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Sorry, but no.

Would Sara's word be about her Black Canary frequently needing to be rescued/helped by Ollie, despite her supposed training by the League of Assassins? (although, to be fair, considering how useless 99% of the League are often portrayed to be, I guess that is at least consistent with the show's own continuity).

Ah, Arrow. Where female DC heroes go to be either ineffective, killed off or turn evil/homicidal. Huntress, two Black Canaries and now Artemis. OK, the latter was more of just a name drop than having much in common with her comic counterpart (as was the case with Ravager and Kate Spencer), but points for being

It seems to be an A based on the low standards of the show in general.

it hasn't improved since those early episodes. Indeed, in many ways, it's actually deteriorated. Last night was a little better in some aspects, but not significantly so in any of the show's typically flawed areas.

Top of the list is always Laura Roslin on BSG. By the last couple of seasons, I was actually skipping any scene she was in, however relevant to that particular episode it might have been.

Female characters can't be interesting?

I just wish it wasn't such a sausagefest. Yeah, you can argue that the cinema universe Avengers and upcoming JLA are equally imbalanced but in their very slight defence, both groups are loosely based on each respective team's original 60's line-ups. And those line-ups were created at a time when having even one

I only got a few episodes into Daredevil before giving it up as not for me. After one episode of this, I'm still on the fence. It's still got that trying-too-hard-to-be-grown-up feel about it that permeated Daredevil.

I've picked up every Shulkie solo series since her Savage debut. But I had to pass on this one. If it had only been the 'acquired taste' artwork OR Soule's bland writing and lack of characterisation, I might have been able to compromise. But between Pulido's fixation with Marty Feldman and Soule writing Jennifer

Sara should have been the mirror image of Ollie, but the narrative demanded she needed saving more often than not. And more than any character called Black Canary should have needed saving.

Nope, no effort required at all. Well, aside from watching the show, of course.

Nah. This show has an awful record with female characters; Huntress as a homicidal cop-killer; Black Canary as an all-too-often damsel-in-distress (before being killed off); Felicity as the Tumblr-Friendly but one-dimensional will-they-won't-they love interest; Laurel…. just in general; Nyssa as a bad-ass assassin

I'd like it more… Or to be more more accurate, I might actually like it at all… if he stopped modelling Jennifer and the rest of the characters on this British comedy legend… http://www.panorama.it/imag…

I love She-Hulk. But I can't buy this book.

Huh, I wonder what alternate universe you're posting from.

Ollie is recognisable? As who, a wannabe Bruce Wayne-lite? Oliver Queen is (or at least was, before the execrable Cry for Justice) witty and dashing and exciting and passionate, basically all the qualities that made him the yin to Bruce's yang.

No it isn't.

Female characters mostly get saved on Arrow.

Meh. This continues to be a show defined by what are essentially 'cheap pops'. Every week, there's always more discussion about the DC references than there ever is about things like writing and dialogue and acting. it's all "Wow, it's Harley!" "Yay, it's the Suicide Squad!!". But strip all that away and this is