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Superwoman is the name given to several fictional characters published over the years by DC Comics, most of them being, much like the more popular Supergirl, a woman with powers alike to those of Superman. Image File history File links Information. ... Image File history File links AllStarSuperman3. ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... All Star Superman, launched in November 2005, is an ongoing comic book series featuring Superman, written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, digitally inked by Jamie Grant and published by DC Comics. ... Frank Quitely Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional pseudonym of Scottish comic book artist Vincent Deighan. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Superman began as a feature in Action Comics #1 in June 1938. ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... Superman began as a feature in Action Comics #1 in June 1938. ... The Crime Syndicate of America, also known as CSA and Crime Syndicate of Amerika, is a fictional team of supervillains from one of DC Comics parallel universes, and are the evil counterparts of the Justice League of America. ... All Star Superman, launched in November 2005, is an ongoing comic book series featuring Superman, written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, digitally inked by Jamie Grant and published by DC Comics. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... For other uses, see Supergirl (disambiguation). ... Superman is a fictional character and comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ...

In an effort to prevent the use of a similar name to one of its premier heroes, the very popular Superman, the name "Superwoman" was originally copyrighted by Detective Comics.^[1] As was the practice, an ashcan copy was created with the title of Superwoman to secure copyright for the title. The cover was a reproduction of More Fun Comics^[2] with the interior content reprinting of the third issue.^[3] The first true appearance of Superwoman, which is usually thought to have been one of many trial runs for the future introduction of Kara Zor-El as Supergirl years later, was printed in Action Comics.^[4] Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ... Captain Thunder, soon to be Captain Marvel, on the cover of the ashcan copy of Flash Comics #1. ... Kara Zor-El is a fictional DC Comics superheroine and the cousin of Superman. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

Versions

Lois Lane

Main article: Lois Lane

The first appearance of the name "Superwoman" in a DC comic was a story in Action Comics^[4] where Lois Lane dreams that she has gained superpowers from a blood transfusion from Superman and launches a career as Superwoman. For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... For the Dutch girl group, see Loïs Lane. ... Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. ...

The theme would be revisited in a Superman comic^[5] in which a pair of fraudulent magicians cast a "spell" on Lane, making her believe she has superpowers. Superman is forced to play along with the ruse for a time, using super-speed to invisibly intervene in Lane's adventures, supporting the illusion. She briefly sports a costume modeled on Superman's before the spell is "broken". A story from Action Comics has Lois actually gaining superpowers thanks to one of Lex Luthor's inventions, and launches a short-lived career as "Superwoman."^[6] Superman began as a feature in Action Comics #1 in June 1938. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional supervillain owned by DC Comics and the noted archenemy of Superman. ...

Later stories would sporadically feature tales in which Lois gained superpowers and functioned as a "Superwoman" of sorts, but all of these were, like the 1951 tale above, only temporary, with the powers wearing off by the end of the story. A typical example of this is "The Turnabout Powers" from Superman Family,^[7] where the Earth-Two Lois Lane gained powers from her husband (the Earth-Two Superman) through the unexpected effect of an exotic extraterrestrial plant Superman had brought into their home. The plant's death reversed the effect. Another example would be in the Batman/Superman: World's Finest mini-series where Mr. Mxyzptlk briefly transformed Lois into a "Superwoman" with costume and powers. Superman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1974 to 1982 featuring primarily stories starring supporting characters in the Superman comics. ... The Earths of the Multiverse and the different variations of the Flash inhabiting each one. ... Kal-L is the Kryptonian birth name of the Earth-Two Superman, a fictional character who is a superhero in the DC Comics Universe. ... Worlds Finest Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. ... Mr. ...

At the end of All-Star Superman,^[8] Lois Lane is presented with a formula called "Exo-Genes" created by Superman that allows her to have his powers for 24 hours, and she became Superwoman. During her adventures with her new Kryptonian powers,^[9] she was wooed by two superhumans named "Samson" and "Atlas", and was captured by a time-Ultrasphinx. Her powers faded away at the end of the day. All Star Superman, launched in November 2005, is an ongoing comic book series featuring Superman, written by Grant Morrison, drawn by Frank Quitely, and published by DC Comics. ... Kryptonians are a fictional extraterrestrial race who hail from the planet Krypton. ... Samson and Delilah, by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) This article is about Biblical figure. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps or manifolds, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats. ...

Crime Syndicate of America

The Crime Syndicate of America's Superwoman. Art by Frank Quitely.

In 1964, an evil counterpart of Wonder Woman from a parallel universe named "Superwoman" was introduced. This Superwoman was a member of the Crime Syndicate of America, a villainous counterpart of the Justice League of America from the parallel world of "Earth-Three" (vs. the Justice League's world of "Earth-One"). Superwoman, like Wonder Woman, was an Amazon, and possessed similar powers of super-strength and flight, had the use of a magic lasso, only hers could change shape into any form she desired. Image File history File links Evil_Superwoman. ... Image File history File links Evil_Superwoman. ... Frank Quitely Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional pseudonym of Scottish comic book artist Vincent Deighan. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... The Crime Syndicate of America, also known as CSA and Crime Syndicate of Amerika, is a fictional team of supervillains from one of DC Comics parallel universes, and are the evil counterparts of the Justice League of America. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Earth-Three was the Earth of an alternate reality in the DC Multiverse. ... The Amazons (in Greek, ) were a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors. ... The Sorceress by John William Waterhouse Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. ... Lariat redirects here. ...

The Pre-Crisis version of Superwoman was killed^[10] as she was trying to save Earth-Three from being destroyed by the Anti-Monitor's antimatter wave. The Anti-Monitor is a fictional comic book supervillain, the antagonist of the 1985 DC Comics miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths. ...

In Post-Crisis continuity, as established in the 1998 graphic novel JLA: Earth 2, Superwoman (and the rest of the Crime Syndicate) comes from a parallel world similar to Earth, but located in an antimatter universe. Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... For the physics of antimatter, see the article on antiparticles; for other senses of this term, see antimatter (disambiguation). ...

Superwoman continues to make occasional appearances as a member of the Crime Syndicate, most recently appearing in storylines in the Justice League and Superman comics. Unlike her pre-Crisis counterpart, her magic lasso doesn't change shape, but releases the inhibitions of anyone tied with it (just as Wonder Woman's compels victims to tell the truth). She also possesses heat vision, as Superman does. Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. ... Heat vision is a superhuman power, best known as one of the powers possessed by the DC Comics character Superman, in which beams of intense radiation are projected from the eyes. ...

Taking the alias Lois Lane, Superwoman is an Amazon by birth, and has risen through the ranks to become the chief editor of the Daily Planet in 'Patriarch's World'. In appearance she resembles Wonder Woman's secret identity of Diana Prince. Superwoman irks her colleagues. For instance, Catherine Grant once responded to Earth-1 Superman's inquiry as to her whereabouts, "probably popping little Jenny Olsen's zits"; Cat Grant also refers to Superwoman as "Queen Bitch".^[11] The Amazons (in Greek, ) were a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors. ... The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper that appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. ... Cat Grant is a fictional character in Superman comics. ...

The only civilian who knows of Superwoman's secret identity is Jimmy Olsen, who, as a pervert, does what she tells him in exchange for the favour of watching when she changes her outfit and receiving pieces thereof for his "disguise kit". He is so besotted that he ignores her gibes and insults, even when she taunts, "Superwoman's Snitch, Jimmy Olsen. That's what your own Newspaper calls you." -- a reference to his mainstream title of "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" (as seen in JLA: Earth 2). In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... Jimmy Olsen (full name James Bartholomew Olsen) is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ...

Also in the Earth 2 story, Ultraman hates Superwoman's frigidity towards him. Meanwhile, she is carrying on a torrid affair with Owlman, and they sneak trysts whenever they feel Ultraman is not watching. However, from his floating fortress (The antimatter counterpart to the Fortress of Solitude), Ultraman doesn't hesitate to fire warning bursts of heat vision towards them whenever he catches them together. Owlman is a fictional supervillain who appears in stories published by DC Comics. ...

In 52 Week 52, an alternate version of Earth-Three was shown as a part of the new Multiverse. In the depiction were characters that are altered versions of the original Justice League of America, including Wonder Woman. The names of the characters and the team are not mentioned in the two panels in which they appear, but the altered Wonder Woman is visually similar to the pre-Crisis Earth-Three Superwoman.^[12] Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-Three, making this a new character unrelated to previous versions.^[13] 52 is the title of a comic book limited series published by DC Comics, which debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis. ... Earth-Three was the Earth of an alternate reality in the DC Multiverse. ... The Justice League is a DC Comics superhero team. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. ... Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ...

Superman's female counterpart

The Superwoman (along with Batwoman and Superlad) from Superman/Batman #24.

In the volume of the Superman DC comic book series,^[14] Superman returns from an interstellar mission to find that everyone on Earth are of opposite sex. Among them are Penny White (a female Perry White), Jenny Olsen (a female Jimmy Olsen), Louis Lane (a male Lois Lane), Batwoman (a female Batman, rather than the actual character), Wonder Warrior (a male Wonder Woman), Black Condor (a male Black Canary), and Superwoman (his female counterpart) herself. Believing he crossed into a parallel universe, Superman flies back to space to find a dimensional portal, but is blocked by an invisible barrier. He notices the parallelism fails when he sees Superwoman and Clara Kent (Superwoman's presumed secret identity) are two separate people. Image File history File links SuperwomanSB.jpg This is a scan of the cover of Superman/Batman # 24, edited to focus on Superwoman Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the... Image File history File links SuperwomanSB.jpg This is a scan of the cover of Superman/Batman # 24, edited to focus on Superwoman Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics, and is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. ... Jimmy Olsen (full name James Bartholomew Olsen) is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... Batwoman (originally referred to as the Bat-Woman) is a fictional character, a female counterpart to DC Comics popular superhero Batman. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. ... Black Canary is a fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine. ...

After a battle with Superwoman, Superlad (a male Supergirl), and Wonder Warrior, Superman figures out that his foe Mr. Mxyzptlk is behind this gender-reversed world; Superman discovers as well as that he was never in a parallel universe, but rather on Earth, which Mxyzptlk had altered with his magic. After making Mxyzptlk say his name backwards and thus returning to his native dimension, the effects of Mxyzptlk's magic (including the existence of Superwoman) vanish, returning the Earth to normal. Mister Mxyzptlk (roughly pronounced Miks-yez-pit-lik, or Mix-yez-pittle-ik, also nicknamed Mxy) is a fictional supervillain who appears in DC Comics Superman comic books. ...

A new Superwoman named "Laurel", apparently a female version of Superman from a parallel Earth, appeared for the first time in Superman/Batman,^[15] and was featured an issue later.^[16] In this Universe, much like in the one featured in "The Turnabout Trap!"), it appears everybody is the same except for reverse gender: there is a Batwoman (female Batman), Superlad (male Supergirl), and a Darkseid known as the "Dark Queen". (It is notable that in pre-Crisis continuity, "Laurel Kent" was the name of a 30th century descendant of Superman who occasionally appeared in stories featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was replaced in continuity by Laurel Gand.) Superman/Batman is a monthly comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publishers two most popular characters: Superman and Batman. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Legion of Super-Heroes is a DC Comics superhero team created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino. ... Laurel Gand, codenamed Andromeda, is a fictional character, a superheroine in the future of the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes Biography Laurel Gand spent most of her life in a White Triangle community, being indoctrinated in the horrors of interspecies co-operation before...

Kristin Wells

Main article: Kristin Wells

Another version of Superwoman, this one a heroic character, came about in the form of Kristin Wells, who was created by Superman comic writer Elliot S! Maggin. Wells first appeared in Maggin's Superman novel Miracle Monday, but he later introduced her in the pages of DC Comics Presents as Superwoman. The character Wells is a descendant of Jimmy Olsen in the 29th century. Wells time travels to the 20th century, and the technology she had brought from the future allows her to pretend to have super powers. Kristin Wells is a fictional character and secret identity of one version of DC Comics Superwoman. ... Elliot S! Maggin is an American writer. ... Miracle Monday is a novel written by Elliot S! Maggin and based on the DC Comics character Superman. ... DC Comics Presents. ... Jimmy Olsen (full name James Bartholomew Olsen) is a fictional character, a photojournalist who appears in DC Comics’ Superman stories. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...

Dana Dearden

The Dana Dearden Superwoman.

Obsessed Superman fan Dana Dearden stole mystic artifacts which granted her the strength of Hercules, the speed (and flight) of Hermes, the thunderbolts of Zeus, and the sight of Heimdall. Dana donned a green-and-purple uniform,^[17] with "Superwoman" written down the leggings, and called herself Superwoman, and tried to get Superman to fall in love with her (by kidnapping Jimmy Olsen to get his signal watch). He rejected her advances, and Jimmy called her Obsession. She vanished attempting to help Superman rescue people from a burning ship. When Superman was split into his Red and Blue energy forms,^[18] Superwoman returned hoping that one of the Supermen would return her feelings, but Maxima intervened, and used her telepathy to convince Superwoman that she would destroy Superman with her love. The telepathic illusion wore off^[19] and she would try to win Superman over again, this time in a red-and blue costume very similar to his, and claimed to be his wife. She died trying to protect him from demons, since she knew he was vulnerable to magic. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (346x641, 59 KB) Summary This is a comic book panel from Adventures of Superman Licensing This image is a single panel from the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (346x641, 59 KB) Summary This is a comic book panel from Adventures of Superman Licensing This image is a single panel from the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned... Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris). ... Hermes Fastening his Sandal, Roman marble copy of a Lysippan bronze (Louvre Museum) Hermes (Greek, , IPA: ), in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Diós), is... Heimdall returns Brisingamen to Freya Heimdall (Old Norse Heimdallr, the prefix Heim- means world, the affix -dallr is of uncertain origin, perhaps it means pole, bright, or valley) is one of the Æsir in Norse mythology. ... Maxima is a fictional comic book character in DC Comics Superman titles. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ...

Other uses

Various comic stories, pre- and post-Crisis, have offered glimpses of possible futures assuming that one of the various incarnations of Supergirl would eventually change her codename to Superwoman. One example is a 1980 issue of Superman Family,^[20] in which all the stories are set in the then-futuristic 1999 or 2000 (the timeframe is cited only as "the turn of the century") with the characters aged appropriately, including an older Linda Danvers (Kara Zor-El) who divides her time between adventuring as Superwoman and serving as governor of Florida. Alternately, some stories assume one of Superman's female descendants would assume the name "Superwoman", like his great-granddaughter Lara from Superman/Batman: Generations III. Superman Family was a DC Comics comic book series which ran from 1974 to 1982 featuring primarily stories starring supporting characters in the Superman comics. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

In other media

A version of Superwoman appeared on Lois and Clark in the season three episode, Ultra Woman. Clark lost his powers when a red kryptonite laser beam hit him and transferred his powers to Lois. Both of them were unaware of the transfer, until Lois pulled down an iron gate with her bare hands. Mrs. Kent made her a costume and Clark introduces her to Metropolis as Ultrawoman. Lex Luthor in front of a displays of kryptonite and holding Green Kryptonite. ...

Notes and references

Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12-part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... 52 is the title of a comic book limited series published by DC Comics, which debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Superman began as a feature in Action Comics #1 in June 1938. ...

External links

• Maggin on Superwoman's origins
• Supermanica: Superwoman Supermanica entry on several pre-Crisis Superwomen