History Main / DarkActionGirl

** [[LadyOfBlackMagic Cinder Fall]] is a ruthless and cruel villainess. She is one of the most powerful fighters in the series [[spoiler:due to absorbing the Fall Maiden's powers]]. When she's not [[TheChessmaster carrying out her plans]] to endanger the world and spread chaos, she's defeating enemies with relative ease using [[PlayingWithFire fire Dust]], [[DualWielding dual blades]], or her [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bow and arrow]]. She solidifies her status as a Dark Action Girl when she [[HeroKiller personally murders]] [[spoiler:Amber and Pyrrha]].

* The Flock of Fury in ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' is a whole family of dark action girls.

** Silver Sable is an incredibly dangerous and clever combatant who serves as TheDragon to her father, mob boss Silvermane. Probably should be mentioned that, in the comics, [[Characters/MarvelComicsWildPack Silver Sable]] is a very different character with no connection to Silvermane. She is an AntiHero [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and ActionGirl, and is usually on Spider-Man's side.
** Black Cat from the same series might also be considered an example, though, being something of a [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]] figure, she's sometimes antagonistic but not exactly ''evil''.

* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': "10-8 Do No Harm" features a female villain named Rose, who impersonates a deputy sheriff, murders an actual deputy on being spotted and takes hostages along with her prisoner boyfriend in a jail infirmary to get him released after he gets life-saving surgery. She's quite ruthless and not hesitant about shooting people or threatening them.

** The Gesellschaft/Perfecti Cult's leader, Mycale/Perfecti, was manipulating history in middle ages and wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy old humanity]] and create the new one under her rule. After her original body was executed by Holy Club for her villainy, she uses dark magic to link her wand: Mazen Dine Slave and able to possessed people (including WWII Female Doctor, Kati [[spoiler:and later Anonym Merel]]) who touches it and continues her manipulations for centuries, [[spoiler:and she's also responsible for not only manipulating Marilyn into betraying and kill her boss: Yin Hu (one of [[BigBad Murakumo]] clones) and becoming Black Hand's leader (as she was expecting), it cause Wei to come after her until he finds out who the boss really was. But she also appears to manipulate Marilyn again to kill or defeat Akatsuki then take his Blitz Motor from him for her to finally become a big boss of the traid]]. And she calls herself to be "[[AGodAmI The Perfect One]]" and is ''merciless'' for anyone in battle.
** The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad Assassin]] Marilyn Sue doesn't look like one at first, however she's one of them. She's a FemmeFatale [[spoiler: implied to had a [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic past]]]] who [[ObfuscatingStupidity puts up a bubbly and seductive facade]] that she [[TheStarscream remains no real loyalties save for herself]]. [[spoiler: But in reality, [[AvertedTrope she was actually manipulated to kill her boss and she was expecting to become the triad's leader by Mycale]]]]. And is ruthless, willing to go where other mobsters won't and completely determined to rise in power and influence by kidnapping Akatsuki or steal a Blitz Motor from him to The "Black Hand" organization.

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic'' and the [[UsefulNotes/GameBoy Game Boy Color]] port of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'' let you select from one of several characters at the start, some of them being women. It didn't affect gameplay in any way, as your character in these games was a sprite viewed from the top down who you would only know was a man or a woman by [[AllThereInTheManual going into the menu]]. Given that you're playing as a hardcore criminal, she's not exactly a model of moral respectability.

* Most of the main characters in the ''Chaos! Comics'' universe were these.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has the main antagonist [[SpicyLatina Catalina]]. She is the BigBad of the game's storyline who betrays the main character and leaves him for dead and also has a gleeful affinity for [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder turning on her "lovers"]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness who outlive their usefulness when the business with them is done]]. To top it off, she's also the most powerful mob boss of the game.

* The Picts in ''{{Film/Centurion}}'' have two. The first is also TheArcher though she can more than hold her own in hand-to-hand combat. The second is [[spoiler: Etain]] who is described as more like an animal than a human.

*** Betty Ross when she's BrainwashedAndCrazy as Harpy and Red She-Hulk. Although she soon gets better in later comics, even if her relationship with [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce]] remains as troubled as ever.

*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] is a prominent example of this, as she's joined [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] on their various evil plots and especially enjoys hurting certain attractive female heroes whom she perceives as rivals [[VainSorceress to her own beauty]]. She's not completely evil however [[VillainessesWantHeroes as she does love]] [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] and did genuinely care for The Executioner as she nearly destroyed Yggdrasil in grief after his death.

*** Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}, one of [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]'s love interests. Her HeelFaceTurn is often a BatmanGambit, her betrayals less an indication of her turn than the prime motivator all along. Though she doesn't need love in her life, she can appreciate it when it's there and remembers it fondly after abandoning it, which is why she doesn't return to the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor by whacking the Hero.

*** Shriek, most famous for being Characters/{{Carnage|CletusKasady}}'s DarkMistress in ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' counts as this with her [[SuperScream Sonic Scream]]. In later comics she teams up with fellow Dark Action Girl Ruby Headsman (see below).

*** [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] usually dresses in dark colors, is often emotionally standoffish, and is willing to kill and torture to achieve her goals, even ''after'' joining the X-Men and attempting to turn her life around. However it's been increasingly downplayed over time, and while she's still able to kill if she has to, thanks to CharacterDevelopment it's more and more her last resort. By the beginning of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' she's verging on outright becoming TheCape.

** Mystique in the original trilogy is a lethal assassin, and her super-agility gives her a great advantage over her foes during combat. She's a manipulative seductress who's not ashamed to kick lots of ass with [[SheFu acrobatics]] and [[KickChick kicks]]. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she's a main villain in 1973 and kicks even more ass.

** ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': Ruby Thursday of The Headmen, a supervillainess with a gelatinous red [[OrganicTechnology organic computer]][=/=]ShapeshifterWeapon for a head.[[note]]In later appearances (and DependingOnTheWriter) the rest of her body is made of a less malleable form of the same goo. This gives her some limited HealingFactor, and suggests that her StatuesqueStunner form is an intentional invocation of the EvilIsSexy aspect of this trope.[[/note]] While she looks exactly as strange as that description makes it sound, she leverages her mental and physical fortitude into a career as a highly competent GeniusBruiser.

*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] aka the Goblin Queen the EvilIsSexy clone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] created by Mr Sinister is one, having a good deal of CloneAngst and an AxCrazy streak. In the recent ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'' she leads a CloneArmy to attack the mutant paradise Krakoa for rejecting her before being defeated and killed.

* Satsuki Kiryūin from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' TheRival [[spoiler: and [[CainAndAbel sister]]]] to the protagonist Ryūko definitely qualifies. She's an extremely powerful Dark Action Girl whose FightingSpirit alone could down a 500 hundred men and [[MasterSwordsmen wields]] a black blade [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] [[CoolSword Bakuzan]] which matches Ryūko's {{BFS}} [[ShearMenace scissors]] all while being powered by [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Junketsu]]. [[spoiler: After being freed from her mother [[EvilMatriarch Ragyō]]'s influence she becomes the {{Deuteragonist}}]].

** Another member of the guardians is Aura Bella Fiora a tomboyish dark elf, TheBeastMaster, and co-guardian of the sixth floor with her [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brother]] Mare Bello Fiore.

** [[spoiler: Pacifica Ocean aka Paz the DoubleAgent for The Patriots reveals herself to be this in the finale of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' as she hijacks [[HomungousMecha Metal Gear ZEKE]] and tries to kill Big Boss with it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'':

* Molotov Cocktease in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', an assassin and ex-Soviet agent (and on-and-off love interest for [[SociopathicHero Brock Sampson]]), combines this with TheBaroness.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'':

* Starting with season 3 of ''Series/Merlin2008'', Morgana Pendragon goes from a PrincessClassic to an EvilSorcerer. After learning that king Uther is her father, having to hide her own magic, feeling extremely isolated in Camelot for years and being poisoned by Merlin, and being taken away by Morgause for a year, she returns as a vengeful and resentful black magic wielder and becomes the main villain for the rest of the show.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower
* Starting with season 3 of ''Series/Merlin2008'', Morgana Pendragon goes from a ClassicPrincess to an EvilSorcerer. After learning that king Uther is her father, having to hide her own magic, feeling extremely isolated in Camelot for years and being poisoned by Merlin, and being taken away by Morgause for a year, she returns as a vengeful and resentful black magic wielder and becomes the main villain for the rest of the show.

%%* Morgana Pendragon from ''Series/Merlin2008'':

** And in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'', we meet another: [[spoiler: [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Decabr/Decapre]], the only Doll aside of Cammy who remains fully active. Even more so: she is ''a clone of Cammy'']].

** The three priestesses from Rhun. Do not get fool by them dressing up in white gowns, they belong to a dangerous cult worshipping Sauron. Two of them are specialized in weapon wielding, while their leader is a powerful LadyOfDarkMagic. The fight one of the Istari, and get temporary defeated by him.

%%* Morgana Pendragon from ''Series/Merlin2008''.

** ''Film/Scream2'': [[spoiler:Mrs. Loomis, despite being a middle-aged woman who doesn't look like an imposing killer]], manages to drag a man into a news van and stab him to death. Furthermore, while she scored far fewer confirmed kills than her accomplice, she was the ringleader of the entire murder spree.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan'':

* Zephyr Quinn of Matt Fraction's ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}'', Casanova's EvilTwin and a hedonistic master thief.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU''
** Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} started off as this as a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. However due [[BreakoutCharacter her extreme popularity]], DC wisely separated her from [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and gave her some AdaptationalHeroism. Now she's an [[CuteAndPsycho unstable]] AntiHero who will aid the Justice League.
** Punchline was created to be Harley's replacement as Joker's DarkMistress and ironically has a far less joyful personality than her.
** [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] is generally regarded as the deadliest martial artist in ''Franchise/TheDCU''. When Matt Thorne, the Crime Doctor, is on the run from the criminals he has betrayed, he asks for sanctuary from [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Oracle and her team]]. Injured and hurt, Thorne sees Shiva and remarks "Holy Mother of God. I'm almost honored they sent her to kill me."
** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] started as one and continued to be for several decades. But after DC decided to revamp their back catalogue of villainesses to have more female heroes Ivy got some AdaptationalHeroism in the ComicBook/New52 and following comics, she became a GreenThumb AntiHero instead of an eco-terrorist.
** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] has Hope and Mercy, his team of [[BodyguardBabes female bodyguards]].
** Tim Drake foe Scarab, who fought him when he was both ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} and ComicBook/RedRobin, was an accomplished assassin and fighter both in and out of her powered armor and commanded respect among criminals worldwide.
** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} enemy Lucy Lane, Superwoman. She was a soldier before being subjected to experiments which gave her Kryptonian-like powers. Nonetheless, she's fixated on getting her father's approval, whatever the cost. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'' her obsession has turned her into an amoral monster who will do anything to please him, caring for nothing more.
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''s female Kryptonian foes [[DarkMistress Ursa]] and [[StrawFeminist Faora]] definitely fall under this. Funnily enough they used to be the same Dark Action Girl before becoming a DecompositeCharacter and then would ''Film/ManOfSteel'' re-composite them into the same character again.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'', the titular villain is a skillful, powerful female warrior who serves the god of tyranny faithfully and obsessively.

** ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' comics feature Bleez from the Red Lantern core Dark Action Girl who uses ThePowerOfHate and initially Carol Ferris aka Star Sapphire from the Pink Lantern core who uses ThePowerOfLove [[note]] in the DCU the Embodiment of the Love Aspect in the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum is more that AxCrazy {{Yandere}} style of obsessive love rather gentler affectionate kind of love [[/note]]. Although Carol does HeelFaceTurn to good.
** [[Characters/SecretSix Scandal]] from ''Villains United'' and ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' first appears to simply be a MiddleManagementMook. However, she's shown to be extremely dangerous in combat, quite possibly insane, and very hard to kill (and it's revealed that her father is the immortal supervillain [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]]).
** ''Franchise/TeenTitans'' rogue [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] is an evil BadassNormal action girl and ProfessionalKiller who mostly fights using [[MasterPoisoner a wide variety of poisons]], to the point even [[FemmeFatalons her nails]] are [[PoisonedWeapons coated in poison]].
** Rose Wilson, aka Ravager of the ''Franchise/TeenTitans'', is the most badass girl they've had on the roster. Previously, she worked for [[Characters/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke the Terminator]], one of the DCU's top assassins (and also her father), though she eventually realized how messed up her relationship with him was.
** [[DishingOutDirt Terra]] the DoubleAgent is revealed to be this, as she works for the aforementioned Deathstroke. Many adaptations since have made her a more likeable and tragic character.
** As [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Priscilla Rich, Debbie Domaine]] and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Barbara Minerva]] were each deadly fighters and manipulators with malicious intentions, Pris was even working for Imperial Japan and the Nazis before she ever donned an animal-themed costume.
** Another Wondy villainess Giganta definitely counts as this being a GiantWoman who serves as the female version of TheBrute for Lex Luthor alongside Cheetah. Although Giganta is more of a PunchClockVillain compared to other examples.
** As an [[ApparentlyHumanMerfolk Atlantean]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Clea]] of Venturia has most of the same SuperStrength as the likes of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and [[Characters/AquamanSupportingCast Mera]], and can consequently get physical with the best of them.
** Superwoman from the JLA’s AlternateUniverse counterpart [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSyndicate The Crime Syndicate of America]] is a very notable and powerful Dark Action Girl and TheVamp, especially in her ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2'' revamp where she’s an evil CompositeCharacter of Lois Lane and Wonder Woman. In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' she’s an evil composite of Diana and [[Characters/ShazamMarvelFamily Mary Marvel]] instead.
* Destrii, from the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic. She begins a HeelFaceTurn after being beaten to a pulp by her father figure, the BigBad, for [[HeelFaceTurn daring to side with the Doctor]].
%%* Maggie Burroughs post-FaceHeelTurn in ''ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh: The Nightmare Warriors''.

* Anissa from ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' a female Viltrimite, spends most of the comic as a particularly nasty one. She also serves as a disturbing subversion of the VillainessesWantHeroes trope [[spoiler: as being stronger the protagonist Mark she brutally rapes him in order [[StalkerWithATestTube to impregnate herself]], granted she does become TheAtoner later on but how much she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil deserves]] to be forgiven is still highly debatable]].
* ComicBook/LadyDeath has a decent amount. ComicBook/{{Purgatori}} (a powerful vampire goddess), Stigmata (a HumanoidAbomination), and the Death Queen. The title character as well, as she was originally a VillainProtagonist.

* Both Mejai, a HotGypsyWoman MasterPoisoner, and Ansea Latal, a swashbuckling DefectorFromDecadence, from ''ComicBook/TheScorpion''.
* Creator/MarvelComics
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] is a prominent example of this, as she's joined [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] on their various evil plots and especially enjoys hurting certain attractive female heroes whom she perceives as rivals [[VainSorceress to her own beauty]]. She's not completely evil however [[VillainessesWantHeroes as she does love]] [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] and did genuinely care for The Executioner as she nearly destroyed Yggdrasil in grief after his death.
** [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Betty Ross]] when she's BrainwashedAndCrazy as Harpy and Red She-Hulk. Although she soon gets better in later comics, even if her relationship with [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce]] remains as troubled as ever.
** ComicBook/IronMan villainess Madame Masque, the DaddysLittleVillain of Count Neferia is a notable one, being a BadassNormal who hides her FacialHorror behind a golden mask. Due to being a BrokenBird with a SanitySlippage she still wears the mask even after her face is healed.
** Madame Viper, TheBaroness of [[Characters/MarvelComicsHydra Hydra]] (hell she [[OlderThanTheyThink inspired]] ''Franchise/GIJoe''’s Baroness herself!). She's a particular effective and evil Dark Action Girl and unlike a lot of other Marvel examples listed she is seriously lacking any sympathetic or heroic traits whatsoever, as several of her plans with Hydra reach FinalSolution-level evil.
** Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}, one of [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]'s love interests. Her HeelFaceTurn is often a BatmanGambit, her betrayals less an indication of her turn than the prime motivator all along. Though she doesn't need love in her life, she can appreciate it when it's there and remembers it fondly after abandoning it, which is why she doesn't return to the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor by whacking the Hero.
** ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' feature several powerful Dark Action Girls and in as Karla Sofen aka Moonstone, Deidre Wentworth aka Superia (both of whom are a FlyingBrick who imitate [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]) and June Covington aka Toxie Doxie who takes aliases of Scarlet Witch. Subverted with Victoria Hand, although she’s an impressive BadassNormal and does fight the actual Avengers alongside Norman Osborn, [[BeingEvilSucks her heart isn’t in it]] as a TokenGoodTeammate and is pardoned by Captain America after Osborn is defeated and joins the heroes.
** [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Sin]], {{da|ddysLittleVillain}}ughter of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] and just as evil as her father. She even took up his mantle as the new Red Skull for a while.
** Shriek, most famous for being Characters/{{Carnage|CletusKasady}}'s DarkMistress in ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' counts as this with her [[SuperScream Sonic Scream]]. In later comics she teams up with fellow Dark Action Girl Ruby Headsman (see below).
** On the topic on [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Symbiotes]] and Carnage, from the Life Foundation QuirkyMiniBossSquad Scream and Agony count as this being Dark Action Girls empowered by the Venom Symbiote.
** [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] started off as this in the [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] comics as the loyal adoptive [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] of [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] before she betrayed him for Warlock. Then again Gamora still walks the line between this and the more traditionally heroic ActionGirl as even when working alongside the heroes in ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' or ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' she's still extremely violent, caring more about self-preservation and taking revenge against those who wronged her than actually doing the right thing. She's not called "The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy" for nothing.
** ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' have heaps of Dark Action Girls (a lot of whom eventually turned good) such as Songbird, Gypsy Moth, Figment, Man-Killer, Satana, Quicksand, Black Mamba, Jolt, Pretty Persuasions, Black Widow (Yelena Belova), Joystick and Kobik (who famously turned Captain America into a Hydra agent). Subverted with Black Widow though who turns out be Natasha going undercover as Yelena.
** [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]] is certainly this and unlike Amora, Hela's [[PetTheDog nicer qualities]] are almost nonexistent. She's the EvilQueen of TheUnderworld who has frequently tried to claim the souls of Asgard as her own and brought on mass destruction and death in her many battles with Thor and has even appeared on Earth to corrupts mortals. In more recent comics Hela even tried to shack up with [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] and despite ultimately being rejected by him, she still [[NotGoodWithRejection sought to resurrect him]], after Gamora killed him since she believes they are the perfect dark couple.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsBlackOrder Promixa Midnight]] from ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'' is one, being part of Thanos's [[EliteMooks Black Order]]. She's even taken on the likes of The Hulk and Characters/LukeCage in a fight. From the same group there's also Yabbat Ummon Turru aka Black Swan who's gone on to work for [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] as well.
** [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]] is another space example, but unlike her aforementioned "sister" Gamora, Nebula has ''firmly stayed on the side of evil'' having attacked the good guys on multiple occasions and even destroyed the entire planet of Xandar. In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' once she's freed from Thanos's torture she takes the Infinity Gauntlet for herself and tries to kill everyone before Adam Warlock stops her.
** ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018'', Peter would run into a [[AmazonBrigade whole team]] of Dark Action Girls the Syndicate, some of whom are DistaffCounterpart to the [[Characters/MarvelComicsSinisterSix Sinister Six]]. The team consists of the leader Janice Lincoln the [[LegacyCharacter fourth Beetle]], Lady Octopus, Scorpia, Electro (Francine Frye), Trapstr and White Rabbit.

** Characters/ScarletWitch was a downplayed version of this originally when she first appeared in early ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics as part of her adoptive father [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s brotherhood. Though it's important to note Wanda was ForcedIntoEvil by her Magneto and gladly heel-faced turned to The Avengers at the first opportunity. While she does have her BrainwashedAndCrazy and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds moments, Wanda remains on the side of good.
** [[Characters/SheHulkEnemies Titania]] is a foe of ComicBook/SheHulk, and has similar degrees of superhuman strength and endurance. She has since [[TookALevelInKindness turned over a new leaf]] in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' along with her husband Crusher Creel.
** Vapor of the ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk U-Foes]]'' has SuperSmoke powers and serves as a EvilCounterpart to Sue Storm although she’s never met or fought Sue once in any comic.
** For a while, it seemed that ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' villain [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Typhoid Mary]] was going to be this. Then she went and soared merrily over the MoralEventHorizon, diving right into her current [[AxCrazy personality]].
** Speaking of Daredevil, [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]] was introduced as a Dark Action Girl who worked for The Hand but turned to heroism after falling in love with a certain blind lawyer vigilante, before Bullseye famously killed her. Years since after getting resurrected, being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor switching between AntiHero and DarkActionGirl and getting replaced with a [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrull]] for a while, Elektra becomes a hero for real and even takes up the mantle of Daredevil to prove to Matt once and for all that she’s turned over a new leaf.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] was this originally when she worked for Mystique and her introduction in ''Avengers Annual'' #10 did not paint her in a good light as she gleefully ran roughshod over the Avengers her with PowerParasite ability, having just brutalised [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] and tossed her off a bridge. She went on to fight the X-Men and others several more times before absorbing some of ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'s memories and having an [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone epiphany]] at which Rogue left Mystique for the X-Men [[TheAtoner to atone]] and the rest is history. Rogue's appearance and personality also marks her change from Dark Action Girl to Good Action Girl, as she originally looked like a butch middle-aged woman with crow's feet who was pretty AxCrazy but after her heel-turn to good she [[ProgressivelyPrettier became]] [[MsFanservice a bombshell]] who was willing to risk her life for her allies at the drop of a hat.
** Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} in her introduction during the ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' was very much this. She was introduced as an EvilCounterpart to [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] and had pretty much no redeeming qualities as she worked for the Hellfire Club and had no qualms torturing her fellow Mutants. After Jean beat her, Emma continued being a villain possessing Storm, clashing with the ComicBook/NewMutants and made an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]. It wasn't until ''The Phalanx Covenant'' and ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' that Emma decided to turn over a new leaf and be a more righteous character and like Rogue eventually joined the X-Men, though she still remains a very unpleasant person to be around. She can easily switch back to Dark Action Girl though as seen in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' or when she joins the Cabal.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] aka the Goblin Queen the EvilIsSexy clone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] created by Mr Sinister is one, having a good deal of CloneAngst and an AxCrazy streak. In the recent ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'' she leads a CloneArmy to attack the mutant paradise Krakoa for rejecting her before being defeated and killed.
** [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] usually dresses in dark colors, is often emotionally standoffish, and is willing to kill and torture to achieve her goals, even ''after'' joining the X-Men and attempting to turn her life around. However it's been increasingly downplayed over time, and while she's still able to kill if she has to, thanks to CharacterDevelopment it's more and more her last resort. By the beginning of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' she's verging on outright becoming TheCape.
** Lady Death-strike is another X-Men Dark Action Girl and EvilCounterpart to Wolverine with her Adamantium-laced FemmeFatalons. Although she’s spent most of comic appearances as a villainess with an IrrationalHatred of Wolverine, in later comics she begrudgingly decides to be a hero alongside other [[WolverineWannabe Wolverine-alikes]] and even joins ComicBook/XForce for a while.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]. Though [[VoluntaryShapeshifting her powers]] don't offer any real advantage in a fight, she's a skilled martial artist who supplements her physical prowess with an arsenal of firearms. She [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder frequently]] makes fake {{Heel Face Turn}}s that turn out to be {{Batman Gambit}}s to screw the X-Men over, and when she betrays them, she naturally shoots or beats the shit out of whichever X-Man she'd gotten especially close to while she was [[EvilAllAlong "good"]] (See ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}}. And Forge, ''twice''.). Somehow they always fall for it, because she's ''just that good'' at deceiving and manipulating people. In current comics Mystique is a begrudging ally to Xavier and Magneto, paying off her evil debts in order to get [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes her wife]] Destiny resurrected.
* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Black Widow is the ActionGirl of the Ultimates, and turns out to be a traitor, killing Hawkeye's family and Jarvis.
** Main universe ComicBook/BlackWidow started out this way in the early ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics (albeit a less physical Dark Action Girl), but once the brainwashing from the KGB wore off she heel-turned to good and has mostly stayed that way since.
%%* Reka in ''ComicBook/TheSecretHistory''.
* Mariah from ''ComicBook/SinCity''. She mostly appears in ''Hell And Back'' as a deadly assassin who has a rivalry with [[TheVamp vampish]] Blue Eyes, also a part of the same guild.
* Rapunzel in ''ComicBook/SnowWhiteZombieApocalypse'' is a super badass, but also dark and troubled. She annihilates The Big Bad Zombie Wolf with her bare hands, but also leaves him alive in multiple pieces. Prince Charming even accuses her of "Slipping" which implies she's losing her sanity.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'', Kriss of Valnor is beyond greedy, but her badassness matches Thorgal's, ''which is '''really''' saying something''.
* ''ComicBook/TrakkMonsterHunter'' has Miss Rapture, a deadly female warrior who's in league with [[BigBad Vaquoul]].
* From ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', we have Noriko, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Blood Princess]].
* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', thanks to the [[GenderCide premise]], has several examples as villains. Most notably, there's Alter and her AmazonBrigade, the (unrelated) Daughters of the Amazon, Toyota, and Hero, [[spoiler:who makes the rare HeelFaceTurn]].