Gender Differences In Superheroes

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Superheroes are like everybody else. Normally people with normal problems and that includes issues with their siblings, if they have them.

Marvel Comics has embraced siblings over the years and has a real liking for twins and half-siblings. This is the not the place to talk twins, at least not at the moment.

The ten super siblings that have been chosen, do not all have superpowers. Most of them are normal human beings. Most of them you might have heard of while some of them you might have.

This list includes information from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Extended Universe and some information from the original comic books. Note that this list does not cover just the familial relationships of these heroes, but the relationship that they …show more content…

According to dialogue between Hippolyta and Ares, Thrax was a fling between the pair years earlier. Because of Hippolyta is Thrax’s mother, that makes him Diana’s (Wonder Woman) maternal half-brother. The actual familial relationship between Diana and Thrax is not mentioned in the film but is implied through the interaction between Hippolyta and Ares.

7. Nubia
Not technically a ‘sister’ of Wonder Woman, Nubia’s origins very similar to that of Diana’s. Like Diana, Hippolyta sculpted Nubia from black clay. Hippolyta sculpted Diana from white. In some media, Hippolyta (Diana's mother) is Nubia's mother, hence making the relationship between Nubia and Diana as being sisters. In the Earth One Wonder Woman universe, Nubia's mother is Hippolyta. In this same universe, Nubia is the adoptive sister of Donna Troy who becomes Wonder Girl.

Depending the media that Nubia appears in, she is the ‘twin’ sister of Diana despite not being born at the same time. Other media call her the ‘rival’ of Diana. Nubia is the second Wonder Woman and is a rival in the superhero role that made Diana