After Wonder Woman, these female superheroes deserve their own films

By now we have probably watched and re-watched Wonder Woman and applauded at the long-due representation of such a powerful and inspirational superhero. Our favourite comic books have long been portraying female leads as strong fighters of crime and protectors of the good, the innocents, and the helpless. But the movie industry is yet to show us a superhero movie with a female in the lead as formidable and zealous as Wonder Woman. Here is a list of 10 of the coolest female superheroes who most definitely deserve the leading role in a stand-alone movie.
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Natasha Romanova aka Black Widow is an expert spy, athlete, and assassin. Trained at a young age by the KGB's infamous Red Room Academy, the Black Widow was formerly an enemy to the Avengers. She later became their ally after breaking out of the U.S.S.R.'s grasp, and also serves as a top S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Black Widow definitely needs to be an independent movie, perhaps a spin-off from The Avengers would be great!
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The die-hard Avengers fan Kamala Khan is a Pakistani-American girl from Jersey City working a part-time job and saving innocent citizens with her superpowers. An incredibly relatable character, Kamala struggles with real immigrant second-generation problems while working for the Avengers as the shape-shifting Ms Marvel.
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Dinah Lance was born into a family of crime fighters; her mother was a vigilante and her father is a cop. She grew up with the company of heroes, and after years of training, followed in her parent's footsteps by assuming the costume, identity, and legacy of her mother Dinah Drake, the Black Canary. This superhero vigilante fights crime using martial arts and a sonic scream attack. She is one of the greatest fighters in the DC Universe with a strong tactical mind.
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Ororo Munroe aka Storm is one of the strongest of the X-Men and one of Charles Xaviers’ most trusted confidantes. An incredibly skilled marksman with her ability to control the climate and fantastic combat techniques, she is one of the most popular X-Men characters. Storm is also awesome due to her representation as a strong black woman in the comic book world.
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With a background in the military and CIA, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel was designed to be a counterpart to Captain America. Tough as nails, she serves as a super-powered inspiration to younger women like Kamala Khan (Ms Marvel). Also, she lives in the Statue of Liberty. This does call for a movie!
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The savagely built She-Hulk outdid her counterpart by leaps and bounds. As the cousin of scientist Bruce Jenner, Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk, starts out as a top law school grad. While growing up, she is estranged from brother Bruce and the day they decide to meet, she gets shot by a crime boss. To save her life, he gives her a transfusion of his blood and the transformation begins.
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Supergirl (aka Kara Zor-El, aka Kara Danvers) is the Kryptonian cousin of Superman, who was sent to Earth as a 13-year-old girl to protect her infant cousin. Like her cousin, Kara has the similar Kryptonian abilities like flight, superhuman strength, speed, heightened senses, and superhuman defence. She also has telescopic vision, x-ray vision, increased hearing, microscopic vision, superhuman breath, superhuman stamina, and heat vision.
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Barbara Gordon the indisputable rebel child of Gotham city’s Commissioner Gordon. When her father won’t let her join the police force, she decides to fight crime in Gotham City on her own time, using the name “Batgirl”. In addition to the coolest gadgets and a motorcycle, Batgirl has wicked computer and forensic psychology skills.
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Though her comic book run faced a lot of controversies, But Girl aka Kate Kane is a Jewish, red-headed lesbian we all want to look up to. She is a powerful character, saving Gotham City with her fighting techniques and good morales. But unfortunately, the writers left the show when DC didn’t allow her to marry her lesbian partner.
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The first female member of the brilliant mutant group X-Men, Jean Grey is also and one of the most complex, well developed characters in the X-Men series. She possesses mutant powers such as telekinesis, along with telepathic powers, allowing her to read minds, manipulate thoughts, astral travel, and levitating herself and other objects.
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