These days, superhero epics are on the rise into mainstream media, thanks to the many films and TV shows DC and Marvel have been providing. And I love it, I do. But as a woman, I find a couple of issues with this rising industry. For example:

Up until 2015, Black Widow was the only female Avenger. And as awesome as Scarlet Johansson is, the ratio of men to women in this super squad is unacceptable. The Avengers movies were scrutinized for this, and for the lack of racially diverse characters, so in their new movie they added a couple new faces:

They added eight heroes to the squad, and guess how many of those were female? Just one, Scarlet Witch, who is also the only female in the Marvel cinematic universe to have supernatural powers.

Though Marvel movies struggle to create enough strong female characters, they are redeemable through their TV shows.

ABC launched "Agents of Shield" after the first Avengers movie and has a variety of well-developed female characters. Each of the three main female characters Daisy, Simmons and May have essential roles in the agency and the series."Agent Carter" launched a few years ago and, unfortunately has been canceled after season 2. But it has done a lot of good in it's short-lived screen-life with a female lead, especially as it's based during a time when women were even less likely to be given positions of power. Also, have you seen their dubsmash battle?

The Netflix Marvel series have also created strong female characters, particularly Jessica Jones where the strongest relationship in the series is between Jessica and her best friend Trish, and the depth of that friendship even through the crazy, dark situations they're presented. Daredevil has a variety of female characters as well that Matt Murdock depends on to survive his missions and day-to-day life, though their original positions as nurse and secretary are a little stereotypical.

On to DC comics in TV/film, which I must admit I prefer. For this reason and this reason only:

Don't ask me why, I've always loved the supers. Superman, and now Supergirl thanks to the first reappearance of Supergirl in film/TV since 1984 (which is a long time to go without Supergirl, by the way). But Melissa Benoist has done a fantastic job of bringing Supergirl and feminism to the small screen.

The CW has also done a wonderful job of this through shows such as "Arrow," "Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow" filled with wonderful female characters like Sarah and Laurel Lance, Thea Queen, Felicity Smoak, Iris West, Caitlin Snow, Hawkgirl and more. In these shows women take on a variety of roles as superheroes, super geniuses who help superheroes and super villains. Some even get to play both, thanks to Earth-2. But on these shows, what I find to be the most super is the relationships between the female characters, on and off set.

SPOILER: Also, anyone else still reeling from who died in Arrow? I'm still not OK. It can't be for realz, right? Comment your thoughts below.

FOX's "Gotham" is also a great show because it shows superheroes' origins, or life in Gotham that led Bruce Wayne to become Batman. Personally, I'm more interested in watching Selina Kyle become Catwoman. Talk about strong, sassy female characters...

The DC film world needs improvement too, though the integration of Wonder Woman and her role in the fight between Batman and Superman was a step in the right direction. I'm pretty sure she's the first woman that's not (just) a love interest to appear on a DC movie in a very long time.

That's Wonder Woman smashing the patriarchy. So come on filmmakers, step up your game. Women can be as super (as heroes or superhero fans) as men and deserve to be treated as such.