Monthly Archives: October 2011

Agatha Harkness

Happy Halloween! In honor of that most candy-filled of holidays, we bring you another spooky Dame. Publisher: Marvel Comics First Appearance: Fantastic Four #94 (1970) Created By: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby Biography Agatha Harkness is a real witch. In … Continue reading

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Traci Thirteen (Girl 13)

It’s almost Halloween, so we’re celebrating the spooky and sorcerous here at Dimestore Dames! Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Superman v2 #189 (February 2003) Created By: Geoff Johns and Pascal Ferry Biography: Traci’s father, Dr. Thirteen, was a professional skeptic, … Continue reading

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Xi’an “Shan” Coy Manh (Karma)

Publisher: Marvel Comics First Appearance: Marvel Team-Up (vol.1) #100 (1980) Created By: Chris Claremont & Frank Miller Biography When Shan joined Professor Xavier’s training squad, the New Mutants, she was several years older and had experienced a lot more trauma … Continue reading

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Jeannette

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Secret Six v1 #3 Created By: Gail Simone and Nicola Scott Biography: Born around the turn of the 17th century, Jeannette was sent by her noble but poor family to the castle of Countess Bathory … Continue reading

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Virginia “Pepper” Potts-Hogan (Rescue/Hera)

Publisher: Marvel Comics First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #45 (1963) Created By: Stan Lee & Don Heck Biography Freckle-faced Pepper Potts was part of the lowly secretarial pool at Stark Industries before she pointed out a mistake made by her … Continue reading

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Layla Miller (Butterfly)

Publisher: Marvel Comics First Appearance: House of M #4 (2005) Created By: Brian Michael Bendis & Oliver Coipel Biography   Layla Miller knows stuff. In fact, during the House of M storyline, when the Marvel Universe was essentially remade, Layla … Continue reading

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Koriand’r of Tamaran/Kory Anders (Starfire)

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: DC Comics Presents #26 (October 1980) Created By: Marv Wolfman and George Perez Biography: Princess Koriand’r was the second child of the king and queen of Tamaran, but because her older sister Komand’r lacked the … Continue reading

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