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These legendary comic book badass superheroines arent messing around theyre the toughest of the tough and the best of the best. In the miniseries, nick fury recruits spiderman, wolverine, captain. From vintage comics characters to modern marvel favorites, here are the 30 best female superheroes of all time, including wonder woman and harley quinn, along with a list of other notable. Allfemale cast of comic book superheroes to fight bad. How two high school friends concocted the original comic book hero brad ricca, case western reserve university pop culture, personal tragedy and.
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