Growing up in Duplin County, the Graham Brothers were inspired by their mother Queenia Elizabeth Graham, who encouraged them to explore their vivid imaginations, by purchasing comic books every week in order to teach them how to read and how to draw their own Superheroes and Sheroes.
And, after months of practice, they finally mastered the art of storytelling, by producing their own comic books at an early age.
Hilariously, most of the comic book that they illustrated cleverly contained family members and friends in the neighborhood, who would fight Marvel and DC characters like Super-Man, Batman, and the Incredible Hulk.
As a result, as they grew older, they took that talent given to them by her and developed a cartoon character of their only in 2000 by the name of Bobbee Bee "The Hater," which led them to produce a series of children's books, and later a full-length movie, which they produced last year.
So, in dedication to their mother, the brothers list the 10 Most Powerful Female SuperHeroes, which was created by the staff at AtlantaBlackStar.com:
Vixen (1981)Vixen is an African female superhero who has the ability to tap into Earth’s morphogenetic field that allows her to mimic the abilities of any animal, by simply focusing on its specific abilities and drawing them directly from the field. Using her Tantu Totem, a mystical totem said to be created by the African god Anansi the Spider, Vixen is able to control her powers.
Her many powers include the ability to spit venom like a spitting cobra and to acquire the strength of a rhinoceros beetle (about 65 tons), the constriction of an anaconda, the wall-crawling ability of a spider, similar to Spider-Man, the speed of a cheetah and the flight of a hawk.
Captain Marvel/Spectrum (1982)
Monica Rambeau was a lieutenant in the New Orleans police force. While trying to prevent the creation of a dangerous weapon, Rambeau is exposed to extra-dimensional energy and as a result she can transmute her body to energy and back again at will.
Rambeau, now known as Captain Marvel, can transform herself into any form of energy within the electromagnetic spectrum including cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light and electricity.
She is invisible and intangible in many of her energy forms, she also has the ability to project these energies from her body while she is in human form, usually in the form of energy blasts from her hands.
Starting in September 2013, Rambeau will appear as one of the lead characters in the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Mighty Avengers comics, acting as the team’s field leader under the new codename Spectrum.
Nu’bia (1973)
Nubia (1973) was initially depicted as a twin to Diana (Wonder Woman) when she was formed from black clay. Nubia possessed a magic sword created by Mars, a Greek god who sought to destroy Wonder Woman, which was the only weapon on Earth that could counteract Diana’s magic lasso.
Nu’Bia (1999) was later re-imagined as an Amazonian warrior with 3,000 years of combat experience providing her expertise in both hand-to-hand combat as well as with hand-held weapons.
As an Amazonian warrior she also possesses immortality, superhuman strength, durability, stamina, agility and enhanced intellect.
Jet (1988)
Celia Winward, the only known female Jamaican-born female superhero, was living in Great Britain when guardians of the universe (creators of the Green Lantern) decided to recruit and empower 10 earthlings to be their successors as the “new guardians.”
Under the name Jet, she received the power to absorb and use electromagnetic waves.
Jet has the ability to fly, create blasts of heat and force, and generate an electromagnetic pulse; move and manipulate metal with magnetic fields; fire blasts of electricity; and see in other frequencies of the spectrum besides visible light, such as ultraviolet and infrared.
When manifesting her powers, her hair appears to be on fire though she has no fire-related abilities.
Thunder (2003)
As the oldest daughter of D.C Comics superhero Black Lightning, Anissa Pierce struck a deal with her father to put off crime fighting until she graduated college.
On the evening of her graduation, Anissa transformed into Thunder. Her power is in density manipulation, which gives her the ability to increase her body’s mass while preserving volume, which effectively increases her density.
In this state she is near-immovable, almost completely invulnerable (a mob enforcer once suffered a compound fracture after trying to punch Thunder in the face), and can create massive shockwaves just by stomping the ground.
Ladyhawk (1999)
Twin sisters Regina and Rosetta were daughters of a crime lord, but decided to use their powers for good. Rosetta was a great fighter, while Regina was skilled with technology. The sisters shared the codename Ladyhawk.
The Ladyhawk twins are skilled in a variety of martial arts styles. Both of the twins are quite formidable opponents, but there is enough variation between their fighting styles for a trained eye (like Spider-Girl) to tell the two apart.
They supplement their fighting skills with weapons, such as falcon-shaped shuriken, smoke bombs, capture rings, and sonic-throwing blades.
Fatality (1997)
Yrra Cynril was the eldest child of the planet Xanshi’s ruling family and the first be trained by the Warlords of Okaara, who trained the best and the brightest children within the Vegan star system in the art of combat.
Fatality has super-human strength, speed, reflexes, stamina and endurance and is an expert in all forms of combat and the use of many weapons. She is considered one of the best warriors in the universe.
Fatality may have many weapons but usually she employs an energy staff. She has a pair of jet boots that allow her to fly and a starship that she uses to traverse the universe.
Silhouette (1990)
Silhouette’s father Andrew Chord was a member of a team that found a well-spring of raw, primal energy called the “Well of All Things.” Chord and other members an American recon patrol decided to breed a superior race.
Through the selective breeding, Silhouette was given the ability to teleport herself over short distances on Earth by traveling through the Darkforce dimension. She can “melt” into any shadow or area of darkness, and then reemerge on Earth through another shadow or area of darkness.
She can also open small portals anywhere shadows existed and use them to attack distant enemies by extending her crutches through them.
After her legs were crippled due to injuries inflicted by gunfire, Silhouette received a special pair of combat-capable crutches and leg braces. The crutches included both a hidden electric tazer that can emit charges to stun an adversary, and a slim anesthetic needle injector that delivers paralytic chemicals. The crutches are also equipped with “smoke gas” and metal firing pellets.
Crimson Avenger (2000)
Jill Carlyle, also known as the Crimson Avenger is a minor Spirit of Vengeance. Once a practicing lawyer, the Crimson Avenger uses a pair of Colt pistols to exact vengeance upon criminals.
She possesses the powers of teleportation and intangibility. Her guns never miss, never run out of ammunition, and have no triggers. The bullets are capable of penetrating any substance, and can wound invulnerable heroes such as Superman and Power Girl, as well as crack the armored shell of Captain Atom.
The guns seemingly have a force of their own, as she speaks of having to restrain them from shooting those who come between her and her target.
Her intangibility does not function against her own weapons or other magical forces. Until the curse is lifted, she is seemingly immortal.
Ororo Monroe, better known as Storm, was one of the first Black comic book characters, and the first Black female, to play either a major or supporting role in the big two comic book houses, Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Her powers and abilities are extensive.According to marvel.wikia:
“Storm is one of the most powerful mutants on Earth and has demonstrated a plethora of abilities, most of which are facets of her power to manipulate the weather. She has been able to control both Earthly and extraterrestrial ecosystems on several occasions. She can modify the temperature of the environment, control all forms of precipitation, humidity and moisture (at a molecular level), generate lightning and other electromagnetic atmospheric phenomena, and has demonstrated excellent control over atmospheric pressure.
She can incite all forms of meteorological tempests, such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and hurricanes, as well as mist. She can dissipate such weather to form clear skies as well.She has demonstrated the ability to separate water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen via electrolysis, allowing her to breathe underwater.
While in outer space, she is able to affect and manipulate the interstellar and intergalactic mediums.”
Storm was once the Queen of Wakanda when she married the Black Panther, T’Challa.
