Well the Storm comic came out this week - a lady and character of colour with her own comic. One of a fair few female led comics Marvel have brought out recently, including Black Widow, Elektra, She-Hulk, Ms Marvel, Captain Marvel, the all-female X Men... And there's going to a woman who wields the power of Thor. Falcon will pick up Captain America's SHIELD. There's going to be an issue of Hawkeye with deaf Clint and sign language.

At the moment I am feeling positive about the direction Marvel is going in. I've gone from hoping for a Black Widow film, or any female led superhero film, to being optimistic that we might actually get one.

Extract from Marvel press release over the new Thor, emphasis mine:

"THOR is the latest in the ever-growing and long list of female-centric titles that continues to invite new readers into the Marvel Universe. THOR will be the 8th title to feature a lead female protagonist and aims to speak directly to an audience that long was not the target for super hero comic books in America: women and girls."

YES

I'm optimistic too!!!

DON"T LET US DOWN MARVEL.