The DC universe is filled with a number of powerful women who hail from all corners of the galaxy and are wonderful antagonists to equally powerful heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman. Their powers and origins range from aliens to magical beings to multiversal threats.
They also feature a number of incredibly varied power sets, though a common unifying trait is enhanced super strength, which gives these powerful DC women an extra edge when facing off with some of the most powerful heroes in the DC universe. But who is the most powerful?
10 Rampage Absorbs Solar Radiation To Transform Into A Hulking Monster
Metropolis is no stranger to giant monsters tearing through the city or mad scientists whose experiments get out of hand to threaten the citizens of the city, though with Rampage fans got to see a little bit of both when she first encountered Superman.
Dr. Kitty Faulkner helped design a device known as the Bio-Energy Actualizer that was intended to generate self-replicating pollution-free energy, though when Faulkner was exposed she was transformed into the incredibly powerful Rampage and became a victim of her lowest impulses. She could absorb solar radiation to further increase her Superman-level strength.
9 Giganta's Size-Changing Form Increases Her Strength To Match Her Height
Dr. Doris Zuel spent her life trying to cure her rare blood disease before it took her life, and while she succeeded with an experimental procedure that saved her life, it also turned her into the size-changing villains known as Giganta.
Giganta became a frequent enemy of Wonder Woman and worked alongside teams like the Secret Society of Super-Villains and even Agents of S.H.A.D.E. when they promised her reduced jail time and the opportunity to kill supernatural creatures. Giganta previously lost her intellect when she increased her size but now she only increases in strength.
8 Knockout Is An Apokoliptian Warrior Who Can Lift Over 100 Tons
There have been a number of powerful Female Furies from Apokolips who have made their name as DC villains, though one of the toughest was a powerful fighter named Knockout who first appeared when Superboy set up shop in Hawaii.
The two had a heated romance where Knockout repeatedly displayed her incredible strength against powerful opponents and eventually took on both Superboy and Supergirl at the same time. Knockout would eventually work alongside the Secret Six and her partner Scandal Savage as the team's biggest powerhouse
7 The Original Queen Bee Was An Alien With High Class 100 Strength Levels
Queen Bee is another character that fans have seen a few different iterations of as the name was taken on by the sisters who ruled the country of Bialyia, though the original and most powerful Queen Bee is the alien Zazzala.
Queen Bee had a number of powerful abilities that made her a threat to the Justice League that included her ability to transform others into insectoid drones as well as hypnotic mind-controlling pollen, though she has proven herself to be incredibly strong as well by holding her own against powerful characters like Big Barda and Superman.
6 Blackfire Is A Tamaranean Warrior Who Can Amplify Her Alien Strength
While the power levels of the Tamaranean sisters Koriand'r and Komand'r have varied over the years, the eldest sister who is also known as Blackfire has demonstrated her superior strength over her younger sister Starfire many times over the years.
While Blackfire spent years unable to properly access her natural Tamaranean ability to absorb ultraviolet radiation and use it to fly, she underwent similar genetic tampering as Starfire to further increase her strength so she could take revenge on her sister, putting her on similar levels as other powerful aliens like Superman.
5 Maxima Is An Almeracian Warrior With Psionically-Enhanced Strength
Superman is known across the DC universe as one of the most powerful heroes, which first brought the alien warrior queen named Maxima to Earth. The Almeracian leader had chosen Superman as the only being in the galaxy worthy of being her mate.
Unfortunately for her, Superman wasn't interested in her forceful advances which led to many confrontations between the two which led to Maxima's eventual place with the short-lived Superman Revenge Squad. Maxima's incredible strength is due to the psionic abilities that she uses to increase her own physical traits among other powerful abilities.
4 Cheetah's Magical Strength And Speed Makes Her A Match For Wonder Woman
There have been a few different versions of the Wonder Woman villain known as Cheetah, though Barbara Minerva is arguably the most powerful given the strength levels of her magically-powered feline form.
Cheetah is capable of going toe-to-toe with a powerful warrior like Wonder Woman, but she has also displayed the speed capable of catching The Flash and her powerful magic-tinged fangs were strong enough to pierce Superman's skin. Cheetah recently also received a powerful upgrade that enabled her to kill the sea god Poseidon, further proving her strength levels.
3 The Crime Syndicate's Superwoman Is A Dark Multiversal Wonder Woman
The Justice League met their dark opposites when they encountered the Crime Syndicate from Earth-3, and while the multiversal team has gone through a few changes over the years, Superwoman has remained one of the most dangerous members of the team.
Originally introduced as an Amazon warrior who took the name of Lois Lane, the most recent version introduced is a dark version of Donna Troy whose strength surpassed her reality's version of Wonder Woman thanks to the darker magics of Superwoman's home on Devil's Island.
2 Faora Is A Powerful And Cruel Kryptonian With Superman-Level Strength
Superman is quite often used as a benchmark when it comes to determining the strength level of other heroes given the amplified abilities granted to his Kryptonian physiology by a yellow sun. However, other Kryptonian characters like Faora have returned from the Phantom Zone and prove that Superman may be the strongest around but he doesn't always use his full power.
Faora isn't bound by the same moral code as Kal-El and usually allied herself with General Zod against Superman, who used her ferocity as a guided weapon before they found common ground with the House of El. Regardless of her current allegiance, Faora remains one of the strongest and most dangerous antagonists across the universe.
1 Grail Is Darkseid's Amazonian Daughter Who Took On The Justice League
Grail first appeared in the New 52 prior to the "Darkseid War" storyline, where it was revealed that she was the Amazonian daughter of Darkseid who had been born on the same day as Wonder Woman and raised in secret.
She allied herself with the Anti-Monitor in a war against her powerful father, which was kicked off when Grail nearly took out the entirety of the Justice League by herself, showcasing extreme strength and endurance that make her one of DC's most powerful villains.