By The Bel: Top 5 Female Superheroes

Let’s get down to business! My top 5 picks for female superheroes on the big and small screen.

# 5 Cat Woman, who is the alter ego of Selina Kyle. She has been portrayed by Halle Berry, Michelle Pfeiffer and soon it will be Anne Hathaway to don the Black leather cat suit, and enchant us with her feminine feline wiles. Cracking her whip and purring into Batman’s ear is a definite highlight of any movie where the two appear together.

#4 Elektra, who is the alter ego of Elektra Natchios. I think Jennifer Garner did a brilliant job in this role. She had us in awe of her weapon control, mainly with the Twin Sai and that read leather is something to behold.

#3 She-Ra, alias Adora, and twin sister to He-man. She is the wielder of the Sword of Protection and is by far a more passive super hero than most. No leather here as far as I can see, but that’s okay, she still has the power of Grayskull to kick some serious robotic booty.

#2 Wonder Woman, alias of Diana Prince. She’s a stunner in her Americanized patriotic garb which consists of a golden belt, the source of her strength and power while away from Paradise Island, bullet-deflecting bracelets and a golden lasso which is unbreakable and forces people to obey and tell the truth when bound with it. This is all added to a red bustier with gold accents and a pair of blue knickers complete with stars and an awesome pair of red boots.

#1 Xena: Worrior Princess, a bad girl gone good. She’s decked out in brown leather and metal armor and attacks with a very Middle Eastern war cry. She knows her way around a sword and can drop an enemy with the push of a pressure point. Her most famous weapon however is the chakram she wears at her hip and uses to take out multiple foes with the flick of a wrist.