Actress Jessica Alba starred as Sue Storm in the 2005 film Fantastic Four and the 2007 blockbuster
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, at a time when the comic book film genre was dominated by
Their first Muslim superhero was seen in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, which released in June, 2022.
The Oscar-winning film Black Panther in 2018 was described by director Ryan Coogler as probably
his most personal film to date and Japanese American director Destin Daniel Cretton brought
an Asian American superhero to the big screen with the 2021 Marvel film Shang-Chi
and The Legend of the Ten Rings. But Alba says there is still a way to go when it
comes to representation in Marvel films. “Even if you look at the Marvel movies – that’s the biggest
driver of fantasy and what’s happening right now in entertainment … it’s still quite Caucasian.
driver of fantasy and what’s happening right now in entertainment … it’s still quite Caucasian.