I loved that Wheatley & Hempel Mars series from First comics.
I have to figure Wonder Woman is the all-time champion for issues and years. Possibly Supergirl runner-up?
Sheena ran from the late '30s up to 1953, and she did have a tv series in the '50s (played by Irish McCalla). I had a fair number of her in Jumbo Comics and one of her own title, it was pretty formulaic as a lot of such things were back then; instead of Tarzan's Jane she had a "mate" Bob (Atlas' Lorna has explorer Greg Knight in a pith helmet but more imaginative stories with better characterization).
Mary Marvel appeared from late 1942 to 1953 and had her own title for a fair while, it ran a little longer than Sheena's own title did number of issues wise. I had a small number of Mary comics in Wow, Marvel Family and her own title, and her stories tended to be written for very young readers I'd say (one Wow I had she takes an ark full of animals to the moon, in her own title she visits an undersea civilization with merfolks).
Katy Keene, Betty & Veronica, Josie, Sabrina, Patsy Walker, Millie The Model were all pretty successful, Barbie I suppose too. I bought the first bunch of Cheryl Blossom comics (a rival to Betty & Veronica).
There's also Wendy The Good Little Witch, Little Dot, Little Lotta, and Little Audrey at Harvey, but top of the kiddies list must be Little Lulu. The modern Lulu animated series was quite high quality I thought, and now there is the Harvey Girls for tv.
For Marvel it might be Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel vs. She Hulk in terms of number of comics starring them? I liked the original Spider-Woman comic but not sure overall there'd be enough Jessica Drew, although again, she was animated on tv once.
Also from France, Yoko Tsuno. I have many of the English editions. This should be in school libraries with science and other factual information woven into most stories.
Marvel has been hit and miss with their ongoing titles -
Angela (miss)
Black Cat (hit)
Black Widow (hit)
Ms Marvel/Captain Marvel (hit)
Dazzler (hit)
Elektra (hit)
Emma Frost (hit?)
Ghost Spider (hit?)
Jessica Jones (hit?)
Moon Girl (hit?)
Ms Marvel (hit)
Night Nurse (miss)
Shanna the She-Devil (miss)
She-Hulk (hit)
Silk (hit?)
Spider-Girl (hit)
Spider-Woman (hit)
Squirrel Girl (hit)
Valkyrie/Thor (hit?)
The Cat/Tigra (miss)
Mary Jane Watson (hit?)
So many of the long-time characters have spent the large majority of their time as supporting charters or team members - Clea, Domino, Gamora, Jean Grey, Invisible Girl/Invisible Woman, Medusa, Mystique, Polaris, Captain Marvel/Photon/Prism, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Scarlet Witch, Storm, Brunnhilde/Valkyrie, the Wasp or have gotten mini-series or one-shots, but no ongoing series.
So many of the long-time characters have spent the large majority of their time as supporting charters or team members - Clea, Domino, Gamora, Jean Grey, Invisible Girl/Invisible Woman, Medusa, Mystique, Polaris, Captain Marvel/Photon/Prism, Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Scarlet Witch, Storm, Brunnhilde/Valkyrie, the Wasp or have gotten mini-series or one-shots, but no ongoing series.
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Could this not be said of many of the MALE characters in those groups?
What categorizes as a hit??? I thought a long run and increase in sales was considered a hit? She-Hulk has had so many short runs and sales has been dismal.
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