We are living in the age of superheroes.
But who among them truly rules?
We gave each category a maximum score of 10 points, with one exception: Cultural Impact.
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Those composite category scores were then added together to create an overall power total for each character.
This determined our final 50 and each characters position on the list.
The result, we believe, is the most precise and comprehensive superhero ranking ever created.
Now, lets begin with our choice for No.
1…
WONDER WOMAN
Wham!
Those are the sounds of a red boot kicking through a glass ceiling.
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The Amazon princess of Themyscira.
On her 75th anniversary, its time she finally gets her due.
As a feminist icon, she represents something thats bigger than Spider-Man or Batman.
Shes an inspiration for every little girl who would like to imagine herself saving the world.
Wonder Woman isnt the only female hero, but she stands apart.
Theres hardly a DC hero she hasnt bested.
And if she could cross over into the Marvel Universe?
Spidey… nice kid, but easily stepped on.
Black Panther might earn her respect enough to open some trade between her island and Wakanda.
Pfft, shed crumple that tin can.
Hed join the pantheon of gods whose asses she has kicked.
The power of a punch is one thing.
She has no use for a firearm and neither do her enemies.
Her bracelets can deflect gunfire like shes swatting a fly.
That yearning for originality tapped into the pop in of heroism we often overlook.
Even after seven and a half decades, she is still making history.
Whether it is in the early dynamic drawings by original artist H.G.
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