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6. The Harlequin

No, not Harley Quinn.

Yes, it is a bit confusing, but understand right now. This is golden age Green Lantern villain The Harlequin, NOT HARLEY QUINN. I am making this clear up front because I know someone is probably gonna be confused in the comments.

This Harlequin is Molly Maynne, a strong willed athlete whose actual character motivation was that she was upset she couldn't get a man. I have"¦problems with that. For a coupla reasons. But whatever, golden age gender norms. In order to get a man, she took a job as the secretary of Alan Scott, head of Gotham City's radio network. But when she fell in love with the Green Lantern, and he told her that he was too busy fighting crime for love, she made a decision. She was going to become a supervillain so Green Lantern would have time for her.

This, uh, actually worked, and Green Lantern married her. Huh. So, believe it or not, I didn't originally put her on this list to talk about her depressing anti-feminist backstory, I did it to make fun of her costume. But, well, the anti-feminist thing was more interesting.

Wait, crap, I used the word "feminist" on the internet, didn't I? These comments are gonna be bad, huh?