INTRODUCTION

The construction of female images in the superheroes films

Recent years, with the development of commercial films, many films with special effects become more and more popular. The superheroes series films made by Marvel and DC Comics are in the audience good graces. Male and female images have a difference in Marvel films. Male superheroes are the protagonist in these kinds of films and female superheroes are used to set male images off in the films.

When seeing the list of 30 most powerful on-screen marvel superheroes (at the bottom), we can see that the amount of male superheroes is 22, which are more than the number of female superheroes( only 8). It seems that there is a gender imbalance in female images construction and their capability. For example, in the past, Catwoman (2004), the female hero image is sexy, wearing tights and taking the whip to become a stronger attraction for the male images in the film. When she encountered the problem, she needed to rely on the batman to get rid of the dilemma

However, we can see female superhero images have changed in these years. In AVENGERS2 (2015), the Scarlet witch has the power to threaten the male superheroes; Shuri in Black panther1(2018) works as the clever inventor to protect Wakanda; Black Widow in AVENGERS4 (2019) sacrifices herself to exchange other superheroes’ living chance and Captain Marvel finally defeats Thanos and save the rest of the heroes. And from the list, Captain Marvel is the first one when ranking the most powerful superheroes in marvel series films. Women have become more powerful than before.

Under the circumstance of female images in superhero films become more and more popular, this blog will see how female images changed and explore the difference female images in these series films.

Here are some other Marvel blog to help you know more about the superheroes ranked: https://www.cbr.com/powerful-marvel-superheroes/