Comics Anahit (Armenian Folktale) The Queen Who Made the King Get a Job This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
Comics Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968) The Human Rights Queen of Afghanistan 1920s Afghanistan was a progressive and rapidly-modernizing country in large part to the most powerful, empathic, and maligned queen it had ever seen.
Comics Amanirenas (c.60 BCE - c.10 BCE) The One-Eyed Queen Who Fought Rome Tooth and Nail When Rome set its eyes on her country, this one-eyed queen fought them tooth and nail, until they left her alone.
Comics Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine (1881-1964 and 1900-1970) The Queens of the Sydney Underworld America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
Vasilisa Vasilyevna (Russian Folktale) The Gender-Nonconforming Heroine Who Kept the Tsar Guessing When the Tsar became hellbent on nailing down her gender, this clever gender-nonconforming heroine kept him guessing to the end.
Nafanua The Goddess Who Killed With Courtesy When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.
Comics Janequeo (16th century) The Rebel Spain Never Caught When her husband was killed by conquistadors, this native Chilean showed the Spanish what "fight like a woman" really means.
Comics Wungala (Indigenous Australian Myth) The Mom Who Beat the Devil with Bread When she came face-to-face with a great monster, this mother saved her child and herself through bravery, quick thinking, and great culinary skills.
Comics Nitocris (22nd century BCE pseudohistory) The 6th Dynasty's Worst Banquet Host When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.
Comics Isabella of France (c.1295-1358) The She-Wolf of France After years of neglect and abuse from her husband, this queen raised an army and took over England for herself.