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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Every X-Woman in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], ComicBook/RachelSummers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], [[[[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Polaris]], ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Every X-Woman in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], ComicBook/RachelSummers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], [[[[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Polaris]], ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Every X-Woman in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], ComicBook/RachelSummers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], [[[[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Polaris]], ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Sharon Carter aka Agent 13, badass ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent extraordinaire. She even served as ''Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' at one point.
* ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ComicBook/DakotaNorth is introduced this way. She's a BadassNormal private detective who more than holds her own against thugs and assassins, especially in her debut series.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, proficient in many martial arts and master of many different weapons.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s member Sue Storm. She sure started out as a FauxActionGirl, but man did she ever level up. She's now the toughest fighter on the team, and she's on a team with Ben Grimm.
* ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ComicBook/DakotaNorth is introduced this way. She's a BadassNormal private detective who more than holds her own against thugs and assassins, especially in her debut series.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, proficient in many martial arts and master of many different weapons.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s member Sue Storm. She sure started out as a FauxActionGirl, but man did she ever level up. She's now the toughest fighter on the team, and she's on a team with Ben Grimm.
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Sharon Carter aka Agent 13, badass ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent extraordinaire. She even served as ''Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' at one point.
*ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
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** ComicBook/DakotaNorth is introduced this way. She's a BadassNormal private detective who more than holds her own against thugs and assassins, especially in her debut series.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She ** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, proficient in many martial arts and master of many different weapons.
*''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s member Sue Storm. She ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Susan Storm sure started out as a FauxActionGirl, but man did she ever level up. She's now the toughest fighter on the team, and she's on a team with Ben Grimm.
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** When she fought ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} ''''' in his own book''''', he turned tail and ran because she had his number. Sue wins.
* Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. She may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' Captain Marvel, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]] to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
* Any of the ComicBook/SheHulk's, whether it's Jen, Lyra or Betty Ross.
* Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. She may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' Captain Marvel, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]] to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
* Any of the ComicBook/SheHulk's, whether it's Jen, Lyra or Betty Ross.
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*Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. She may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
*''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, Danvers]] is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' Captain Marvel, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
*From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, ''ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}'': Bobbi Morse may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
* ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]] to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
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* Right off the bat in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Susan Storm is much more assertive, is a biologist at the Baxter Building and almost immediately realizes her full potential as the most powerful member of the team.
* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
* Right off the bat in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Susan Storm is much more assertive, is a biologist at the Baxter Building and almost immediately realizes her full potential as the most powerful member of the team.
* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl. ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': Squirrel Girl is a superb hand-to-hand combatant capable of taking down Deadpool and Wolverine in a one-to-one no-claws fight.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'': Right off thebat in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', bat, Susan Storm is much more assertive, is a biologist at the Baxter Building and almost immediately realizes her full potential as the most powerful member of the team.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Every[[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] X-Woman in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], ComicBook/RachelSummers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], [[[[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}.[[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
* ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': Squirrel Girl is a superb hand-to-hand combatant capable of taking down Deadpool and Wolverine in a one-to-one no-claws fight.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Every
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*** Jean Grey [[spoiler:unleashes the full power of the Phoenix and obliterates Apocalypse, who can only [[IncrediblyLamePun marvel]] at her power]].
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* ComicBook/BlackCat. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ComicBook/BlackCat. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
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* Sharon Carter alias ''ComicBook/Agent13'', aka Agent 13, badass S.H.I.E.L.D. ComicBook/SHIELD agent extraordinaire. She even served as ''Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' at one point.
*ComicBook/BlackCat.ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
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* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
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* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, Captain Marvel, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
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* Any of the [[ComicBook/SheHulk She-Hulk]]s, whether it's Jen, Lyra or ComicBook/BettyRoss.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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** She might be the smallest ActionGirl in the whole film series, but ComicBook/{{X 23}} from ''Film/{{Logan}}'' is very much a LittleMissBadass proving to be just as savage as her clone papa Wolverine. She even kills Logan’s EvilCounterpart [[spoiler: X-24]] at the end.
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** She might be the smallest ActionGirl in the whole film series, but ComicBook/{{X 23}} X-23 from ''Film/{{Logan}}'' is very much a LittleMissBadass proving to be just as savage as her clone papa Wolverine. She even kills Logan’s EvilCounterpart [[spoiler: X-24]] at the end.
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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': ComicBook/PeggyCarter herself. She's more than competent with her fists, a revolver, or [[CombatPragmatist anything else that's handy at the moment]]. Part of the reason Peggy is so good at winning fights is because the series takes place in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII America, where sexism was rampant and women were expected to StayInTheKitchen. Peggy is particularly dangerous because nobody ''expects'' her to be.
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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': ComicBook/PeggyCarter Peggy Carter herself. She's more than competent with her fists, a revolver, or [[CombatPragmatist anything else that's handy at the moment]]. Part of the reason Peggy is so good at winning fights is because the series takes place in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII America, where sexism was rampant and women were expected to StayInTheKitchen. Peggy is particularly dangerous because nobody ''expects'' her to be.
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** [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda]] herself, in fact she takes a level in badass in the finale [[spoiler: when she fully embraces her Chaos Magic and becomes the legendary [[SuperMode Scarlet Witch]] whose power quote “exceeds that of the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Sorcerer Supreme]]”]].
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/MonicaRambeau knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/MonicaRambeau knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
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** [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda]] Wanda herself, in fact she takes a level in badass in the finale [[spoiler: when she fully embraces her Chaos Magic and becomes the legendary [[SuperMode Scarlet Witch]] whose power quote “exceeds that of the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Sorcerer Supreme]]”]].
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}},ComicBook/MonicaRambeau Monica Rambeau knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}},
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** She might be the smallest ActionGirl in the whole film series but ComicBook/{{X 23}} from ''Film/{{Logan}}'' is very much a LittleMissBadass proving to be just as savage as her clone papa Wolverine. She even kills Logan’s EvilCounterpart [[spoiler: X-24]] at the end.
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* ''Series/Legion2017'' ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'' has Kerry Loudermilk. On a series where most of the mutants have some kind of psionic power, she's just really strong and a preternaturally good fighter, enough to take out a whole unit of soldiers at once.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino}}, ComicBook/{{Domino|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Domino}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee}}.ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, Elsa Bloodstone to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
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* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone Bloodstone]] to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Domino, ComicBook/KittyPryde, Polaris, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Domino, ComicBook/{{Domino}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde, Polaris, ComicBook/{{Polaris}}, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics.ComicBook/{{Jubilee}}. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] herself. She's more than competent with her fists, a revolver, or [[CombatPragmatist anything else that's handy at the moment]]. Part of the reason Peggy is so good at winning fights is because the series takes place in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII America, where sexism was rampant and women were expected to StayInTheKitchen. Peggy is particularly dangerous because nobody ''expects'' her to be.
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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] ComicBook/PeggyCarter herself. She's more than competent with her fists, a revolver, or [[CombatPragmatist anything else that's handy at the moment]]. Part of the reason Peggy is so good at winning fights is because the series takes place in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII America, where sexism was rampant and women were expected to StayInTheKitchen. Peggy is particularly dangerous because nobody ''expects'' her to be.
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** Season two introduces [[Characters/MarvelComicsMockingbird Bobbi Morse]], who's just as badass as ever. Her first scene has her taking down a bunch of HYDRA soldiers with ease.
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** [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletWitch Wanda]] herself, in fact she takes a level in badass in the finale [[spoiler: when she fully embraces her Chaos Magic and becomes the legendary [[SuperMode Scarlet Witch]] whose power quote “exceeds that of the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Sorcerer Supreme]]”]].
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonicaRambeau Monica Rambeau]] knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonicaRambeau Monica Rambeau]] knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
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** [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletWitch [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda]] herself, in fact she takes a level in badass in the finale [[spoiler: when she fully embraces her Chaos Magic and becomes the legendary [[SuperMode Scarlet Witch]] whose power quote “exceeds that of the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Sorcerer Supreme]]”]].
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}},[[Characters/MarvelComicsMonicaRambeau Monica Rambeau]] ComicBook/MonicaRambeau knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}},
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* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
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* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
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** From the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, Gamora and Nebula, adopted daughters of Thanos who were raised and trained as assassins.
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** From the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' films, Gamora and Nebula, adopted daughters of Thanos who were raised and trained as assassins.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': Spider-Gwen, Peni Parker and surprisingly Aunt May. [[spoiler: On the villain's side there Olivia "Liv" Octavius]].
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** ''Film/TheWolverine'':
*** Yukio introduces herself in a bar brawl and proves competent enough to protect Logan. She later helps him fight Viper.
*** Mariko is proficient in softhanded martial arts and an excellent knife-thrower, helping to [[spoiler:kill Silver Samurai]].
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** Blink's powers make her extremely effective in fighting the Sentinels, both in taking them out herself and assisting the others in fighting them.
*** Mystique is the only mutant back in the past who's been doing ''anything'' for the last few years (Magneto has been incarcerated inside the Pentagon for a decade, and Xavier's been moping around the house since the start of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar). Even when the plot takes off, she's still the most active character.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':
*** Mystique knocks out a few guys who are bigger than her in East Berlin. She later becomes the battle commander of the X-Men.
*** Jean Grey [[spoiler:unleashes the full power of the Phoenix and obliterates Apocalypse, who can only [[IncrediblyLamePun marvel]] at her power]].
*** An unarmed Agent Moira [=MacTaggert=], who is covered in a niqab that hinders her movements somewhat, is able to disarm a man larger than she is and render him unconscious.
** She might be the smallest ActionGirl in the whole film series but ComicBook/{{X 23}} from ''Film/{{Logan}}'' is very much a LittleMissBadass proving to be just as savage as her clone papa Wolverine. She even kills Logan’s EvilCounterpart [[spoiler: X-24]] at the end.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff. She may not have any powers, but she's one of the biggest badasses in the entire franchise.
** Sif of ''{{Film/Thor}}'' is a notable example, as she became a skilled, prominent female warrior in a patriarchal society.
--> '''Thor:''' And who proved wrong all who scoffed at the idea that a young maiden could be one of the fiercest warriors this realm has ever known?
--> '''Sif:''' I did.
--> '''Thor:''' (Embarrassed) True, but I supported you, Sif.
** Peggy Carter in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', who gets to do quite a bit of [[LadyOfWar ass-kicking]], like [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting down a Nazi agent from a block away]], and [[spoiler:even [[BigDamnHeroes rescuing Cap]] from a flamethrower-wielding HYDRA mook in the film's climax]].
** ''Film/IronMan3'':
*** Tony assembles the Mark 42 around Pepper in one scene, which she then uses to save Tony. [[spoiler:Pepper also gets injected with Extremis later, allowing her to save Tony from the similarly super-powered Killian.]]
*** The female Extremis soldiers are {{Dark Action Girl}}s.
** From the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, Gamora and Nebula, adopted daughters of Thanos who were raised and trained as assassins.
** From ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': The Ancient One, as well as Tina Minoru and the female Zealots.
** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' gives us Okoye, the commander of the [[AmazonBrigade Dora Milaje]], and Nakia, an exceptional Wakandan spy. Even T'Challa's little sister Shuri, whose primary aptitude is in designing Wakanda's incredible technology, proves herself capable of combat in the film's climactic battle.
** None of the aforementioned women can hold a candle to Carol Danvers, the eponymous ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}''. She is touted as the most powerful character in the entire MCU, even more powerful than ''Thanos''.
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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] herself. She's more than competent with her fists, a revolver, or [[CombatPragmatist anything else that's handy at the moment]]. Part of the reason Peggy is so good at winning fights is because the series takes place in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII America, where sexism was rampant and women were expected to StayInTheKitchen. Peggy is particularly dangerous because nobody ''expects'' her to be.
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
** Melinda May, SO HARD. Skye [[CharacterDevelopment slowly becomes one, too]], but May is on a whole different level, being pretty much the most formidable hand-to-hand combatant in the series. If you're not superhuman, she will DESTROY you.
** Season two introduces [[Characters/MarvelComicsMockingbird Bobbi Morse]], who's just as badass as ever. Her first scene has her taking down a bunch of HYDRA soldiers with ease.
** Once Skye fully takes up her identity as [[Characters/SHIELDDirectors Daisy Johnson]] she quite firmly is put on May's level, arguably even higher due to her superpowers.
* ''Series/Legion2017'' has Kerry Loudermilk. On a series where most of the mutants have some kind of psionic power, she's just really strong and a preternaturally good fighter, enough to take out a whole unit of soldiers at once.
* ''Series/WandaVision'':
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletWitch Wanda]] herself, in fact she takes a level in badass in the finale [[spoiler: when she fully embraces her Chaos Magic and becomes the legendary [[SuperMode Scarlet Witch]] whose power quote “exceeds that of the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Sorcerer Supreme]]”]].
** When captured by SWORD {{Mooks}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonicaRambeau Monica Rambeau]] knocks them out quickly alongside Agent Woo. [[spoiler: After reentering the Hex, Monica gains her superpowers from the comics being able to manipulate energy to the extent where enemy bullets pass painlessly through her body and to the ground.]]
** Darcy deserves a mention as she puts her CarFu skills to good use smashing into GeneralRipper Hayward with a food truck as he tries to escape justice in a humvee.
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* Sharon Carter alias ''ComicBook/Agent13'', badass S.H.I.E.L.D. agent extraordinaire. She even served as ''Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' at one point.
* ComicBook/BlackCat. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, proficient in many martial arts and master of many different weapons.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s member Sue Storm. She sure started out as a FauxActionGirl, but man did she ever level up. She's now the toughest fighter on the team, and she's on a team with Ben Grimm.
** It's a bit more complicated than that. She's the most powerful person on the team, but that doesn't necessarily mean she's the most ruthless or skilled fighter. If she's aware of a threat and willing to cut loose, she can kill with a thought, but she'd much rather create barriers to protect her friends or restrain her enemies.
** When she fought ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} ''''' in his own book''''', he turned tail and ran because she had his number. Sue wins.
* Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. She may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, Elsa Bloodstone to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
* Any of the [[ComicBook/SheHulk She-Hulk]]s, whether it's Jen, Lyra or ComicBook/BettyRoss.
** Originally, She-Hulk/Jen was really just a brawler but due to her time on various superhero teams she has picked up a lot of fighting skills — such that she effortlessly disabled a mugger, while still in regular human form.
* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl. She is a superb hand-to-hand combatant capable of taking down Deadpool and Wolverine in a one-to-one no-claws fight.
* Right off the bat in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Susan Storm is much more assertive, is a biologist at the Baxter Building and almost immediately realizes her full potential as the most powerful member of the team.
* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Domino, ComicBook/KittyPryde, Polaris, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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* Sharon Carter alias ''ComicBook/Agent13'', badass S.H.I.E.L.D. agent extraordinaire. She even served as ''Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' at one point.
* ComicBook/BlackCat. Even though she doesn't have superpowers that can be directly used in combat. She also counts as a DarkActionGirl, depending on where she is on the morality scale.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. She is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, proficient in many martial arts and master of many different weapons.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s member Sue Storm. She sure started out as a FauxActionGirl, but man did she ever level up. She's now the toughest fighter on the team, and she's on a team with Ben Grimm.
** It's a bit more complicated than that. She's the most powerful person on the team, but that doesn't necessarily mean she's the most ruthless or skilled fighter. If she's aware of a threat and willing to cut loose, she can kill with a thought, but she'd much rather create barriers to protect her friends or restrain her enemies.
** When she fought ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} ''''' in his own book''''', he turned tail and ran because she had his number. Sue wins.
* Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. She may originally not seem like much, but you have to remember, she spent most of her life without powers of any kind.
* Carol Danvers, formerly ComicBook/MsMarvel, now the current [[LegacyCharacter Captain Marvel]], is an interesting case. She was originally introduced as the [[BettyAndVeronica "Veronica"]] love interest for the ''original'' [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], and an ex-Air Force major and security officer with NASA: as such an objectively strong character, but one who frequently got OvershadowedByAwesome when Marvel duked it out with the supervillains of the week. So Carol came to wish that she could be her lover's ''equal''--And [[LiteralGenie got the wish]], as a piece of malfunctioning [[NeglectfulPrecursors leftover alien machinery]] transformed her into a Kree SuperSoldier of the same type. Now she is a standard FlyingBrick character, but the stories in which she shows ''real'' strength tend to be flashbacks to her days as a pilot: merely human, but [[BadassNormal making it count]].
* From ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}, Elsa Bloodstone to stupidly ridiculous proportions, kicking the ass of anything with an ass using anything from shotguns to shovels to [[ImprobableWeaponUser guitars]].
* Any of the [[ComicBook/SheHulk She-Hulk]]s, whether it's Jen, Lyra or ComicBook/BettyRoss.
** Originally, She-Hulk/Jen was really just a brawler but due to her time on various superhero teams she has picked up a lot of fighting skills — such that she effortlessly disabled a mugger, while still in regular human form.
* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl. She is a superb hand-to-hand combatant capable of taking down Deadpool and Wolverine in a one-to-one no-claws fight.
* Right off the bat in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Susan Storm is much more assertive, is a biologist at the Baxter Building and almost immediately realizes her full potential as the most powerful member of the team.
* Every [[ComicBook/XMen X-Woman]] in existence has had an ActionGirl moment, but doubly so if she was created/handled by Creator/ChrisClaremont (there's a reason fans coined the term, "Claremazons"). Notable Action Girls include ComicBook/JeanGrey, her daughter ''ComicBook/RachelSummers'', ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, Domino, ComicBook/KittyPryde, Polaris, ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}, ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics. Though special mention goes to Storm, who led the team ''without'' her powers during a long period in the '80s, and [[TookALevelInBadass accumulated several Badass levels]] during that period.
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