History ComicBook / BarbWire

* InNameOnly: [[Film/BarbWire The 1996 movie]], which [[Music/BonJovi gives the title a bad name]].

* BadassBiker: Barb marks the intersection of this trope with BikerBabe.

* BikerBabe: She's always seen in her motorbike when she's not in her bar.

** Barb Wire took a level in sexyness in the volume 2 thanks to Adam Hughes, who made all the cover artworks.

Her original comic ran for 9 issues in 1994-1995, and was followed by the 4-issue miniseries ''Ace of Spades'' in 1996 and a single-issue adaptation of the movie. [[SequelGap Decades later]] a reboot series was launched in 2015 that lasted 8 issues. She's one of the most known characters from ''Comics' Greatest World'' along with Ghost, ComicBook/{{X}} and Grace.

Sadly, she's more (in)famous for the [[Film/BarbWire Hollywood adaptation]] with Creator/PamelaAnderson as Barb Wire, having only the name, the blonde hair, her motorbike and her CatchPhrase as [[InNameOnly the only things in common with the source]]. In fact, her regular series was cancelled at the issue 9 [[ExecutiveMeddling thanks to the bad fame of the movie]] (but a comic book adaptation of TheMovie was also made, however). Anyway, she appeared after that in ''Will to Power'', direct continuation of ''CGW'' and in some issues of ''Ghost''.

After the cancellation, Barb Wire was briefly back with the 4-issue miniseries ''Ace of Spades'' in 1996 and [[SequelGap decades later]] the volume 2 released in 2015 that lasted 8 issues. She's one of the most known characters from ''Comics' Greatest World'' along with Ghost, ComicBook/{{X}} and Grace.

* TakeThat: The "Don't call me 'Babe'" line was a reference to Creator/JohnByrne's buxom character Babe from [[ComicBook/{{Babe}} the comic of the same name]].

* TakeThat: The "Don't call me 'Babe'" line was a reference to Creator/John Byrnes buxom character Babe from [[ComicBook/{{Babe}} the comic of the same name]].

The story is about Barbara Kopetski, aka Barb Wire, a bar owner and part-time BountyHunter (in order to pay for her bar, the Hammerhead). She has great fighting and marksman skills, necessary in a ''Film/MadMax''-like town as is Steel Harbor, one of the cities affected by "The Vortex". In ''CGW'', she's TheProtagonist of the Steel Harbor arc, appearing in the other issues from this city as ''The Machine'', ''Wolf Gang'' and ''Motorhead''. Although she's a loner, she has various allies, like her GadgeteerGenius brother, various metahumans who aid her... and even the visit of her friend from the city of Arcadia, ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}.

* TheProtagonist: Not just of her own solo series, she was the main character in the Steel Harbor arcs of ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'' and ''Will of Power''.

Sadly, she's more (un)famous for the [[Film/BarbWire Hollywood adaptation]] with Creator/PamelaAnderson as Barb Wire, having only the name, the blonde hair, her motorbike and her CatchPhrase as [[InNameOnly the only things in common with the source]]. In fact, her regular series was cancelled at the issue 9 [[ExecutiveMeddling thanks to the bad fame of the movie]] (but a comic book adaptation of TheMovie was also made, however). Anyway, she appeared after that in ''Will to Power'', direct continuation of ''CGW'' and in some issues of ''Ghost''.

The story is about Barbara Kopetski, aka Barb Wire, a bar owner and part-time BountyHunter (in order to pay for her bar, the Hammerhead). She has great fighting and marksman skills, necessary in a ''Film/MadMax''-like town as is Steel Harbor, one of the cities affected by "The Vortex". In ''CGW'', she's TheProtagonist of the Steel Harbor arc, appearing in the other issues from this city as ''The Machine'', ''Wolf Gang'' and ''Motorhead''. Although she's a loner, she has various allies, like his GadgeteerGenius brother, various metahumans who aid her... and even the visit of her friend from the city of Arcadia, ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}.

The story is about Barbara Kopetski, aka Barb Wire, a bar owner and part-time BountyHunter (in order to pay for her bar, the Hammerhead). She has great fighting and marksman skills, necessary in a ''Franchise/MadMax''-like town as is Steel Harbor, one of the cities affected by "The Vortex". In ''CGW'', she's TheProtagonist of the Steel Harbor arc, appearing in the other issues from this city as ''The Machine'', ''Wolf Gang'' and ''Motorhead''. Although she's a loner, she has various allies, like his GadgeteerGenius brother, various metahumans who aid her... and even the visit of her friend from the city of Arcadia, ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}.

** Steel Harbor looks like a city that would appear in ''Franchise/MadMax'' or ''Manga/HokutoNoKen'', a post-apocalyptic wasteland as seen in various of cyberpunk works.

* ActionGirl: probably one of the most known ones from ''CGW'' and Dark Horse in general.

* HellBentForLeather: barb is usually seems dressed with leather (not just black), sometimes straightly as a {{Dominatrix}}.

* TheProtagonist: Not just of her own solo series, she was the main character in the Steel Harbor arcs in ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'' and ''Will of Power''.

''Barb Wire'' is a female character part of ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'', Creator/{{DarkHorse|Comics}}'s intent to create a SharedUniverse with their own superheroes in TheNineties.

The story is about Barbara Kopetski, aka Barb Wire, a bar owner and part-time BountyHunter (in order to pay for her bar, the Hammerhead). She has great fighting and marksman skills, necessary in a ''Franchise/MadMax''-like town as is Steel Harbor, one of the cities affected by "The Vortex". In ''CGW'', she's TheProtagonist of the Steel Harbor arc, appearing in the opther issues from this city as ''The Machine'', ''Wolf Gang'' and ''Motorhead''. Although she's a loner, she has various allies, like his GadgeteerGenius brother, various metahumans who aid her... and even the visit of her friend from the city of Arcadia, ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}}.

* ActionGirl