed them not real children, this didn’t stop Wanda for
very much believing in their existence and fighting to prove that they were real.
There was nothing she wouldn’t have done for them until it was revealed that they had
actually come from magic energy belonging to Mephisto and were reabsorbed.
With her chaos magic and reality altering abilities, Scarlet Witch is a hero who has
never really been forced to face the grim reaper.
Despite losing her children, they would eventually return to her, somehow reincarnated and inspire
her to seek to give back all those who had lost their powers after the
events of M-Day and Decimation.
3 Jean Grey
You might be thinking but have we ever seen Jean pregnant?
Well no, not really.
But she has so many alternate reality kids and is so invincible, I couldn’t not mention
her.
Sadly, because a lot of her children come from alternate realities, I don’t have any
awesome stories of her being a badass mom.
Mostly to be honest a lot of her alternate reality kids just seemed to pop up and surprise
her and Scott every now and then and let them know that they were the worst future parents.
However I will say that she has an army of unstoppable alternate children at her back
despite the fact that they didn't agree with her parenting.
Rachel Summers herself made sure that there were people there to keep watch over her parents
and protect them.
So even if we are ignoring the fact that Jean has been resurrected enough times that her
death can never be permanent and the fact that she can exist purely as psychic energy,
she also has her kids, some of whom are even more powerful than her, to safeguard her from
death as well.
2 Spider Woman
One of the strongest endurances around, Jessica Drew has been all around force to be reckoned
with as a new mom and as a pregnant woman.
She continued to fight crime and villains right up until giving birth and even immediately
after.
During her time visiting an alien maternity ward that Carol Danvers had recommended to
her good friend, Jess, it was invaded by Skrulls.
Jessica didn’t hesitate to fight back, despite being very hesitant.
She had to take a break to give birth, having an emergency c-section and then got right
back into the fray, defeating the Skrulls just as Captain Marvel arrived to help but
discovered that she didn’t need to as Jessica had handled it.
Granted she did need to help Spider Woman who then collapsed from likely reopening some
of her surgical wounds whilst fighting.
Still the fact that Jessica survived that entire experience and commits so hardily to
being a mom goes to show she doesn’t plan on dying.
And honestly her separation anxiety from her newborn simply wouldn’t allow it!
She’s got to be there for that little bean.
1 Wonder Woman
The most remembered and perhaps celebrated time that Wonder Woman had a child in the
comics was in the alternate universe of the Kingdom Come series.
Wonder Woman is one of the most undefeatable heroes, period.
Sure she may have had a death here or there in the comics, but I’m more looking at heroes
who have never permanently died in the list and Wonder Woman definitely falls into this
category as she always lives again.
Her immortality lies in popularity which means as a comic book icon, she can never really
die.
The thing I really love about her as a mom in Kingdom Come is how her and Clark who hook
up and create little baby Jonathan, decide to also welcome Batman in their parenting.
Bruce ends up helping to raise Jonathan as well and the three make an insanely strong
parenting unit.
I mean who wouldn’t want Superman as dad, Wonder Woman as a mom and Batman as a surrogate
bonus dad?
No wonder their son grows up to be so strong.
Thanks for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you found this list both informative and inspiring.
I felt pretty inspired writing it to be honest.
So many strong women in comics who do all the things!
Did you also know that Gal Gadot was even pregnant herself during the filming of Wonder
Woman?
And with another daughter no less!
How do you feel about the depiction of pregnancy in comics?
Which superhero do you think showed the most resilience during the pregnancy?
Who are some of your favourite pregnant superheroes?
Let us know in the comments below.
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