Nerds and fanboys rejoice, we have completed a companion piece listing the Top Twenty Asian Superheroines in the DC Universe.
Now you know we could not write an article about the Magnificent Asian Superheroines of Marvel without doing one about the Dynamic Asian Female Superheroes of DC. That’s not only bad form but poor nerd etiquette, and our tiger moms raised us way better than that. The Asian women of Detective Comics is a proud bunch and by no means play second fiddle to anyone, so without further adieu, here is our companion piece to help bring nerd order balance to the galaxy.
20) Traci 13 (Asian)
She doesn’t tale losing at Magic the Gathering very well..
Now we are not entirely sure if Traci 13 is Asian but her mother was named Meihu Lan, so just go with us here. What you need to know is that Traci 13 is of the homo magi line, or humans born with the power of sorcery, has a pet iguana named Leeroy, and the ability to cast “urban magic.” And no we don’t mean the David Blaine kind. Instead of failing at living in a water cube for a week, she can cast spells to teleport, create fire blasts, and even turn her pet iguana into a dragon. Hell if she can do that, maybe she should name the thing BRUCE Leeroy! HAHAH.. we will show ourselves out..
The reaction of most of our readers after that last joke.
19) Lady Shiva (Ambiguously Asian)
Chinatown: Come for the Dim Sum and knock-off designer purses. Stay for the kung fu fights.
Born in an unknown country, Lady Shiva for all intents and purposes is most likely Japanese, Manchurian, maybe Chinese, but some sort of Asian at the very least. She is the goddaughter of the martial arts expert O-Sensei, and not only became a master of the martial arts, but quite possibly the world’s deadliest assassin. As a fearsome mercenary for hire she has been equal parts enemy as well as ally to the one and only Batman. As a member of the League of Shadows she has battled Batman to near defeat as well as trained Batman and Tim Drake in the arts of stealth. She even mothered Cassandra Cain, a former Batgirl, and even battled her own daughter to the death on more than one occasion. With a mother daughter relationship like that, it makes Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest look like Carol Fucking Brady.
And you thought YOUR mom got mad when you didn’t make straight A’s….
I SAID NO WIRE BATARANGS EVEEEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To the 5 people who got this joke thank you. To everyone else, there is a link provided below for explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOILKHmZBwc
18) Judomaster (Japanese)
To be fair, when you were a costume that looks like it has a big circle target in the middle, you should expect to get flying sidekick on occasion.
Many of the entries on our DC list are not only members of such illustrious groups as the Justice League, Doom Patrol, but also DC’s elite group of super heroes that are Japanese Characters Not So Subtly Named After Japanese Things, or JCNSSNAJT for short. Take for instance Judomaster, what possibly could the metahuman Sonia Sato’s powers be? Well like the two other Judomasters before her she has a mastery level use of the Japanese grappling art of Judo, plus the ability to create an “aversion field.” This power prevents her from any attacks directly aimed at her. However it is not effective against random attacks, explosions, and thinly veiled stereotypes it seems.
This is why she is no longer welcome at Cabo San Lucas Resorts and Hotels.
Also we get it Ronda, she isn’t the ONLY Judomaster… now put your medal away and give us a smile.
17) Katana (Japanese)
With a mask like that she has to be Japanese…. or.. possibly Indian..
Another proud member of the JCNSSNAJT, Tatsu Yamashiro became the super heroine Katana through a love triangle between herself, her husband, and her husband’s jealous Yakuza brother. Like most matters of the heart, this family quarrel ended with Tatsu’s husband being slain by her brother with a mystical katana known as the “Soultaker”, having his soul trapped in said sword, and Tatsu disarming and defeating her brother-in-law, thus obtaining the mystical sword. After fleeing from the battle, a heartbroken Tatsu would train to be an elite samurai warrior and took on the code name Katana after the sword she wielded with her dead husbands soul. Glad to hear these crazy kids worked it all out.
And after that she become the best barber ever at Fantastic Sam’s!