ABSTRACT
Spider-Man was the first major superhero film to be released after the terrorist attacks, and although filmmakers took the opposite approach from Marvel Comics by removing an advance trailer for the film that depicted Spider-Man capturing a helicopter full of bank robbers. In the aftermath of Avengers: Infinity War in which half of the population of the universe is snapped out of existence by the villain Thanos, the remaining heroes are shown processing and dealing with grief in distinct ways. When Wonder Woman premiered in 2017, the arrival of the first feature length superhero film centering around a female hero marked significant shift in the superhero landscape due in large part to female led creative team and the story of the film, which highlighted empowered femininity in ways theretofore unseen. Superhero television provides an excellent platform for the exploration of various aspects of identity and the more immediate nature of these programs as far as their timeline and episodic structure.
