Originally Posted by
K. Jones
I'm sure there's all sorts of promotional and marketing and writing reasons. The women of Marvel tend to be part of big ensemble casts with a lot of favorite characters - the short run of all-women X-Men was rad conceptually and in line-up for instance. Black Widow, particularly in the MCU, is notable lately for always being part of the ensemble. So on, so forth.
But ultimately I actually think it comes down to the costumes.
Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Supergirl, Batgirl, Batwoman, Mera. Dude those costumes. Perez-era Donna Troy, classic Bumblebee, even Spoiler or Huntress or whoever. I mean over the years they've all had some bad looks but usually they get back to the iconic duds. Even like, Liberty Belle has the classic sharp look. Or Cyclone with her adorable look. Or Enchantress, Nightshade or Phantom Lady with their Pulpy, somewhat provocative looks. Or I mean, especially Catwoman, Harley or Ivy, or even Talia, or Maxima, all villainous but not quite.
And each of those ladies is sooooo distinct from one another - like even Batgirl and Batwoman are so distinct from one another.
A sidenote, but I definitely realized writing that list out that only Bumblebee is a black woman. Harley and Batwoman are Jewish and Talia is Middle-Eastern but phew, DC could still use some women of color AND of note, popularity-wise. Bumblebee is an amazing character with a storied and long history as DC's first black superheroine (correct me if I'm wrong there), but she doesn't have the stature and status of a Storm.
DC's hands down most powerful black woman is Amanda Waller, and she's not exactly a role model.