It’s Women’s History Month, y’all!

If you didn’t know, March is Women’s History Month, a great time to look back at all the accomplishments and the contributions that women have made in history and continue to make today. As two women in the podcasting realm, we wanted to use this month to discuss the women of Marvel themselves. So strap yourself in, as I will give a very brief history of the women of Marvel (I just did an entire newsletter devoted to the comic history). Then we will be sharing our answers to Marvel female-related questions. As always, the podcast episode can be accessed using the button below or by listening live with the link provided.

First, I will share a very brief history with you all. Starting with the comics, the very first female superhero to make her debut was Invisible Girl/Woman aka Sue Storm. She is an icon and she is the moment, as she began everything for all of the female superheroes we see today. As time went on, more female superheroes were added to the roster, but it wasn’t until the mid-70s into the 80s that female characters would begin to actually take on more assertive roles and step into leadership. This was also the time we would see female characters become more powerful with many of the main characters leading this endeavor being the women from the X-Men franchise. As for the MCU, we all are pretty familiar with the first official Marvel female hero: Black Widow. If we work from timeline, we could easily put Captain Marvel first, however, for a story truly about paving the way, Black Widow is the person who did that. While she may have been missing from the female fight scene in Endgame, the scene itself wouldn’t have been possible without Natasha Romonaff hitting the scene in Iron Man 2.

Now, let’s get into some Q&A with the hosts regarding female superheroes!

Question 1: Our favorite female character introduced in Phases 1-3

Katie: Natasha and Wanda

Taylor: Okoye

Question 2: Our favorite female character introduced in Phases 4-5

Katie: Yelena, Kate, Thena

Taylor: Kate and Kamala

Question 3: The female-led property currently on the slate that we’re most excited for

Katie: Agatha Coven of Chaos

Taylor: Echo

Question 4: What superpower we’d like to have from a female superhero

Katie: Physically, Black Widow, archery abilities from Kate Bishop, but if I could truly have any power, 100% Scarlet Witch

Taylor: Mystique’s ability to change her appearance to be whatever she wants

Question 5: One female character from the comics we want to see join the MCU soon

Katie: Spider-Gwen or Sue Storm

Taylor: Storm or Black Cat

So there you have it folks! Our picks are in for the above categories, focused all on the girlies this month. We hope you enjoyed this fun little discussion and feel free to answer some of these questions in the comments to this post, as we would love to hear who you all are thinking about! We are continuing with our release schedule of every two weeks right now, so get ready as our next episode is all about the Quantum Realm coming out of Ant-Man 3. We will be breaking it down with what we know and talking about the future of the Quantum Realm, so tune in, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Women of Marvel”, Rebecca Fleenor and Caitlin Petrakovitz, CNET