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Superheroes are most associated with comic books & manga. However, the [[superhero genre]] spawns virtually all media: movies, TV series, text novels, games, and other works may all be spawned from comic books or created originally in some other media. <br />
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Female superheroes, sometimes called superheroines, are individual women granted with extranormal powers, usually by cosmic rays, or mutations, or freakish accidents. Superheroes use their powers for good; see also [[Female supervillains]]. <br />
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Merely being extraordinarily skilled, trained, or talented, does not make one a superhero; only supernatural or superhuman powers make a superhero. Compare [[Brenda Starr]] to [[Wonder Woman]], or [[Ellen Ripley]] to [[Supergirl]]. [[Xena]] and [[Gabrielle]] are also examples: Xena has some deific intervention, some magical artifacts, and a lot of training and natural gifts. <br />
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Common superhero power sources include:<br />
*[[mutation]]<br />
*[[magical or alien artifacts]]<br />
*[[intervention by the gods]] - curses, gifts, gods watching over the person, etc.<br />
*[[destiny]]<br />
*[[alien or lost race powers]] - People with alien or lost race powers, such as Wonder woman or Superman, look human and may be normal among their own people, but have -- relative to humans -- superpowers.<br />
*[[accidental superpowers]] - People who get electrified just as some phenomena is happening, or people who fall into vats of toxic substances, and so on, have accidental superpowers. <br />
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These may be combined: Someone may accidentally stumble upon a holy relic, or some accident may cause them to "mutate", or mutation or whatever might be the instrument of some god or gods or destiny.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* Character name missing -[[Camarin Grae]], [[Paz]] (Blazon Books, 1984) (A woman has an accident and finds that she now has the power to change what people believe.)<br />
* Character name missing - from [[Lindsay Welsh]]. [[Second Sight]] (Masquerade Books, 1997) - lesbian superhero! after a gay-bashing she gets super-powers (not just the usual superpowers, but also sexual superpowers!)<br />
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==TV==<br />
* [[Xena]] from "[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]" (1990s)<br />
* [[Wonder Woman]] from "Wonder Woman" (1970s)<br />
* [[Jaime Sommers|The Bionic Woman]] from "The Bionic Woman" (1970s / 2000s)<br />
* [[Powerpuff Girls]] (1990s)<br />
* [[Andrea Thomas]] in [[The Secrets of Isis]] (1970s)<br />
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==Graphic novels & comics==<br />
* Characters in [[SubGurlz]] by [[Jennifer Camper]]. (Cleis)<br />
* [[Batwoman]]<br />
* [[Catwoman]]<br />
* [[Duck-Girl & Crane]]<br />
* [[Jean Grey (Phoenix)]]<br />
* [[Mystique]]<br />
* [[Power Girl]]<br />
* [[Kitty Pryde]] (Shadowcat, etc.)<br />
* [[Monica Rambeau]]<br />
* [[Rogue]]<br />
* [[Scarlet Witch]]<br />
* [[She-Hulk]]<br />
* [[Storm]]<br />
* [[Supergirl]]<br />
* [[Wonder Woman]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of action heroines in SF]]<br />
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[[Category:Characters by occupation|Superheroes]]<br />
[[Category:Characters by skill or ability|Superheroes]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of female characters|Superheroes]]<br />
[[Category:Characters with superpowers| List]]<br />
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