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The 8 Best Female Characters In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, across the 13 movies and four TV shows released so far, has built up a wide array of heroes, anti-heroes and villains. It has to be said, though, that a disproportionate amount of them are men.
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Published: Aug 31, 2016 11:25 am

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3) Black Widow

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We’re sure this will be controversial with some, but Marvel’s poster girl Natasha Romanoff only makes it to number three on our list. We say only, but that’s still pretty impressive and we can’t deny she’s a terrific character.

Though things got off to a dodgy start for the character in Iron Man 2, Black Widow came into her own in The Avengers, proving herself an entirely capable member of the team – despite being paired with giant rage monsters and mythological gods.

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Since then, Scarlet Johansson has lit up any film she’s in, in particular Captain America: The Winter Soldier where she was a brilliant foil for Steve Rogers. The reveal of her backstory and romance with Bruce Banner in Avengers: Age of Ultron might have been controversial, but at least the intention to dig deeper into her character was a sound one.

If one thing’s for certain, it’s that we’d better get that promised Black Widow solo movie soon…

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Christian Bone
Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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Ashlie Coon
A Maryland native with a BA in Theatre Performance as well as an AA in Communications. She spent three years in high school yearbook and participated in extracurriculars such as newspaper, creative writing and theatre. She is an avid Marvel, anime and Teen tv fan as shown in her work.