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* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'': Issue 41, "Bad Girls", introduces Pink X, Mad Maud, Joystick, Marionette, and Daughter Blood. [[spoiler:They're all the same girl, though: Killer Moth's daughter Kitten.]]
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** ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' added two more, in the form of Avery Ho, The Flash of China (who specifically acted as Wallace West/Kid Flash III's Distaff), and Fast Track/Negative Flash, who acted as Barry's Distaff (right down to being a ScienceHero and mentor figure), and also briefly a Shadow Archetype like Christina (though in her case, it was BrainwashedAndCrazy).
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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Naturally as a LegacyCharacter, there's a few female speedsters to counterpart the male speedsters.
** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheHeart and TheLancer of the team.
** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheHeart and TheLancer of the team.
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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Naturally as a LegacyCharacter, there's a few female speedsters to counterpart the male speedsters.
** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff toComicBook/WallyWest Wally West (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheHeart and TheLancer of the team.
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* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane. Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' for two issues may also count.
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* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane.Kane (though unlike Bat-Girl, she only made a single appearance). Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' for two issues may also count.
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* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} was introduced as a distaff for Batman back in 1956 (as well as to quell some vicious rumors circulating about [[HoYay Batman and his young ward]]), serving as a [[TheChick feminine counterpart]] to his crime-fighting adventures (using "feminine intuition" and having cosmetic-themed gadgetry, for example). When she was re-introduced in 2007's ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' and given the lead role in ''Detective Comics'' her personality and history were updated. The ''Cutter'' arc of ''Detective Comics'' goes into an explicit examination of the parallels between the two characters, with alternating pages (And sometimes even alternating ''panels'') following both characters as they each tracked a separate criminal (eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the same criminal, but the Batman scenes were about five years earlier]]), each one going through the same motions, victories and setbacks as the other.
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* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} was introduced as a distaff for Batman back in 1956 (as well as to quell some vicious rumors circulating about [[HoYay Batman and his young ward]]), serving as a [[TheChick feminine counterpart]] counterpart to his crime-fighting adventures (using "feminine intuition" and having cosmetic-themed gadgetry, for example). When she was re-introduced in 2007's ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' and given the lead role in ''Detective Comics'' her personality and history were updated. The ''Cutter'' arc of ''Detective Comics'' goes into an explicit examination of the parallels between the two characters, with alternating pages (And sometimes even alternating ''panels'') following both characters as they each tracked a separate criminal (eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the same criminal, but the Batman scenes were about five years earlier]]), each one going through the same motions, victories and setbacks as the other.
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** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheChick and TheLancer of the team.
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** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheChick TheHeart and TheLancer of the team.
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* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce Jessica Cruz. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, and she acts as TheChick during BatFamilyCrossover moments.
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* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce Jessica Cruz. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, and she acts as TheChick TheHeart during BatFamilyCrossover moments.
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*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own spear counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 His only notable storyline]] featured him acting like a bastard boyfriend to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
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*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own spear counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 His only notable storyline]] featured him acting like a bastard boyfriend an [[DomesticAbuse abusive boyfriend]] to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
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* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is the TropeCodifier. Although not the first female copy of an established hero (Mary Marvel and Bulletgirl preceded her), she has had the most longevity and the most incarnations, including her own [[Film/{{Supergirl}} movie]] and live-action [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} show]].
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* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is the TropeCodifier. Although not the first female copy of an established hero (Mary Marvel (ComicBook/MaryMarvel and Bulletgirl preceded her), she has had the most longevity and the most incarnations, including her own [[Film/{{Supergirl}} [[Film/Supergirl1984 movie]] and live-action [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} [[Series/Supergirl2015 show]].
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*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own spear counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. His only notable storyline featured him acting like a bastard boyfriend to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
** In the New 52, a significant addition to Supergirl's RoguesGallery has the distinction of being the DistaffCounterpart to ''two'' major Superman foes- Reign has a very Doomsday-like origin[[note]]a SuperSoldier created on Krypton from an alien infant, GoneHorriblyRight[[/note]], and a very Zod-like personality[[note]]SmugSuper conquerer with a personal vendetta against the protagonist's family, deeply driven to make said protagonist submit to them[[/note]]. Incidentally, she basically presents herself as Kara's EvilCounterpart as well.
** In the New 52, a significant addition to Supergirl's RoguesGallery has the distinction of being the DistaffCounterpart to ''two'' major Superman foes- Reign has a very Doomsday-like origin[[note]]a SuperSoldier created on Krypton from an alien infant, GoneHorriblyRight[[/note]], and a very Zod-like personality[[note]]SmugSuper conquerer with a personal vendetta against the protagonist's family, deeply driven to make said protagonist submit to them[[/note]]. Incidentally, she basically presents herself as Kara's EvilCounterpart as well.
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** Inthe New 52, ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'', a significant addition to Supergirl's RoguesGallery has the distinction of being the DistaffCounterpart to ''two'' major Superman foes- Reign has a very Doomsday-like origin[[note]]a SuperSoldier created on Krypton from an alien infant, GoneHorriblyRight[[/note]], and a very Zod-like personality[[note]]SmugSuper conquerer with a personal vendetta against the protagonist's family, deeply driven to make said protagonist submit to them[[/note]]. Incidentally, she basically presents herself as Kara's EvilCounterpart as well.
** In
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* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane. Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' for two issues may also count.
* [[ComicBook/JonahHex2005 Tallulah Black]] from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
* [[ComicBook/JonahHex2005 Tallulah Black]] from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
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* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane. Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' for two issues may also count.
*[[ComicBook/JonahHex2005 ''ComicBook/JonahHex2005'': Tallulah Black]] from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''.Black. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Creator/DCComics had a character called [[http://matthewmccallumonline.com/dc_universe/images/johnny_dc.jpg Johnny DC]], who would tell kids about upcoming books. In ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'' this character gets reinvented as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HKV9AW12gT0/TSE_kC8o8VI/AAAAAAAAGqE/PFuLeDWLKSU/s1600/897279-jonni_dc1_large.jpg Jonni DC]], Continuity Cop.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Creator/DCComics had a character called [[http://matthewmccallumonline.com/dc_universe/images/johnny_dc.jpg Johnny DC]], DC, who would tell kids about upcoming books. In ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'' this character gets reinvented as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HKV9AW12gT0/TSE_kC8o8VI/AAAAAAAAGqE/PFuLeDWLKSU/s1600/897279-jonni_dc1_large.jpg Jonni DC]], DC, Continuity Cop.
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* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce [[ComicBook/GreenLanterns Jessica Cruz]], who follows this trope much closer. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, as is common in this trope), and she acts as TheChick during BatFamilyCrossover moments. She's also very much a BreakoutCharacter, as she does a great job of providing a female counterpart who's also a well-defined, distinct and unique character all on her own.
** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade was also an example. Her father was the original Golden Age Green Lantern and her powers are derived from the same source as his, though she has been inducted into the Corps proper and briefly lived with/dated Kyle Rayner.
** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade was also an example. Her father was the original Golden Age Green Lantern and her powers are derived from the same source as his, though she has been inducted into the Corps proper and briefly lived with/dated Kyle Rayner.
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* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce [[ComicBook/GreenLanterns Jessica Cruz]], who follows this trope much closer. Cruz. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, as is common in this trope), and she acts as TheChick during BatFamilyCrossover moments. She's also very much a BreakoutCharacter, as she does a great job of providing a female counterpart who's also a well-defined, distinct and unique character all on her own.
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** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade wasalso an example. Her father was the daughter of the original Golden Age Green Lantern Lantern, Alan Scott, and her powers are derived from the same source as his, though she has been inducted into the Corps proper and briefly lived with/dated Kyle Rayner.
** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade was
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*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own spear counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. His only notable storyline featured him acting like a BastardBoyfriend FetishizedAbuser to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
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*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own distaff spear counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. His only notable storyline featured him acting like a BastardBoyfriend to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
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** ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' added two more, in the form of Avery Ho, The Flash of China (who specifically acted as Wallace West/Kid Flash III's Distaff), and Fast Track/Negative Flash, who acted as Barry's Distaff (right down to being a ScienceHero and mentor figure), and also briefly a Shadow Archetype like Christina (though in her case, it was BraindwashedAndCrazy).
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* Tallulah Black from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
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* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is the TropeCodifier. Although not the first female copy of an established hero (Mary Marvel and Bulletgirl preceded her), she has had the most longevity and the most incarnations, including her own [[Film/{{Supergirl}} movie]] and live-action [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} show]].
** ComicBook/PowerGirl, being originally Supergirl's alternate universe counterpart before ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' brought her to the main DCU, is also a distaff counterpart of Superman.
*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own distaff counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. His only notable storyline featured him acting like a BastardBoyfriend to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
** In the New 52, a significant addition to Supergirl's RoguesGallery has the distinction of being the DistaffCounterpart to ''two'' major Superman foes- Reign has a very Doomsday-like origin[[note]]a SuperSoldier created on Krypton from an alien infant, GoneHorriblyRight[[/note]], and a very Zod-like personality[[note]]SmugSuper conquerer with a personal vendetta against the protagonist's family, deeply driven to make said protagonist submit to them[[/note]]. Incidentally, she basically presents herself as Kara's EvilCounterpart as well.
* Hawkgirl is a DistaffCounterpart of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}. Hawkman has had five series, the longest of which ran for 49 issues. Hawkgirl then [[BreakoutCharacter took over the series]] for the final 17 issues.
* ''Hawk and Dove'' started out with the protagonists (two brothers) as a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan. They were replaced by a TomboyAndGirlyGirl (though the Girly Girl had been teaming up with the Manly Man since Post-Crisis - and, as of ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'', they're [[StatusQuoIsGod back to that situation]]).
* Element Girl, the female ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}. She is mostly known for being saved by Death from a sad and lonely existence in ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. Since then she has made another appearance outside of DC continuity in ''ComicBook/WednesdayComics''.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_Girl#Wednesday_Comics]] The concept has since been recycled in the form of Element Woman, a new [[AffirmativeActionLegacy Korean American successor]] to Element Girl.
* Aquagirl, the female equivalent of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s sidekick Aqualad.
* ComicBook/TheJoker has ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, while the Riddler had a short-lived female counterpart named Quelle.
** Before Quelle, Riddler had a pair of female associates named Query and Echo.
* Franchise/TheDCU now has a whole AlternateUniverse (Earth-11) made up of {{Distaff Counterpart}}s. All the superheroes there are [[GenderFlip Gender-Flipped]], including a berserk-with-testosterone "Wonder Man" who's a [[CaptainErsatz dead ringer]] for King Leonidas of ''[[ComicBook/ThreeHundred 300]]''.
** It gets a bit confusing when you consider that Earth 11 features GenderFlip versions of characters that already HAVE Distaff Counterparts, or who already ARE distaff Counterparts. For example; [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superlad_(Earth-11) Superlad.]]
** The ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' universe features most of the primary hero roles in the hands of the usual female distaff counterparts. So Jesse Chambers is Franchise/TheFlash, Carrie Kelly is ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Natasha Irons is ComicBook/{{Steel}}, etc.
* ''ComicBook/MetalMen'' Issue 32 features a story called "The Metal Women Blues", where the team gets jealous of Tin and Nameless and get their creator, Will Magnus, to create opposite sex counterparts for them. During the subsequent mission, a rift grows between the males (Gold, Iron, Lead, Tin, Mercury, and Platinum Man) and females (Gold Girl, Iron Girl, Lead Girl, Nameless, Mercury Girl, and Platinum). The Metal Women eventually rescue the Metal Men from Robot Amazons, but they were unable to rescue Platinum Man from falling into the Earth's core, and all of the Metal Woman [[StatusQuoIsGod except Platinum and Nameless]] end up perishing along with him.
* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, the daughter of Zatara. Rare case where the distaff counterpart completely overshadowed the original in terms of popularity.
* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane. Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' for two issues may also count.
* Tallulah Black from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
* Miss Martian to ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Notable in being one of the few superheroine distaff counterparts whose costume covers ''more'' than the male version; Miss Martian wears a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' style outfit, which covers quite a bit more than "two leather straps and a speedo." In personality she started as pretty much an {{Expy}} of the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Starfire.
* On the subject of distaff counterparts with a more concealing costume: Bombshell to ComicBook/CaptainAtom. Bombshell wears a t-shirt and trousers, while Captain Atom is effectively naked.
* Natasha Irons started off as the replacement ComicBook/{{Steel}} when her uncle John took a break from his PoweredArmor. She ended up changing her CodeName to Vaporlock after gaining her own powers.
* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} was introduced as a distaff for Batman back in 1956 (as well as to quell some vicious rumors circulating about [[HoYay Batman and his young ward]]), serving as a [[TheChick feminine counterpart]] to his crime-fighting adventures (using "feminine intuition" and having cosmetic-themed gadgetry, for example). When she was re-introduced in 2007's ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' and given the lead role in ''Detective Comics'' her personality and history were updated. The ''Cutter'' arc of ''Detective Comics'' goes into an explicit examination of the parallels between the two characters, with alternating pages (And sometimes even alternating ''panels'') following both characters as they each tracked a separate criminal (eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the same criminal, but the Batman scenes were about five years earlier]]), each one going through the same motions, victories and setbacks as the other.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow's KidSidekick Emiko Queen is one for Batman's KidSidekick ComicBook/{{Robin}}, specifically the Damian Wayne version. She is: a mixed-race child of one of the hero's enemies; directly related to the hero; raised from birth to be an assassin; violent and surly but [[DefrostingIceQueen slowly defrosting]] her demeanor; acts [[WiseBeyondTheirYears much older than she actually is]]; and desperately wants to [[LegacyHero one day succeed the hero and don their mantle]].
* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Creator/DCComics had a character called [[http://matthewmccallumonline.com/dc_universe/images/johnny_dc.jpg Johnny DC]], who would tell kids about upcoming books. In ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'' this character gets reinvented as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HKV9AW12gT0/TSE_kC8o8VI/AAAAAAAAGqE/PFuLeDWLKSU/s1600/897279-jonni_dc1_large.jpg Jonni DC]], Continuity Cop.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Very, very briefly ComicBook/SteveTrevor became a costumed superhero to act as Wonder Woman's male counterpart as Captain Wonder. The whole thing turned out to be a villain plot to depower Diana so he quickly ditched the powers and ID.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Naturally as a LegacyCharacter, there's a few female speedsters to counterpart the male speedsters.
** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheChick and TheLancer of the team.
** Before her, Christina Alexandrova/Lady Flash was the first ''real'' one (prior, a one-off Silver Age story that was AllJustADream had Mrs Flash/Patty Spivot), though she was also a ShadowArchetype and eventually become a full-fledged villain.
** ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' added two more, in the form of Avery Ho, The Flash of China (who specifically acted as Wallace West/Kid Flash III's Distaff), and Fast Track/Negative Flash, who acted as Barry's Distaff (right down to being a ScienceHero and mentor figure), and also briefly a Shadow Archetype like Christina (though in her case, it was BraindwashedAndCrazy).
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce [[ComicBook/GreenLanterns Jessica Cruz]], who follows this trope much closer. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, as is common in this trope), and she acts as TheChick during BatFamilyCrossover moments. She's also very much a BreakoutCharacter, as she does a great job of providing a female counterpart who's also a well-defined, distinct and unique character all on her own.
** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade was also an example. Her father was the original Golden Age Green Lantern and her powers are derived from the same source as his, though she has been inducted into the Corps proper and briefly lived with/dated Kyle Rayner.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth'' introduced ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'s illegitimate teenage daughter, Crush, who is an anti-authoritarian BloodKnight, yet her morality leans closer towards heroic than Lobo's.
* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is the TropeCodifier. Although not the first female copy of an established hero (Mary Marvel and Bulletgirl preceded her), she has had the most longevity and the most incarnations, including her own [[Film/{{Supergirl}} movie]] and live-action [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} show]].
** ComicBook/PowerGirl, being originally Supergirl's alternate universe counterpart before ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' brought her to the main DCU, is also a distaff counterpart of Superman.
*** During the Post-Crisis continuity, Power Girl got her own distaff counterpart in the form of Power Boy, complete with a version of her infamous CleavageWindow. His only notable storyline featured him acting like a BastardBoyfriend to Supergirl, and he ultimately became CListFodder and hasn't been heard from since (outside of a few appearances in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'').
** In the New 52, a significant addition to Supergirl's RoguesGallery has the distinction of being the DistaffCounterpart to ''two'' major Superman foes- Reign has a very Doomsday-like origin[[note]]a SuperSoldier created on Krypton from an alien infant, GoneHorriblyRight[[/note]], and a very Zod-like personality[[note]]SmugSuper conquerer with a personal vendetta against the protagonist's family, deeply driven to make said protagonist submit to them[[/note]]. Incidentally, she basically presents herself as Kara's EvilCounterpart as well.
* Hawkgirl is a DistaffCounterpart of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}. Hawkman has had five series, the longest of which ran for 49 issues. Hawkgirl then [[BreakoutCharacter took over the series]] for the final 17 issues.
* ''Hawk and Dove'' started out with the protagonists (two brothers) as a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan. They were replaced by a TomboyAndGirlyGirl (though the Girly Girl had been teaming up with the Manly Man since Post-Crisis - and, as of ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'', they're [[StatusQuoIsGod back to that situation]]).
* Element Girl, the female ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}. She is mostly known for being saved by Death from a sad and lonely existence in ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. Since then she has made another appearance outside of DC continuity in ''ComicBook/WednesdayComics''.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_Girl#Wednesday_Comics]] The concept has since been recycled in the form of Element Woman, a new [[AffirmativeActionLegacy Korean American successor]] to Element Girl.
* Aquagirl, the female equivalent of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s sidekick Aqualad.
* ComicBook/TheJoker has ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, while the Riddler had a short-lived female counterpart named Quelle.
** Before Quelle, Riddler had a pair of female associates named Query and Echo.
* Franchise/TheDCU now has a whole AlternateUniverse (Earth-11) made up of {{Distaff Counterpart}}s. All the superheroes there are [[GenderFlip Gender-Flipped]], including a berserk-with-testosterone "Wonder Man" who's a [[CaptainErsatz dead ringer]] for King Leonidas of ''[[ComicBook/ThreeHundred 300]]''.
** It gets a bit confusing when you consider that Earth 11 features GenderFlip versions of characters that already HAVE Distaff Counterparts, or who already ARE distaff Counterparts. For example; [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superlad_(Earth-11) Superlad.]]
** The ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' universe features most of the primary hero roles in the hands of the usual female distaff counterparts. So Jesse Chambers is Franchise/TheFlash, Carrie Kelly is ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Natasha Irons is ComicBook/{{Steel}}, etc.
* ''ComicBook/MetalMen'' Issue 32 features a story called "The Metal Women Blues", where the team gets jealous of Tin and Nameless and get their creator, Will Magnus, to create opposite sex counterparts for them. During the subsequent mission, a rift grows between the males (Gold, Iron, Lead, Tin, Mercury, and Platinum Man) and females (Gold Girl, Iron Girl, Lead Girl, Nameless, Mercury Girl, and Platinum). The Metal Women eventually rescue the Metal Men from Robot Amazons, but they were unable to rescue Platinum Man from falling into the Earth's core, and all of the Metal Woman [[StatusQuoIsGod except Platinum and Nameless]] end up perishing along with him.
* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, the daughter of Zatara. Rare case where the distaff counterpart completely overshadowed the original in terms of popularity.
* "Roberta the Girl Wonder" (Mary Wills) was the first female ComicBook/{{Robin}} counterpart debuting in 1950, eleven years before the first ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane. Carrie Kelly, the Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' is an even more straight example. Stephanie "Spoiler" Brown's brief run as Robin where she became the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' for two issues may also count.
* Tallulah Black from ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.
* Miss Martian to ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Notable in being one of the few superheroine distaff counterparts whose costume covers ''more'' than the male version; Miss Martian wears a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' style outfit, which covers quite a bit more than "two leather straps and a speedo." In personality she started as pretty much an {{Expy}} of the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Starfire.
* On the subject of distaff counterparts with a more concealing costume: Bombshell to ComicBook/CaptainAtom. Bombshell wears a t-shirt and trousers, while Captain Atom is effectively naked.
* Natasha Irons started off as the replacement ComicBook/{{Steel}} when her uncle John took a break from his PoweredArmor. She ended up changing her CodeName to Vaporlock after gaining her own powers.
* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} was introduced as a distaff for Batman back in 1956 (as well as to quell some vicious rumors circulating about [[HoYay Batman and his young ward]]), serving as a [[TheChick feminine counterpart]] to his crime-fighting adventures (using "feminine intuition" and having cosmetic-themed gadgetry, for example). When she was re-introduced in 2007's ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' and given the lead role in ''Detective Comics'' her personality and history were updated. The ''Cutter'' arc of ''Detective Comics'' goes into an explicit examination of the parallels between the two characters, with alternating pages (And sometimes even alternating ''panels'') following both characters as they each tracked a separate criminal (eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the same criminal, but the Batman scenes were about five years earlier]]), each one going through the same motions, victories and setbacks as the other.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow's KidSidekick Emiko Queen is one for Batman's KidSidekick ComicBook/{{Robin}}, specifically the Damian Wayne version. She is: a mixed-race child of one of the hero's enemies; directly related to the hero; raised from birth to be an assassin; violent and surly but [[DefrostingIceQueen slowly defrosting]] her demeanor; acts [[WiseBeyondTheirYears much older than she actually is]]; and desperately wants to [[LegacyHero one day succeed the hero and don their mantle]].
* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Creator/DCComics had a character called [[http://matthewmccallumonline.com/dc_universe/images/johnny_dc.jpg Johnny DC]], who would tell kids about upcoming books. In ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'' this character gets reinvented as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HKV9AW12gT0/TSE_kC8o8VI/AAAAAAAAGqE/PFuLeDWLKSU/s1600/897279-jonni_dc1_large.jpg Jonni DC]], Continuity Cop.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Very, very briefly ComicBook/SteveTrevor became a costumed superhero to act as Wonder Woman's male counterpart as Captain Wonder. The whole thing turned out to be a villain plot to depower Diana so he quickly ditched the powers and ID.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Naturally as a LegacyCharacter, there's a few female speedsters to counterpart the male speedsters.
** The most prominent and well-known is Jesse Chambers, AKA Jesse Quick, and is most-explicitly a Distaff to ComicBook/WallyWest (being a legacy character with WellDoneSonGuy issues who idolised the character they're a legacy of), though she's ''actually'' a Distaff Counterpart to her father, minor Golden Age hero Jack Chambers/Johnny Quick. As she was introduced right before the Flash Family began to primarily act as an IdenticallyPoweredTeam, she served as somewhere between TheChick and TheLancer of the team.
** Before her, Christina Alexandrova/Lady Flash was the first ''real'' one (prior, a one-off Silver Age story that was AllJustADream had Mrs Flash/Patty Spivot), though she was also a ShadowArchetype and eventually become a full-fledged villain.
** ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' added two more, in the form of Avery Ho, The Flash of China (who specifically acted as Wallace West/Kid Flash III's Distaff), and Fast Track/Negative Flash, who acted as Barry's Distaff (right down to being a ScienceHero and mentor figure), and also briefly a Shadow Archetype like Christina (though in her case, it was BraindwashedAndCrazy).
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Though there's been many alien Lanterns who happened to be women, the 2010s saw the franchise introduce [[ComicBook/GreenLanterns Jessica Cruz]], who follows this trope much closer. She wears a costume that is almost identical to Hal Jordan's (with minor differences, though interestingly not in any ways that make it more feminine or stripperific, as is common in this trope), and she acts as TheChick during BatFamilyCrossover moments. She's also very much a BreakoutCharacter, as she does a great job of providing a female counterpart who's also a well-defined, distinct and unique character all on her own.
** Before her, Jennifer-Lynn 'Jenni' Hayden/Jade was also an example. Her father was the original Golden Age Green Lantern and her powers are derived from the same source as his, though she has been inducted into the Corps proper and briefly lived with/dated Kyle Rayner.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth'' introduced ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'s illegitimate teenage daughter, Crush, who is an anti-authoritarian BloodKnight, yet her morality leans closer towards heroic than Lobo's.
