Gender in speculative fiction
The first known female superhero is writer-artist Fletcher Hanks's minor character Fantomah, an ageless, ancient Egyptian woman in the modern day who could transform into a skull-faced creature with superpowers to fight evil; she debuted in 1940 in Fiction Houses "Jungle Comics".
Atom Eve
Atom Eve (real name: Samantha Eve Wilkins) is a fictional character, a superhero in the who appears primarily in the comic book "Invincible". Her first appearance was in "Invincible" #1(January 2003) and was created by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker.