Who Is Warrior Woman? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Warrior Woman is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Julia Koenig, with over 77 comic issue appearances. Julia Koenig was Nazi spy Madame Rätsel (a.k.a. Madame Mystery) during World War II.

Who is Warrior Woman?

Origin Julia Koenig, a German woman living in Germany in the 1930's hypnotized an American soldier into telling her the formula to the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America . Reproducing it, she was accidentally transformed into a Nazi powerhouse. Hitler saw the advantage of a strong Nazi woman and asked her to become his own sick twisted idea of a Nazi superhero, the Warrior Woman. Hitler also coerced her into marrying her male opposite, Wilhelm Lohmer, the original Master Man . The dictator envisioned Warrior Woman and Master Man breeding a new, superhuman Aryan race. However, Koenig found Lohmer repulsive, a testament to everything she hated about men. Their marriage was interrupted by Captain America and his allies, the Invaders . Warrior Woman and Master Man fought the Invaders on other occasions, sometimes at their leader's insistence, and other times in concert with others, like Lady Lotus ' Super-Axis .

Key facts

Warrior Woman is of human origin and first appeared in "The Short Happy Life of Major Victory". The character is published by Marvel. With 77 recorded issue appearances, Warrior Woman ranks among the most featured characters in comics.