10 Ways Comic Book Movies Keep F*cking Up Female Characters

If you start with X-Men back in 2000 you can track the role of women in comic books movies to now, and it isn't exactly positive: Mystique is always naked, Storm flies the jet, Tony Stark's sexy P.A. is getting replaced by an equally attractive new one, but least we have smart-talking Nebula. Oh wait, nope, she is just the right-hand woman of Ronan the Accuser.

Doctor Strange tried to break the mould by having Tilda Swinton as the powerful Ancient One, but even that was overshadowed by a race row. Fox have already messed up the Phoenix Saga, and it looks like a whimpering Sophie Turner is about to do it again.

But it isn't all doom and gloom - Suicide Squad did make waves by upping the female to male ratio and we had Amanda Waller assembling the Suicide Squad, but why did she have to be a stereotypically macho authority figure? Why was Deadshot leading the Suicide Squad and not Harley? Margot Robbie's performance had great moments, but at the end of the day she still pined for her abusive partner.

However, Thor: Ragnarok could be the turning point for women in comic book films. Cate Blanchett joining Ragnarok as the studios' first major female supervillain is a huge coup, but ask yourself why has it taken 16 years to get there?