8 Female Superheroes Who Debuted Before Wonder Woman

5. Lady Luck

Created by Will Eisner (as Ford Davis) and Chuck Mazoujian in 1940

First Appeared in “The Spirit Section” of Sunday newspaper, reprinted by Quality Comics

The life of a wealthy socialite bored Brenda Brooks, so she decided to thrown on a green skirt and go fight crime with the help of her driver Peecolo (basically a female Green Hornet without the bug obsession). She had no powers, but was supposedly a skilled fighter.

Lady Luck’s vigilante activities made her a criminal in the eyes of the law, hunted by police chief Hardy Moore, who just happened to be in love with Brenda Brooks.