35 Strongest Female Marvel Characters

The Marvel world can seem oversaturated with male heroes, but as Marvel Comics have proven time and time again, there is a great range of female characters with immense power too. These women are not only physically strong, with all manner of cool abilities, but they often have incredible intellectual and/or emotional strengths too.

Whether heroes, villains, or anywhere in between, these ladies prove themselves to be some of the most powerful women in Marvel Comics, ever.

35 Black Widow Is A Soviet Super Soldier & Combat Expert

(AKA Natalia “Natasha” Romanova)

Natasha Romanov, AKA Black Widow is one of Marvel’s most enduring characters, and among its most fierce fighters. From her origin as a Soviet spy, to her time as a perennial Avenger, Widow has developed a skill-set matched by few other fighters. Her training, combined with her Supersoldier Serum-enhanced physique, has enabled her to take on numerous superpowered characters in combat.

Black Widow is also one of Marvel’s most savvy characters, able to outsmart almost anyone. She is a weapons expert, as well as a master of hand-to-hand fighting techniques. Thanks to the Supersoldier Serum she has a healing factor that allows her to put herself in highly dangerous situations, which she is always willing to do.

34 Black Cat Is Marvel’s Greatest Thief

(AKA Felica Hardy)

While DC has Selina Kyle, Marvel has Felica Hardy. Black Cat is one of the greatest thieves that the Marvel Universe has ever seen. She’s a prolific jewel thief and has also managed to steal Spider-Man’s heart a few different times. Not only is Felica a master thief, but she also has powerful probability manipulation powers. This allows her to always be on the winning side of things, no matter how bad her situation might look, a stroke of luck will always make it, so she ends up on top.

Over the years, she’s flirted with the idea of being both an anti-hero and a superhero. Sometimes she’s a gang leader ruling the streets of New York, and sometimes she’s the first to answer Spider-Man’s call for help. Either way, she’s an absolutely beloved character in the Marvel Universe.

33 The Invisible Woman Does More Than Just Disappear

(AKA Dr. Susan Storm-Richard)

As a member of “Marvel’s First Family,” the Fantastic Four, Sue Storm is among the company’s early prominent female superheroes. Over six decades after her debut, Sue has become increasingly powerful, with her range of abilities extending beyond just invisibility, as she has been revealed to be a powerful energy-manipulator.

Sue is often overlooked, but she has proven herself against the most powerful villains in the Marvel Universe, as well as fellow heroes such as the Hulk. Most notably, the Invisible Woman displayed the true might of her powers by killing a Celestial, a cosmic being ranking among Marvel’s most powerful.

32 Elektra Is Marvel’s Deadliest Woman

(AKA Elektra Natchios)

Elektra is often regarded as one of the most deadly women in Marvel. She’s been a member of the Chaste and a member of The Hand, and she’s been a major love interest of Matt Murdock for decades. She’s even been the personal assassin for Wilson Fisk and killed several people on his orders. Despite the darkness that is inside Elektra, she has tried a few times to be a true hero.

During Chip Zdarsky’s run on Daredevil, Elektra took on the mantle of Daredevil to prove to Matt that she was genuine about being a hero. Since then, she’s continued to patrol the streets of New York, doing her best to keep the citizens of Hells Kitchen safe. Her relationship with Daredevil has been one of the most passionate and destructive relationships in comic book history.

31 Jessica Jones Is Among Marvel’s Most Badass Street-Level Brawlers

(AKA Jewel, Knightress, Power Woman)

Jessica Jones is the very model of strength in the face of adversity. Her powers include enhanced strength and durability, which she put to use as a hero for a time, before she fell under the mind-control of the villain Purple Man, and was forced to serve at his whims.

After being freed from his influence, Jessica eschewed the traditional superhero life and became a private eye, and a fantastic one at that. While she doesn’t make a living with her powers, they certainly come in handy as she’s fought powerful villains like Doctor Doom.

30 Spider-Woman is Marvel’s Most Capable Spider-Hero

(AKA Jessica Drew)

Jessica Drew, also known as Spider-Woman, not only has every power that fans have come to associate with a Spider-hero, but is also a super spy and private investigator. Physically, Jessica can hold her own with Marvel’s most powerful fighters, but she also has a wide range of unique powers that give her more than just a physical edge. She is also tactically and intellectually powerful.

Although Spider-Woman has a rather convoluted origin story, she’s always been portrayed as a powerful character. A member of the Avengers who has had experiences with both S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA, Jessica is a valuable ally, and dangerous enemy, to have.

29 Ironheart Is One Of Marvel’s Smartest Characters

(AKA Riri Williams)

There are tons of brilliant minds in the Marvel Universe, from Reed Richards to Tony Stark, and one of the brightest and youngest minds is Riri Williams. At the age of five years old, Riri was diagnosed as being a super genius and her parents moved her into a special school that could better cater to her budding genius.

Riri Williams’ genius status is confirmed by the fact that she got a scholarship at MIT and managed to build her own Iron Armor with spare parts from the school labs.

Riri had intended to use her genius to create inventions that would help superheroes fight crime, but after her family was caught in the middle of a gang shooting, Riri decided to start building her own Iron Man suit to fight crime. After stealing dozens of parts and reverse engineering an old Tony Stark Iron Man suit, Riri was able to join the superhero community and help fight in the second superhero civil war on the side of Iron Man.

28 The Upper Level Of Monica Rambeau’s Power Is Nearly Limitless

(AKA Spectrum, Photon, Captain Marvel)

Monica Rambeau has gone by a number of superhero names over the years. Originally, she was a former New Orleans Harbor Patrol Lieutenant who received exposure to extradimensional energy, and gained the power to turn into any form of energy along the electromagnetic spectrum. This gave her the ability fly at the speed of light, shoot lasers, and assume the form of all sorts of energies.

Monica was notably the first woman to use the Captain Marvel moniker. Portrayed as a member of both the Avengers and the Ultimates, her Spectrum form’s powers have a vast range of applications, making her an asset to any team, on a wide variety of different missions.

27 Cassandra Nova

(AKA Anti-Self)

The forgotten twin sister of Professor Charles Xavier, Cassandra wields the exact same telepathic powers of her brother as well as everything Charles could have potentially inherited. While Cassandra is a terrifyingly powerful psionic user, her real power is her ability to manipulate DNA. She can manipulate someone’s DNA right down to the genome, adding or removing any quality she wants from them. She’s also capable of regenerating at incredible speeds and can even phase directly through objects, rendering her completely immune to damage. Combine this with Cassandra’s absolute sadism and she’s unbelievably dangerous.

26 Madelyne Pryor

(AKA Goblin Queen)

Madelyne Pryor is a clone of Jean Grey, and as such, she has all the same mutant abilities as her “sister.” These include things like Telepathy, Telekenisis, a low level of Reality Warping, mind alteration, and dozens of others. but if those abilities weren’t enough, she also has Demonic Augmentation from bargaining with the demon S’ym. Thanks to this, she has demonic abilities as well, such as dark sorcery which she can add ontop of her already incredibly impressive telepathy. As far as dangerous women go, having all of the powers of Marvel’s most powerful telepaths on top of demonic magic is pretty hard to beat.

25 Hope Summers

(AKA White Phoenix)

Mutants are major things in the Marvel Universe. Some of the most powerful characters Marvel has to offer are Mutants. Legendary characters like Magneto, Cyclops, Wolverine, even Apocalypse, and Hope Summers can defeat them all. Hope’s mutant power allows her to mimic the powers of any mutants she is near. The powers she mimicks are immediately at their full power and she doesn’t need to learn how to use them. She also has the power to shut down any mutant powers around her, removing their powers. While Hope isn’t very useful against non-mutants, she is a God compared to any mutants.

24 Illyana Rasputina

(AKA Magik)

Illyana is a weird situation when it comes to her power. While she is a mutant, it’s not her being a mutant that makes her dangerous. Her mutant power is creating “stepping discs” which essentially allow her to teleport any where she wants. But that’s not what makes her dangerous. Illyana is also known as the Sorceress Supreme of Limbo. She has vast magical abilities, such as Energy Manipulation, Astral Projection, Binding, and Summoning. Basically anything Doctor Strange can do, Illyana can do as well. She also wields the Soulsword, a massive blade that is capable of disrupting most spells as well as directly attacking incorporeal beings, like souls.

23 Hela

(AKA Goddess of Death)

As Thor is the God of Thunder, his neice is the Asgardian Goddess of Death. Hela has all the execpted power of an Asgardian, being incredible physical strength and durability, she is also immortal unlike her Asgardian kin. Another major difference that sets her apart is her mastery of magic. Hela is capable of manipulating Asgardian magic to do whatever she wants. This includes Astral Projection, time travel, and illusions. But by far the most powerful ability she has is her control over life and death. Since she is the Asgardian Goddess of Death, she can claim any soul that doesn’t die in a heroic battle. These souls are then brought to Hela’s domain, where she gains full control over them.

22 Kamala Khan Is One Of Marvel’s Most Prodigious Young Heroes

(AKA Ms. Marvel)

Kamala Khan has only been a Marvel hero for a short time compared to some of the other characters on this list, but her ascent to a position of prominence in the company’s heroic pantheon has been swift. It has also been warranted, as Kamala has captured the spirit of classic Marvel stories in a way many earlier characters have become detached from.

As Ms. Marvel, her story has only gotten more thrilling as she’s been revealed to be part-Inhuman/part-mutant, has died and been resurrected, and most excitingly, has been written by Iman Vellani, the actress who portrays Kamala in the MCU.

21 Wasp Was A Founding Avenger, Named The Team, and Trained With Captain America

(AKA Janet Van Dyne)

Janet Van Dyne is the partner of the Marvel Universe’s other diminutive hero, Ant-Man. However, Janet does more than specialize in shrinking. Wasp is able to manipulate her body’s bio-electic energy and release it in the form of her iconic ‘Stingers’. Janet also has a few genetic modifications that allow her to sprout functional wings and antennae.

Janet has frequently proven herself a highly qualified leader, regularly assuming a primary role among Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. She has also time and time again proven herself in combat, having been trained to fight by fellow original Avenger Captain America himself.

20 Emma Frost is As Ice-Cold & Ruthless As Marvel Heroes Get

(AKA The White Queen)

The White Queen, Emma Frost, has strong telepathic powers, which allow her entry almost at-will into other people’s minds. She can also understand exactly what someone is thinking, as long as she is in close enough proximity to them. In the comics, this proves to be a hugely beneficial skill, as she can easily manipulate and distract her opponents.

As part of her secondary mutation, Frost can also transform her body into a diamond form. While in this state, she is completely impervious to psychic attacks, which could otherwise harm her. On top of this, her diamond form gives her enhanced strength, and makes her nearly invulnerable to harm.

19 The Best Wolverine In The Marvel Universe Isn’t Logan

(Laura Kinney, AKA X-23, Talon)

Laura Kinney was introduced to Marvel Comics as X-23, but she has since taken on the mantle of Wolverine. The biological daughter of the original Wolverine, Laura was raised by an evil organization to be an incredibly ruthless fighter, and she has the same healing ability as her father.

This mutant power makes her one of the most invincible characters in the Marvel world, and since breaking free from the clutches of those who raised her, she has often fought alongside the X-Men. Laura also has an immensely keen intellect, showing fluency in many languages, and styles of martial arts.

Somewhat confusingly, the original version of Laura Kinney was aged-up as part of a storyline, and subsequently took on the alternate moniker of “Talon,” before being killed off as one of the
most tragic deaths of Marvel’s
Fall of X

. There is, however, also a younger version of the character still active in the Marvel Universe, still operating under the name “Wolverine.”

18 Gamora Is The Daughter Of Thanos

(AKA Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan)

There are few characters in the Marvel Universe as despised as the Mad Titan Thanos, and few characters hate Thanos as much as his own daughter, Gamora. Thanos found Gamora after the massacre of her people and raised her to be the deadliest woman in the Galaxy, and she succeeded.

Since then, Gamora has been on tons of adventures, sometimes as a ruthless assassin and sometimes as a hero in the Guardians of the Galaxy. Gamora even gained the Time Stone at one point and held it for so long that she’s managed to retain some residual abilities from it, such as precognition. She has also possessed all the Infinity Gems, which is a feat that her father Thanos has constantly been seeking out, ever since he failed to impress Lady Death with his mad wish for universal genocide.

17 Born Out Of Tragedy, Moondragon Is A Cosmic Powerhouse

(AKA Heather Douglas)

Heather Douglas experienced tragedy at a young age, when her family was slaughtered by the Mad Titan Thanos. Out of that awful experience, one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Universe was born. Moondragon was taken in by the Priests of Shao-Lum, who helped Heather unlock her true psychic potential.

Moondragon is one of the strongest telepaths Marvel has to offer, rivaling mutants such as Professor X or Jean Grey. Not only are her mental powers exceptionally strong, Heather can also turn into an actual dragon, giving her a combination of powers that makes her one of Marvel’s mightiest forces for good.

16 Even Thor Considers Storm Marvel’s “Goddess Of Thunder”

(AKA Ororo Munroe)

An iconic X-Men character, Storm has powers of weather manipulation; though, in some ways, this is a colossal understatement. In some storylines, Storm has been able to wipe out entire areas by calling upon a tsunami. Her weather control powers are so strong that the God of Thunder himself, Asgardian All-Father Thor, considers Storm to be on his level.

Lighting tends to be Storm’s favorite weapon, as she can call it down from the sky at any given time to shock her opponents into submission. In addition to her own capabilities, Storm is also a natural leader, who tends to bring out the best in others’ powers.