Whether you're a fan of the the MCU or not, you have to admit that women, more often than not, have been handed a short stick.
Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is still yet to receive her long talked about solo movie, and other heroines have been in the unfortunate position of being marginalised by their male co-leads. What's most frustrating about this is that the MCU isn't short on great leading ladies either - quite the opposite. The real truth is that each and every one could, quite easily, lead their own film, on top of the obvious women-led ensemble that's been discussed in recent weeks.
While news broke the other week that Thor: Ragnarok's Tessa Thompson and the rest of the MCU's key women have held talks with Kevin Feige regarding the potential implementation of such a project (which would be amazing, there's no two ways about it), it's gotten us thinking about those comic book women most equipped to lead their own films, never mind a team-up feature.
It matters not if they've already got a cinematic excursion underneath their belt - if Marvel can use them on the big screen, then there's no reason to believe they couldn't compete for a starring role in a solo movie of their own.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
