Category Archives: Secret Six

Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: “Joker’s Favor,” Batman: The Animated Series (first aired September 11, 1992); in comics, The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993); in the mainstream DCU, Batman: Harley Quinn (October 1999) Created By: Paul Dini and Bruce Timm … Continue reading

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Scandal Savage

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Villains United #1 (July 2005) Created By: Gail Simone and Dale Eaglesham Biography: When Scandal was a little girl, her father, the immortal Vandal Savage, placed her at the end of two long lines of … Continue reading

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Lori Zechlin (Black Alice)

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Birds of Prey v1 #76 (January 2005) Created By: Gail Simone, Joe Prado, and Ed Benes Biography: Lori’s world was rocked when her mother, ashamed of her addiction to prescription medication, committed suicide. Not only … Continue reading

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Doris Zuel (Giganta)

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Wonder Woman v1 #9 (Summer 1944) Created By: William Moulton Marston Biography: In her first incarnation, Giganta was an ape artificially evolved by the evil scientist Professor Zool into a brutish strongwoman, because Golden Age … 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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Amanda Waller

I had planned on writing about Scandal Savage this week, since I’m featuring women who have not been included in the new DCU, but I changed my mind a few days ago when I saw this. The woman featured below … Continue reading

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Knockout

Publisher: DC Comics First Appearance: Superboy v2 #1 (February 1994) Created By: Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett Biography: Knockout was born on Apokolips, where she became a member of the deadly Female Furies. When Big Barda deserted the team to … Continue reading

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