History PintSizedPowerhouse / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight's'' Puck. Shorter than Wolverine, hits just as hard. Even in a prequel story before he lost his height completely, fulfilled this trope.
* Similar to ComicBook/TheAtom, anyone who uses Pym Particles (most notably, founding Avengers ComicBook/AntMan and ComicBook/TheWasp) can shrink down to the size of an insect while maintaining the strength of a normal-sized person.
* ''{{ComicBook/Asterix}}'' is drawn as smaller than most characters (and sometimes referred to as "the small one"), but turns into this when drinking the Magic Potion.
* This is ''literally'' a tactic employed by [[Franchise/TheDCU Ray Palmer]], a.k.a. ComicBook/TheAtom: he shrinks down to a tiny size, [[SquareCubeLaw but his mass doesn't change]][[note]]Or, rather, he has just as much control over his mass as he does over his size, so it's basically whatever he wants it to be[[/note]], which means he can pack a wallop... or tear through somebody like a freakin' bullet.
* A defining trait of all of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s from ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', especially Jason Todd and Damian Wayne, though poor Tim Drake gets stuck remaining as one as a young adult after he was introduced back when he was thirteen.

* Gully from ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'' could be seen this way with her [[PowerFist gloves]] on.
* The titular protagonist of ''ComicBook/BenoitBrisefer'' is a little boy with strength that can match that of ComicBook/{{Superman}}.

* The Female in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. A teenage Japanese girl who is (maybe) five feet tall and a hundred pounds soaking wet, she is ''the'' biggest physical threat in a whole team of them (well, apart from [[TheEveryman Hughie]]). Frenchie even says that were it a straight-up fight between her and [[spoiler: Butcher]], it would be over very quickly, and in her favor.
* [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] was once BroughtDownToNormal, something that for him meant returning to be a scrawny and sickly-looking guy. He could still unleash a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on ''three thugs injected with the SuperSoldier serum'', thanks to months of training, years of combat experience and the thugs letting him grab a fire extinguisher.
* The title character of ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''. Three feet tall, one of the physically strongest and most skilled fighters in the world, and has repeatedly taken down squads of veteran soldiers by himself.
* Cindy of ''ComicBook/CindyAndBiscuit'' is a pre-pubescent girl who regularly beats monsters several times her size to death with pieces of wood. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the very first story has her hitting an alien over the head with a stick hard enough to smash its spacesuit helmet to pieces and utterly pulverise its head.
* The Mouse Police in ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''.

* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip, Garfield climbs up a tree where a bird is singing, saying, "Ready or not, here I come!" Then there are sounds of a ferocious fight, and Garfield is thrown out of the tree, beaten to a pulp. "He was ready..." groans Garfield.
* [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyofAmerica Al Pratt]], [[BadassNormal the original Atom]], was only 5'1". That's where his nickname originally came from -- he was small. But he took up boxing and later actually gained super strength.

* Young Scrooge in ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''. He is only half the size of most other ([[{{Dogfaces}} dog-nosed]]) characters, but he fights like a force of nature. And for that matter, also [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Old Scrooge]], his [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck nephew Donald]] and some other members of their family show tendencies in that direction.
* Abner's mother Mammy Yokum from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''. She's one of the shortest characters but incredibly strong, capable of beating up several men taller than her, lifting entire houses off the ground, and carrying a team of cattle.
* One of the Guardians of the M'Kraan Crystal in Marvel is known as Jahf, who is a dwarf only 3 feet tall, yet capable of throwing down and beating the likes of Gladiator. Inverted with the next guardian, Modt, who is the size of a giant and has all the physical power you'd expect.
%%* Monica from Brazilian comic ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''.
* Here's an extreme example. In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', "World War II" (a.k.a. the cat that lives next door) is a vicious creature that Snoopy is afraid of (and yet someone that he always insults) who often rips his doghouse to pieces. The rare times they've fought have always ended badly for Snoopy... And yet, somehow, [[spoiler: ''Woodstock won a fight with this cat!'' After it had beaten up both Snoopy and Linus, no less! How Woodstock did this is a mystery.]]

* Micro-Might from ''ComicBook/PS238''. Her power is to shrink herself, becoming denser and stronger the smaller she gets.

* Molly 'Bruiser' Hayes from ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' is a superstrong mutant and a preteen girl. Marvel's website actually named her the fourth toughest female on their roster, following ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/MsMarvel, and {{ComicBook/Rogue}}.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', while average by real life standards (5'10"), is practically a midget compared to the vast majority of his allies and enemies, Wolverine being the notable and perhaps only exception. Spider-Man has the proportionate strength of a spider, and can lift hundred's of times his own body weight. He has been known to lift and use CARS as bludgeoning tools without effort.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' in ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' is the smallest member of the Red Lantern Corps. She's also the strongest of them by far (since she's [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kryptonian]]).
* [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] during the earlier stories of [[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen his series]]. A teenager who is capable of beating a taller, beefier crook in a fight. One comic has him getting into a fight with a crook posing as Superman. The bad guy never lands a hit on Jimmy, who pummels him sufficiently to keep him from getting away.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', there was Buzzsaw. From the show you know him as "the bird-thing we rarely see who looks like Laserbeak but in orange instead of red.'' But in the comics, he makes a habit of utterly handing full-sized Autobots (and more-than-full-size Autobots, such as OMEGA SUPREME) their skidplates. Worse, he's psychotic even by Decepticon standards: he considers himself an artist and the precise mauling of his enemies the ultimate in beauty. If you ran into him, you'd laugh at the Minicon-sized bird that's acting like he's going to fight you or something... for about two seconds. Then you'd find yourself being agonizingly turned into a gutted "masterpiece."
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', Tailgate is a tiny, good-natured Transformer, who -- after gaining Outlier powers from a traumatic experience -- becomes a powerhouse. At one point, most of the ship is in trouble because of Sunder, whose eyes can make a Cybertronian turn inside-out. After Rung blinds Sunder, Tailgate picks up the Rodpod -- a Cybertronian shuttle that has enough room for twenty-odd full-grown Transformers -- and ''crushes Sunder into scrap metal with it''.
* Rorschach in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is an unassuming man who stands 5'4, yet frequently kicks bar-fulls of ass. Interestingly, he wears thick-soled shoes to make himself look taller.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''. 5'3". One of the two or three most dangerous non-super-strong characters in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse in close combat. (He even beat the Hulk -- check that, he almost ''killed'' the Hulk -- once.) Wolverine's HealingFactor does give him limited super strength as well, particularly combined with his adamantium skeleton, allowing him to take fuller advantage of his muscles' capabilities.

* His OppositeSexClone[=/=]daughter ComicBook/{{X 23}} is generally depicted as being ''even smaller'', (both shorter and ''far'' more lightly built, being officially 5'1" and a rather slim, if athletic, teenage girl) and may be an even ''more'' dangerous fighter. Although Laura's skeleton isn't bonded with adamantium, as with Logan her HealingFactor pushes her strength somewhere beyond the human peak for a woman of her size. It's ''really'' saying something that in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' she's considered a Bruiser. This puts her in the same class as ''Hercules, Hulk and Thor''.
* Speaking of Rogue while she’s taller than Wolverine and Jubilee, she’s still stands at 5'8 while her husband ComicBook/{{Gambit}} is noticeably quite bigger than her at 6'2. However [[SuperStrength she can kick]] TheJuggernaut’s ass ''while he definitely can’t''.
* ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}, when he was a {{ComicBook/New Mutant|s}}, was a measly 5'4" and one of the shortest members of the team. He was also their biggest bruiser, since his mutant power was a form of SuperStrength.
* Lately, [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]]. A petite teenaged girl who, on the ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'', used [[PowerFist power gauntlets]] to become the most physically powerful member of the team. With her old powers, she was still quite the powerhouse. Basically, when she's really pissed she can take what started as a mostly harmless lights show up to eleven, resulting in massive kaboom. (Basically, she becomes her video game/animation self.) And these days, she's a ''vampire.''
* One issue of the ''ComicBook/ForgottenRealms'' comic has the {{halfling}} bouncer of Lady Rae's tavern. She wears a magical ''girdle of storm giant's strength'', allowing her to pick up Vartan Hai Sylvar--an elf more than twice her size and clad in plate armor--and hoist him over her head without effort.

* ''{{Comicbook/Asterix}}'' is drawn as smaller than most characters (and sometimes referred to as "the small one"), but turns into this when drinking the Magic Potion.

* A defining trait of all of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', especially Jason Todd and Damian Wayne, though poor Tim Drake gets stuck remaining as one as a young adult after he was introduced back when he was thirteen.

* Gully from ''Comicbook/BattleChasers'' could be seen this way with her [[PowerFist gloves]] on.
* The titular protagonist of ''ComicBook/BenoitBrisefer'' is a little boy with strength that can match that of Franchise/{{Superman}}.

* The title character of ''Comicbook/{{Cerebus}}''. Three feet tall, one of the physically strongest and most skilled fighters in the world, and has repeatedly taken down squads of veteran soldiers by himself.

* The Mouse Police in ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}''.

* Young Scrooge in ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''. He is only half the size of most other ([[{{Dogfaces}} dog-nosed]]) characters, but he fights like a force of nature. And for that matter, also [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Old Scrooge]], his [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck nephew Donald]] and some other members of their family show tendencies in that direction.

%%* Monica from Brazilian comic ''Comicbook/MonicasGang''.

* Micro-Might from ''Comicbook/PS238''. Her power is to shrink herself, becoming denser and stronger the smaller she gets.

* Molly 'Bruiser' Hayes from ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' is a superstrong mutant and a preteen girl. Marvel's website actually named her the fourth toughest female on their roster, following ComicBook/SheHulk, Comicbook/MsMarvel, and {{ComicBook/Rogue}}.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', while average by real life standards (5'10"), is practically a midget compared to the vast majority of his allies and enemies, Wolverine being the notable and perhaps only exception. Spider-Man has the proportionate strength of a spider, and can lift hundred's of times his own body weight. He has been known to lift and use CARS as bludgeoning tools without effort.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' in ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' is the smallest member of the Red Lantern Corps. She's also the strongest of them by far (since she's [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonian]]).

* Rorschach in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' is an unassuming man who stands 5'4, yet frequently kicks bar-fulls of ass. Interestingly, he wears thick-soled shoes to make himself look taller.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor's daughter may not have her mother's longevity, but she does have her strength. When she's all of five her favorite toy is a large solid iron ball that could be mistaken for a beach ball for the way she tosses it around.

* Lately, [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]]. A petite teenaged girl who, on the ''Comicbook/NewWarriors'', used [[PowerFist power gauntlets]] to become the most physically powerful member of the team. With her old powers, she was still quite the powerhouse. Basically, when she's really pissed she can take what started as a mostly harmless lights show up to eleven, resulting in massive kaboom. (Basically, she becomes her video game/animation self.) And these days, she's a ''vampire.''

* A defining trait of all of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', especially Jason Todd and Damian Wayne, though poor Tim Drake gets stuck remaining as one as a young adult since the TeensAreShort idea kept him from gaining much height after he was introduced back when he was thirteen.

* One issue of the ''ComicBook/ForgottenRealms'' comic has the {{halfling|s}} bouncer of Lady Rae's tavern. She wears a magical ''girdle of storm giant's strength'', allowing her to pick up Vartan Hai Sylvar--an elf more than twice her size and clad in plate armor--and hoist him over her head without effort.

* Monica from Brazilian comic ''Comicbook/MonicasGang''.

* [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] during his earlier stories. A teenager who is capable of beating a taller, beefier crook in a fight. One comic has him getting into a fight with a crook posing as Superman. The bad guy never lands a hit on Jimmy, who pummels him sufficiently to keep him from getting away.

* Lately, [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]]. A petite teenaged girl who, on the ''Comicbook/NewWarriors'', used [[PowerFist power gauntlets]] to become the most physically powerful member of the team. With her old powers, she was still quite the powerhouse. Basically, when she's really pissed she can take what started as a mostly harmless lights show UpToEleven, resulting in massive kaboom. (Basically, she becomes her video game/animation self.) And these days, she's a ''vampire.''

* A defining trait of all of the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', especially Jason Todd and Damian Wayne, though poor [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] gets stuck remaining as one as a young adult since the TeensAreShort idea kept him from gaining much height after he was introduced back when he was thirteen.
** The boy's adopted sister, the second [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Batgirl]], is this even as a young adult, being 5'5" [[DependingOnTheArtist or shorter]] but physically stronger than almost any other member of the Bat-Family.

* In the Creator/MarvelComics ''{{Transformers}}'' comic, there was Buzzsaw. From the show you know him as "the bird-thing we rarely see who looks like Laserbeak but in orange instead of red.'' But in the comics, he makes a habit of utterly handing full-sized Autobots (and more-than-full-size Autobots, such as OMEGA SUPREME) their skidplates. Worse, he's psychotic even by Decepticon standards: he considers himself an artist and the precise mauling of his enemies the ultimate in beauty. If you ran into him, you'd laugh at the Minicon-sized bird that's acting like he's going to fight you or something... for about two seconds. Then you'd find yourself being agonizingly turned into a gutted "masterpiece."

* [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyofAmerica Al Pratt]], [[BadassNormal the original Atom]], was only 5'1". That's where his nickname originally came from - he was small. But he took up boxing and later actually gained super strength.
* Similar to ComicBook/TheAtom, anyone who uses Pym Particles (most notably, founding Avengers ComicBook/AntMan and ComicBook/TheWasp) can shrink down to the size of an insect while maintaining the strength of a normal-sized person.
* The Mouse Police in ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}''.
** One soldier holds off at least half a dozen Mundy rats and gets back to make his report [[spoiler:on Bluebeard]].
** In "March of the Wooden Soldiers", at least half a dozen, mounts and riders, die as the soldiers pry out the pegs connecting the knee joints of the titular soldiers.

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''. 5'3". One of the two or three most dangerous non-super-strong characters in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse in close combat. (He even beat the Hulk - check that, he almost ''killed'' the Hulk - once.) Wolverine's HealingFactor does give him limited super strength as well, particularly combined with his adamantium skeleton, allowing him to take fuller advantage of his muscles' capabilities.
* His OppositeSexClone[=/=]daughter ComicBook/{{X 23}} is generally depicted as being ''even smaller'', (both shorter and ''far'' more lightly built, being officially 5'1" and a rather slim, if athletic, teenage girl) and may be an even ''more'' dangerous fighter. Although Laura's skeleton isn't bonded with adamantium, as with Logan her HealingFactor pushes her strength somewhere beyond the human peak for a woman of her size. It's ''really'' saying something that in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' she's considered a Bruiser. This puts her in the same class as ''Hercules, Hulk and Thor''.
* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight's'' Puck. Shorter than Wolverine, hits just as hard. Even in a prequel story before he lost his height completely, fulfilled this trope.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', while average by real life standards (5'10"), is practically a midget compared to the vast majority of his allies and enemies, Wolverine being the notable and perhaps only exception. Spider-Man has the proportionate strength of a spider, and can lift hundred's of times his own body weight. He has been known to lift and use CARS as bludgeoning tools without effort.
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' Peter Parker stands at around a petite 5'5, making most people he comes into contact with tower over him. However, he is shown to lift cars and trucks with hardly any effort.
* Rorschach in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' is an unassuming man who stands 5'4, yet frequently kicks bar-fulls of ass. Interestingly, he wears thick-soled shoes to make himself look taller.
* Lately, [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]]. A petite teenaged girl who, on the ''Comicbook/NewWarriors'', used [[PowerFist power gauntlets]] to become the most physically powerful member of the team. With her old powers, she was still quite the powerhouse. Basically, when she's really pissed she can take what started as a mostly harmless lights show UpToEleven, resulting in massive kaboom. (Basically, she becomes her video game/animation self.) And these days, she's a ''vampire.''
* Micro-Might from ''Comicbook/PS238''. Her power is to shrink herself, becoming denser and stronger the smaller she gets.
* The title character of ''Comicbook/{{Cerebus}}''. Three feet tall, one of the physically strongest and most skilled fighters in the world, and has repeatedly taken down squads of veteran soldiers by himself.

* Monica from Brazilian comic ''Comicbook/MonicasGang''.
* Young Scrooge in ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''. He is only half the size of most other ([[{{Dogfaces}} dog-nosed]]) characters, but he fights like a force of nature. And for that matter, also [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Old Scrooge]], his [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck nephew Donald]] and some other members of their family show tendencies in that direction.
* Here's an extreme example. In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', "World War II" (a.k.a. the cat that lives next door) is a vicious creature that Snoopy is afraid of (and yet someone that he always insults) who often rips his doghouse to pieces. The rare times they've fought have always ended badly for Snoopy... And yet, somehow, [[spoiler: ''Woodstock won a fight with this cat!'' After it had beaten up both Snoopy and Linus, no less! How Woodstock did this is a mystery.]]
* Molly 'Bruiser' Hayes from ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' is a superstrong mutant and a preteen girl. Marvel's website actually named her the fourth toughest female on their roster, following ComicBook/SheHulk, Comicbook/MsMarvel, and {{ComicBook/Rogue}}.
* Speaking of Rogue while she’s taller than Wolverine and Jubilee, she’s still stands at 5'8 while her husband ComicBook/{{Gambit}} is noticeably quite bigger than her at 6'2. However [[SuperStrength she can kick]] TheJuggernaut’s ass ''while he definitely can’t''.
* ''{{Comicbook/Asterix}}'' is drawn as smaller than most characters (and sometimes referred to as "the small one"), but turns into this when drinking the Magic Potion.

* [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] during his earlier stories. A teenager who is capable of beating a taller, beefier crook in a fight. One comic has him getting into a fight with a crook posing as Superman. The bad guy never lands a hit on Jimmy, who pummels him sufficiently to keep him from getting away.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' in ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' is the smallest member of the Red Lantern Corps. She's also the strongest of them by far (since she's [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonian]]).
* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip, Garfield climbs up a tree where a bird is singing, saying, "Ready or not, here I come!" Then there are sounds of a ferocious fight, and Garfield is thrown out of the tree, beaten to a pulp. "He was ready..." groans Garfield.
* In the Creator/MarvelComics ''{{Transformers}}'' comic, there was Buzzsaw. From the show you know him as "the bird-thing we rarely see who looks like Laserbeak but in orange instead of red.'' But in the comics, he makes a habit of utterly handing full-sized Autobots (and more-than-full-size Autobots, such as OMEGA SUPREME) their skidplates. Worse, he's psychotic even by Decepticon standards: he considers himself an artist and the precise mauling of his enemies the ultimate in beauty. If you ran into him, you'd laugh at the Minicon-sized bird that's acting like he's going to fight you or something... for about two seconds. Then you'd find yourself being agonizingly turned into a gutted "masterpiece."
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', Tailgate is a tiny, good-natured Transformer, who - after gaining Outlier powers from a traumatic experience - becomes a powerhouse. At one point, most of the ship is in trouble because of Sunder, whose eyes can make a Cybertronian turn inside-out. After Rung blinds Sunder, Tailgate picks up the Rodpod - a Cybertronian shuttle that has enough room for twenty-odd full-grown Transformers - and ''crushes Sunder into scrap metal with it''.

* The titular protagonist of ''ComicBook/BenoitBrisefer'' is a little boy with strength that can match that of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* The Female in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. A teenage Japanese girl who is (maybe) five feet tall and a hundred pounds soaking wet, she is ''the'' biggest physical threat in a whole team of them (well, apart from [[TheEveryman Hughie]]). Frenchie even says that were it a straight-up fight between her and [[spoiler: Butcher]], it would be over very quickly, and in her favor.

* Abner's mother Mammy Yokum from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''. She's one of the shortest characters but incredibly strong, capable of beating up several men taller than her, lifting entire houses off the ground, and carrying a team of cattle.

* ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': Not usually emphasised too much, but Dinah Lance's official height is given by official profiles as 5'4" inches, and she's [[DependingOnTheArtist usually drawn]] significantly shorter than the people she fights (and quite often who she fights alongside). This actually works to her advantage as, besides the fact it means she's frequently underestimated, but it meant she was at a significant size disadvantage when being trained by ComicBook/{{Wildcat}}, so from the beginning she was trained to punch above her weight and make use of her small stature.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' is noticeably shorter than most of the characters in his strip. It's not uncommon for his adversaries (especially Bluto) to call him a "runt". That being said, he also exhibits super strength is not one to turn away from a fight. And if he decides to pull out a can of [[PowerUpFood spinach]]... run!
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor's daughter may not have her mother's longevity, but she does have her strength. When she's all of five her favorite toy is a large solid iron ball that could be mistaken for a beach ball for the way she tosses it around.
* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': In issue #38, Zayne's crew comes across a member of the diminutive Bimm species. Said Bimm turns out to be both a serial killer and a Sith, and quickly defeats Zayne in a lightsaber duel despite being less than half Zayne’s size.

* [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] during his earlier stories. A 5'10" teenager who was capable of beating a taller, beefier crook in a fight. One comic has him getting into a fight with a crook posing as Superman. The bad guy never lands a hit on Jimmy, who pummels him sufficiently to keep him from getting away.

* ComicBook/JimmyOlsen during his earlier stories. A 5'10" teenager who was capable of beating a taller, beefier crook in a fight.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor's daughter may not have her mother's longevity, but she does have her strength. When she's all of five her favorite toy is a large iron ball that could be mistaken for a beach ball for the way she tosses it around.

* ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': Not usually emphasised too much, but Dinah Lance's official height is given by official profiles as 5'4" inches, and she's [[DependingOnTheArtist usually drawn]] significantly shorter than the people she fights (and quite often who she fights alongside). This actually works to her advantage as, besides the fact it means she's frequently underestimated, but it meant she was at a significant size disadvantage when being trained by Wildcat, so from the beginning she was trained to punch above her weight and make use of her small stature.

* The Female in "ComicBook/TheBoys". A teenage Japanese girl who is (maybe) five feet tall and a hundred pounds soaking wet, she is ''the'' biggest physical threat in a whole team of them (well, apart from [[TheEveryman Hughie]]). Frenchie even says that were it a straight-up fight between her and [[spoiler: Butcher]], it would be over very quickly, and in her favor.
* One of the Guardians of the M'Kraan Crystal in Marvel is known as Jahf, who is a dwarf only 3 feet tall, yet capable of throwing down and beating the likes of Gladiator. Inverted with the next guardian, Modt, who is the size of a giant and 1000 times as strong as
* Abner's mother Mammy Yokum from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'', she's one of the shortest characters but incredibly strong she's capable of beating up several men taller than her, can lift entire houses off the ground, and can carry a team of cattle.