10 Best Comic Book Detectives (That Aren't Batman)

4. Misty Knight And Colleen Wing

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Bringing together two exploitative genres that were popular in the 70s: “blaxploitation” and Asian/Kung-Fu cinema to create one butt-kicking detective duo, Chris Claremont and Marshall Rogers teamed existing characters Misty Knight and Colleen Wing to become the Daughters of the Dragon. Running the Knightwing Restorations Inc. Detective Agency together, the pair are the investigative companion to Power Man and Iron Fist’s Hero for Hire organization.

Misty Knight was created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones and first appeared in Marvel Premiere #21. She was an NYPD police officer who lost her right arm after a bomb attack. She was gifted a super strong prosthetic arm by Tony Stark. Misty graduated at the top of her class from the police academy and earned a degree in criminology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is also a gifted martial artist.

Colleen Wing was created by Doug Moench and Larry Hama and first appeared in Marvel Premiere #19. Wing was descended from a family of samurai and was taught their ways by her grandfather. While in New York to meet Iron Fist, she was caught in a gang-related gunfight and saved by police officer Misty Knight. It was Colleen who convinced Knight to rejoin the world after losing her arm. Wing is a skilled samurai warrior, swordswoman, and detective.

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