Guest post: Let's zap some ladies!, by Ashley Clayson

But as I thought about it, I realized it was reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy hard to think of female superheroes who had received their superpowers from “science.” The only two I could thing of are Spider-Woman and She-Hulk, and I’m not even positive about them. I’m assuming they got their powers the same way as their male counterparts. Which is problematic in of itself—I can’t think of a single female superhero who received her powers from “science” who is not a female version of an already-existing male superhero.

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  1. ealperin reblogged this from runespoor7 and added:
    Other possible additions: Sue Richards, & maybe, don’t know about this, though, the Mayday Parker Spidergirl, &...
  2. whatistigerbalm reblogged this from oftfrustrated and added:
    THE ENGINEER, for crying out loud! She replaced her blood with her DIY nanobots and made herself
  3. newrulesnewlife reblogged this from thewherefores and added:
    Super Villain Team Up aka Modok’s 11
  4. runespoor7 reblogged this from demoiselledefortune and added:
    Marvel only, or is DC good too? I can think of Dr Hoshi Light. I don’t know if the Flash ladies would count, but Jesse...
  5. demoiselledefortune reblogged this from ronchronchronch and added:
    There’s also Val Richards. I mean, she’s, like, 5, at most, but she’s out there being a science anti-heroine of a sorts...
  6. deadpandolores reblogged this from ronchronchronch and added:
    Does Tandy Bowen count? I mean, I guess Cloak and Dagger got their powers from chemically-modified heroin (my favorite...
  7. ronchronchronch reblogged this from womenwriteaboutcomics and added:
    After racking my brains: Hellcat was originally a science-based super-heroine, who got her powers through her supersuit....
  8. thewherefores reblogged this from outlawpoet and added:
    I haven’t read the issue, but I can +1 your comments here, just based on how typical this all sounds. Monica probably...
  9. outlawpoet reblogged this from thewherefores and added:
    Yeah, and devalue them. I think Monica’s last canon appearance was a month or two ago in Avengers, when Noh-Varr is...
  10. oftfrustrated reblogged this from notcuddles and added:
    Greer Grant, currently Tigra, was originally a science-made hero when she first became The Cat.
  11. notcuddles reblogged this from womenwriteaboutcomics and added:
    Invisible Woman ought to be on that far too short list too, I think? Otherwise, yeah, I need more LADIES OF SCIENCE.
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