Female Furies
The Female Furies are a group that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The Female Furies were an elite unit of New Gods from Apokolips. (Mister Miracle v1 #6)
In an effort to replace Big Barda, Granny Goodness sought a new captain for the Female Furies and believed she found a prospective candidate in Precious. She was tasked with fighting the Furies to prove her worth but was killed with ease by her foes with this being a disappointment to both Granny Goodness and Darkseid. However, at this time, the Supergirl Kara Zor-El had arrived on Earth with Darkseid sensing potential in her and tasked Granny Goodness with bringing the Kryptonian to him. (Superman/Batman v1 #9) Big Barda used a Boom Tube to allow herself and the Trinity to reach Apokolips in order to rescue Kara. Wonder Woman accompanied Barda when they were ambushed by the Female Furies and despite inflicting damage on their foes they were seemingly defeated. (Superman/Batman v1 #11)
Darkseid never found the true Anti-Life Equation, but the prophecies came to pass that spoke of humans uncovering fragments of it. This came true when Professor Martin Stein who was one-half of the superhero Firestorm, uncovered a portion of it studying the Firestorm Matrix. Mr. Miracle and Orion came to warn Firestorm, but Darkseid had already sent the Female Furies to take the hero. They were dispatched to Earth in effort to capture Martin Stein whose knowledge of the Firestorm Matrix meant that he contained an element of the Anti-Life Equation. This brought them into conflict with Firestorm Jason Rusch along with Shilo Norman with them being assisted by Orion. The villains subdued the heroes, and prepared to load Firestorm into a Boom Tube to Apokolips when Firestorm’s girlfriend Gehenna appeared with super heroine Firehawk. The Furies were vanquished, and Metron appeared inside the Firestorm-matrix, revealing that Stein had not unlocked anti-life, but life itself in understanding the elemental nature of Firestorm. The full life equation would threaten Darkseid, and Metron warned that the villains would not rest until Stein was in his clutches. (Firestorm v3 #34)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Female Furies
Overview
In appearance, the Female Furies were a battle unit consisting of murderous misfits each of whom were experts and trained to kill utilising their special skills. (Mister Miracle v1 #6) It was said that they were bred to be the finest warriors on Apokolips and the elite guard that stood ready to serve their master Darkseid. (Superman/Batman v1 #9)
Members of this order swore on the Black Oath and did not forgive betrayal. (Justice League v2 #46) The fiercest of their number were elevated to the grandest rank of one of the Four Furies of Apokolips. (Earth-2 v1 #28) One particular rank was that of the Doyenne of the Furies. (Earth-2: World's End v1 #11)
Their clothing contained phasing circuits that placed their molecules in transit at a moments notice allowing them to vanish and appear at will. (Mister Miracle v1 #6)
On Apokolips, their headquarters on the planet was the Granny Goodness's Sinister Snarl that served as training ground. Within there was the Maniac Menagerie whereby warriors could equip themselves with special weapons such as Mother Boxes. (Harley Quinn v3 #45)
Members
- Big Barda :
- Lashina :
- Bernadeth : dark haired sister to DeSaad who was armed with the Fahren-Knife allowing her to penetrate dimensionally and burn a target up from the inside. (Mister Miracle v1 #6)
- Mad Harriet :
- Stompa :
- Gilotina :
- Speed Queen :
- Bloody Mary :
- Malice Vundabar :
- Knockout :
- Sweet Leilana :
- Petite Tina :
- Hammer Harleen : female human that was actually Harley Quinn who was recruited into the Female Furies by Granny Goodness for a time. (Harley Quinn v3 #45)
Notes
- The Female Furies were created by Jack Kirby and made their first appearance in Mister Miracle v1 #6 (February, 1972).
Alternate Versions
- In Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance v1 #1 (2011), an alternate version of Female Furies appeared in the Flashpoint reality that was an alternate timeline in the MUltiverse. They were a team of female heroes and villains who allied themselves with Queen Diana of Themyscira.
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, the Female Furies made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Justice League Unlimited, the Female Furies made a cameo appearance where they appeared in the forces of Granny Goodness who was battling with Virman Vundabar for rule of Apokolips after Darkseid was killed. During the battle, they battled both Vundabar's lieutenants Kanto and Mantis with their conflict came to an end when Darkseid was resurrected where he retook control of his world whereupon he sought to get revenge against the superheroes of Earth.
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the Female Furies appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Duel of the Double Crossers!". The team consisted of Lashina and Stompa where this version of the group served Mongal as gladiators on Warworld.
- In Young Justice, the Female Furies appeared in the animated television series starting in the third Outsiders season in the episode "Influence". They were shown as being the elite female warriors of Apokolips that served under Granny Goodness with their greatest fighter being Big Barda. The Furies were responsible for staffing the Orphanage that was a large station which was used as a staging ground to gather kidnapped Metahuman children on Earth that were being used as living weapons by Apokolips for its war campaigns across the universe. The facility's existence was discovered by the Justice League who infiltrated it and battled the Female Furies until Granny Goodness used Father Box to send the intruders away before using a Boom Tube to send the space station to safety.
Films
- In Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, the Female Furies made an appearance an antagonists in the animated film. Big Barda was said to had been a member of their group and had trained them before defecting to Earth. Their number included Gilotina, Mad Harriet, Lashina, Stompa and led by Granny Goodness. A new potential recruit named Treasure was introduced to be trained as Big Barda's replacement but was swiftly killed by the Furies during the test. Big Barda would help Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman travel to Apokolips via Boom Tube in order to rescue Kara Zor-El who was kidnapped by Darkseid to be brainwashed as his agent. Barda and Wonder Woman would battle the Female Furies who were all defeated by the pair of superheroes.
- In Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, the Female Furies appeared in the setting of the 2020 animated film. This version consisted of defeated members of the Justice League who were ambushed on Apokolips and suffered grievous injuries. This saw their bodies being rebuilt with cybernetics and turned into brainwashed warriors that served Darkseid. Their ranks consisted of Wonder Woman, Mera, Starfire, Hawkman and Martian Manhunter where they were called to protect Apokolips when the Earth resistance staged an attack on the planet. In the fight, Constantine managed to free Wonder Woman from her brainwashing using the Lasso of Truth where she held off the other Furies. She was nearly killed by being overwhelmed by the Furies until the resistance freed Cyborg from Darkseid's brainwashing. This allowed the Furies to have their minds restored to them where they assisted the resistance and later managed to escape Apokolips before the world was shunted into another dimension.
Appearances
- Mister Miracle v1: (1972)
- Hawk and Dove v3:
- Superboy v3:
- Superman/Batman v1:
- Firestorm v3:
- Earth-2 v1:
- Harley Quinn v3:
- Female Furies v1:
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