Girls Run the World for Fall TV and Video Games

If there's one positive trend we've seen from comics and television this season, it's the push toward more female-fronted titles from both Marvel and DC. DC has rolled out its small-screen adaptation of Supergirl to much fanfare. Marvel is gearing up for its next Netflix original series (and the first with a female lead), Jessica Jones, which will tie into the more mature television universe it began crafting with its critically acclaimed Daredevil original series.


The titles of all of the first season's episodes have been posted online along with a brief synopsis of each. This news has many fans in a frenzy as they eagerly await the show's Nov. 20 debut. The title of the first episode, "Ladies Night," seems particularly appropriate as women aim to leave their mark on the world of comic book media.

Marvel has also been trying to increase the footprint of some of its female heroes in the digital realm as well. The company has already begun to roll out a range of Marvel-themed games for browsers and mobile devices using some of its most beloved characters. And sure enough, that includes assassin/sometimes-Daredevil lover, Elektra. In addition to her placement on that platform, the company has revealed that the character is making a small-screen appearance. She'll show up in the upcoming second season of Daredevil, which debuts in spring 2016, and will be played by Elodie Yung of G.I. Joe: Retaliation fame. It was also announced earlier this year that the House of Ideas is partnering with developer Telltale Games for an as of yet untitled video game series for PC and consoles in 2017. Telltale includes former employees of the legendary/now-defu nct LucasArts and is well known for its adventure titles such as Sam & Max, The Wolf Among Us, and The Walking Dead.

Supergirl has has been warmly received and is a breath of fresh air compared to the bat guano insanity that has become Gotham. One critic notes that the show has a lot of potential and is still very much in that infant phase where it's finding its own footing and identity. We really hope that executives give Supergirl time to develop, because the sky is the limit for this superhero. It'd be really cool if they developed a Supergirl video game to better tap into the highly lucrative, totally slept-on female gaming market. Whatever they'd end up making, it couldn't worse than any of the Superman games they've made. *shudder*

And these two female-fronted shows are just the tip of the estrogen-toting iceberg. The first comic book movies with female leads from both companies are getting ready to drop in the coming years. Captain Marvel, which was originally set to come out in summer 2018, was pushed back to November 2018 to make room for, ugh, yet another Spider-Man movie. But now the project has been delayed yet again (to March 2019) to clear space for the upcoming Ant-Man sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Don't get us wrong, we really like The Wasp as a character and are excited to see more of her on the big screen, but we like Captain Marvel even more. Also, it says a lot about the company's priorities by delaying the movie for yet another superhero film with a male lead. Oh well, at least we'll have Jessica Jones in the meantime and Wonder Woman coming in 2017.