Welcome back to another nerdy list, nerdsquad.
I'm your host Amanda McKnight and I'm super pumped to be bringing this video to you today.
As today we discuss the 10 strongest female superheroes.
The history of comics have come a long way when it comes to the representation of women.
Remember when Wonder Woman was a secretary?
Flash forward to today where we get to see all our favourite Marvel Cinematic Universe
superheroines join together for that one amazing charge shot.
Amazing, right?
Without further ado let's get to honouring these ladies, in our own way, shall we?
And let's get counting.
10 Big Barda
From a young age, Big Barda was trained to become a warrior.
Not just any warrior either.
Barda became the leader of the Female Furies, Darkseid's personal guard.
Although she was originally working for the dark side in the comics.
Get it?
Darkseid?
She later turned things around and ended up joining the Justice League International as
well as Oracle / Batwoman's Birds of Prey.
In fact she was probably the strongest physically on the Birds of Prey team.
Belonging to the New Gods race also gives her a slew of abilities, including invulnerability,
super sight, super stamina, immortality, super strength and energy manipulation, among others.
9 X-23
If you thought Wolverine was strong, wait till you meet his daughter... slash, clone.
More animalistic than Wolverine, X-23 was created in a lab.
She is tough as nails and a survivalist above all else.
Beyond the comics, we also got to see a badass live action version of X-23 on the silver
screen in Logan.
Especially when playing against the much older version of Wolverine, she looks even more
insanely strong.
Her healing factor is speedier and she never flinches at a fight, even when faced with
dangerous odds.
8 Carol Danvers
Introduced to the MCU, Carol Danvers was set up to be the strongest avenger yet, and while
this is debatable, one cannot deny the strength of Captain Marvel, formerly known in the comics
as Ms Marvel.
Carol has flight capabilities, super strength, can fire photonic blasts and comes with no
nonsense attitude.
I would even argue she is presented as having a more militaristic mindset than Cap at times.
In the past few years, the comics have also uplifted her character, promoting her from
Ms to Captain, and allowing her to earn that title.
Easily defeating one of her archnemesis, Yon-Rogg, after being reintroduced.
A man who she has struggled to defeat in the past and has tortured her for most of her
life.
Oh yeah, and she manages to do it all with a tumour rapidly growing inside her brain.
7 She Hulk
Not only is She Hulk, cousin of Bruce Banner, strong but she is brave and intelligent.
Jennifer Walters was not the most confident person, until she got caught in the crossfire
of some bullets that were meant for Bruce and had to receive and emergency blood transfusion
from him.
His blood coursing through her veins, Jennifer underwent a transformation and became the
bold and confident, She Hulk.
Although she only received a portion of the strength that the Hulk has, she has a uniqueness
to her than none of the other Hulk's have.
Her strength never leaves her.
It carries over.
It's consistent.
Not only this but Jennifer has an emotional influence over Hulk, often being called in
to calm down the Hulk when he is too riled up to calm himself down.
6 Zatanna
If the powers of magic are limitless then so must be this superheroes strength level.
Zatanna may not be the most buff of the ladies on this list but she is definitely one of
the strongest when it comes to ability.
Not only is a skilled stage magician but also a skilled real-world magician, coming from
a long, strong bloodline of magicks, her powers are on another level.
She can travel through dimensions, is a skilled hypnotist, can transmute atoms, teleport and
has telepathic abilities.
She is one of Batman's oldest friends and often helps out the Justice League.
In fact, she was even once referred to as the strongest member of the Justice League.
You could argue that she is just as strong, if not stronger than Marvel's Doctor Strange.
Many fans like to imagine that Zatanna herself would make an even better sorcerer supreme.
5 Emma Frost
Speaking on telepathic abilities, Emma Frost is one strong telepath that also comes to
mind.
What can I say?
I'm a sucker for a strong telepath and I think it is one of the strongest superpowers around.
Emma Frost has even used her abilities to cure mutants of their lack of control over
their powers.
Famously, helping Scott Summer, aka Cyclops to control his optic blasts.
And telepathic powers aside she is also one of the actual strongest superheroes in the
sense that she can turn herself into diamond, known for being a super tough substance, able
to withstand tonnes of pressure.
So she is not only mentally strong but physically strong as well.
4 Jean Grey
Of course, when Jean Grey is alive and well... how many times has she died now?
And how many times has she been resurrected?...
Anyways when Jean is alive and well, she is an even stronger telepath than Emma Frost
and when teamed up with the Phoenix even stronger and more deadly.
Although she is not physically strong, Jean is also super skilled at telekinesis and who
needs super strength when you can lift almost anything with your mind.
Jean could use that trick to make herself look insanely strong, come to think of it.
Many have compared her to Charles Xavier, and many have argued that Jean is stronger
though she does sometimes struggle to access and control her full potential, which is perhaps
where Professor X surpasses her.
If you follow the X-Men films, they would even have us believe that Jean can defeat
Apocalypse, simply by shouting.
3 Wonder Woman
Strong, smart, and funny?
The Wonder Woman film starring Gal Gadot has shown just how powerful Wonder Woman is.
Not just as a superhero but as an icon.
When people think of female strength, Diana Prince is one of the first characters that
comes to mind, whether or not you are a comic book geek.
Why?
Well for good reason.
Wonder Woman not only has an iconic look but beyond that was one of the first female superheroes
to ever be introduced in the comic book world.
She grew out of her jobs, first as a nurse than a secretary and eventually became a founding
member of the Justice League and their first female member.
She is known for her wit, strength, lasso of truth, demigoddess status and Amazonian
heritage.
And let's not forget that with Wonder Woman, we also potentially get an army of insanely
strong Amazonian warriors.
2 Supergirl
Being related to one of the strongest superheroes every, grants you some pretty impressive strength.
To prove that point, we have Super Girl soaring in on this list.
Kara Zor-El is Superman's cousin who survived the destruction of Krypton who shares an arch
nemesis with her cousin, Lex Luthor.
While on Earth the relationship she builds with Superman becomes that of a younger sister
and goes by the name Linda.
Although her story has been changed and rewritten some in DC's New 52 reboot.
Regardless, the Super Girl we knew for years had abilities that echoed that of her cousin,
making her one of the strongest female superheroes to grace the pages of any comic book.
We're talking super speed, super strength, flight, invulnerability and the famous heat
vision.
And while Superman and Batman have always been known for their famous friendship and
bond, we will also now get to see this translate to Supergirl as well with the DC CW universe's
introduction of Batwoman.
1 Scarlet Witch
Of course, I couldn't make a most powerful list without putting Scarlet Witch at the
top of it.
You just can't deny the sheer awesome power that is Scarlet Witch.
I mean, when you can alter reality anything is possible.
Scarlet Witch who has since been retconned, was once known in the comics as Magneto's
daughter, making her almost mutant royalty.
But regardless of ever changing backstory, she stands alone, without any needed context
as one of the strongest superheroes of all time, regardless of gender.
Being skilled in the arcane arts, her ability to manipulate chaos magic makes her almost
unstoppable when she wants to be.
In fact, her abilities to warp reality as considered to be so strong that it is hard
for us to even know if any of her other powers actually exist or if she simply warping reality
to make them appear to exist.
With Wanda, aka Scarlet Witch, almost everything that happens in the comics could be questionable
as to whether or not they happen because she wills it.
This is after all the woman who willed the Phoenix Force out of existence.
And that was our top 10 strongest female superheroes list.
There are so many super strong ladies I wasn't able to include like the mutant, Dust and
popular MCU hero, Valkyrie, so let me know in the comments below if you want a part 2
and who your favourite strongest female superhero is.
Maybe there is someone who you feel I missed or who you think would be a great addition
to this kind of list.
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