When you look back at the role of women in comics up to the 1940s, it’s enough to make a modern-day feminist’s eye twitch. Generally, they were damsels in distress, sugar-sweet nurses, or simple love interests.

We’ve come a long way since then, with superwomen gracing our comics and screens everywhere we look. Whilst most superhero franchises on the big screen still have more men than women, there have been considerable improvements in the past few decades.