Meanings
plural supervillainesses
- A female supervillain.
Created by DC Comics and featured in Batman, supervillainess Poison Ivy is a potent femme fatale.
2005, Lois H Gresh, Robert E Weinberg, The Science of Supervillains2 more examples
On the everlasting As the World Turns, Lisa was another kind of person, a sort of supervillainess of the soaps. Yet she was always saved from damnation...
1987, Shirley Rogers Radl, Mother's Day is OverDisappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes.
1996, Trina Robbins, The Great Women Superheroes
Origin
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