Movies are slowly following suit

And try it again they will, albeit a little late to the game. It seems that DC and Marvel are feeling brave enough to dip a toe in and try again, embracing the female-lead instead of shying away from it. Katniss and Furiosa paved the way for female comic book superheroes to try again. DC’s Wonder Woman will make her movie debut in 2016 in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and then have her own movie not long after. In 2018 Marvel will have their first female title role with The Wasp in Ant-Man and The Wasp. And let’s not forget next year’s Suicide Squad with four female leads in the super villain flick.