Line #14 ComicBook/BarbWire


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:You heard her...]]
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4	''Barb Wire'' is a female comic book character and part of ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'', Creator/{{Dark Horse\|Comics}}'s intent to create a SharedUniverse with their own superheroes in TheNineties.
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6	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 the protagonist 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}}.
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8	Sadly, she's more (in)famous for the 1996 [[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]]. The film tanked the character's reputation, and outside of some guest apperances in ''Ghost'', she was not seen in comics again for almost 20 years.
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10	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 best known characters from ''Comics' Greatest World'' along with Ghost, ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics and Grace.
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13	!!Remember TV Tropes, don't call her "babe"!
14	* ActionGirl: Probably one of the most known ones from ''CGW'' and Dark Horse in general.
15	* AuthorAppeal:
16	** John Arcudi, one of the writers of the first volume, is known for his violent plots, as we first known in ''ComicBook/TheMask''.
17	** Barb Wire took a level in sexiness in the volume 2 thanks to Adam Hughes, who made all the cover artworks.
18	* BadassBiker: Barb is always seen in her motorbike when she's not in her bar.
19	* TheBartender: When she's not looking some trouble, she's the owner of her own bar in Steel harbor, "The Hammerhead".
20	* BountyHunter: Since her bar can't pay the debts by itself... and also works to survive in the wasteland Steel harbor is, and in one of these to save the world.
21	* CatchPhrase: "Don't call me babe!"
22	* ComicBookAdaptation: TheMovie received a "Movie Special", a comic book that adapted the whole movie with Creator/PamelaAnderson as the [[https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/95-161/Barb-Wire-Movie-Special photo cover of the adaptation]] taken from the movie.
23	* CyberPunk:
24	** Steel Harbor looks like a city that would appear in ''Film/MadMax'' or ''Manga/HokutoNoKen'', a post-apocalyptic wasteland as seen in various of cyberpunk works.
25	** One of Barb's allies, The Machine, is a part-human part-machine abomination as [[MeaningfulName his name says]].
26	* GadgeteerGenius: Charlie Kopetski, Barb's blind, mechanical genius brother. He invents most of her weapons and metahuman restraining devices. He also despairs that he must fix the things that she continuously breaks during her escapades.
27	* GunsAkimbo: She's always seen with guns and various kind of weapons.
28	* HatesBeingAlone: While she has a brother and several allies, she is essentially a loner, although this is something which is uncomfortable for her to think about.
29	* HellBentForLeather: Barb is usually seems dressed with leather (not just black), sometimes straightly as a {{Dominatrix}}.
30	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Outside Steel Harbor, she found a female partner in ComicBook/{{Ghost\|DarkHorseComics}}, who appears in some of her issues as well she appears in some Ghost's titles.
31	* InNameOnly: [[Film/BarbWire The 1996 movie]], which [[Music/BonJovi gives the title a bad name]].
32	* IWorkAlone: Barb Wire prefers to make all the job alone, but she's not reused to accept help sometimes.
33	* MsFanservice: Not much as other females of ''CGW'', but Barb is very qualified to have this title.
34	* {{Omnibus}}: As a kind of revival of the character, one was made in 2008 that compiles the first volume and the ''Ace of Spades'' miniseries.
35	* PinkHeroine: She could dress as a {{Dominatrix}} and full of leather, but always has to be in rose. At least in the volume 1 and in ''CGW''.

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