Follow

    Tank Girl

    Character » Tank Girl appears in 244 issues.

    Tank Girl is an Australian outlaw who lives in a large tank. She has an appetite for destruction that's almost as big as her... bombs.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Tank Girl last edited by gravenraven on 07/10/23 11:57AM View full history

    Origin

    No Caption Provided

    Tank Girl originally worked as a tank operator and soldier for an ambiguous organization. When the organization gives Tank Girl the task of delivering a colostomy pouching system to a president with bowel problems, her tank gets appropriated and she is unable to make the delivery on time.

    After this she leaves the organization, and becomes a modern day bushranger, living in her tank and using it to her advantage while finding herself in a number of surreal adventures. She did her best to save the world during the 2000 apocalypse, but was more concerned with killing the ones responsible.

    Creation

    No Caption Provided

    Tank Girl was created by the writer Alan Martin and the artist Jamie Hewlett, and she first appeared in Deadline Magazine #1, beginning in September 1988.

    Weapons and Equipment

    No Caption Provided

    Her preferred weapon is her tank, even in close quarter combat, but also keeps a revolver handy.

    Other Media

    Lori Petty as Tank Girl
    Lori Petty as Tank Girl

    In 1995, United Artists released the film version of Tank Girl, starring Lori Petty in the lead role. It was a financial and critical flop, earning $4 million at the box office, with a $25 million budget.

    Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett have since spoken negatively of their experiences creating the film, calling it "a bit of a sore point" for them. "The script was lousy," Hewlett recalled, "me and Alan kept rewriting it and putting Grange Hill jokes and Benny Hill jokes in, and they obviously weren't getting it. They forgot to film about ten major scenes so we had to animate them ... it was a horrible experience." Talalay complained that the studio interfered significantly in the story, screenplay, and feel of the film. She said that she had been "in sync" and on good terms with Martin and Hewlett until the studio made significant cuts to the film, which she had no control over.

    sizepositionchange
    sizepositionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    bordersheaderpositiontable
    positionchange

    This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.