While you often hear about Spider-Man, Superman and Batman, the world of comics is not without its fair share of super heroines. 各位雖然常聽到蜘蛛人、超人與蝙蝠俠，但漫畫世界裡其實也有不少超級女英雄。
And still, as Neil Curry reports, their roles are often overlooked. 儘管如此，如同尼爾．科瑞帶來的報導，她們的角色還是經常被看輕。
Super heroine movies are few and far between. 超級女英雄電影並不多見。
And the most prominent among them, Supergirl and Catwoman, have been closer to box office kryptonite than a soaraway success. 其中最著名的女超人與貓女，也都比較近似於票房毒藥，而不是一飛沖天的成功作品。
They always talk about the trinity -- Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman -- and you still haven't seen a Wonder Woman movie, ever. 他們總是把超人、蝙蝠俠與神力女超人這三位一體掛在嘴邊，可是卻沒見過神力女超人的電影，從來沒有。
And she's been around almost as long as Superman. 但她存在的時間其實和超人差不多一樣久了。
Wonder Woman is still unique, 神力女超人仍然獨特，
because she is this female hero that isn't a sidekick, that saves the day, ultimately, and isn't saved herself. 因為她是個女性英雄，不是個跟班，最後能拯救世界，而不是別人來救她。
And we just don't have enough other female heroes like that out there. 現在像這樣的女性英雄實在不夠多。
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan's mission for justice led her to produce a documentary on the sparsity of the super heroine. 克莉斯蒂．格瓦拉法蘭納根的正義使命促使她拍攝了一部紀錄片，講述超級女英雄稀有罕見的現象。
There were other women featured in comics. There were some female superheroes. 漫畫裡也有其他的女性主要角色，也有些女性超級英雄。
But it wasn't until Wonder Woman that there was a really iconic character to capture people's imaginations. 不過，直到神力女超人出現，才有一個真正具代表性的角色，來吸引人們的注意。
And she is one of the few to survive for almost 70 years now. 她也是如今少數能夠存續將近七十年的角色。
Wonder Woman gained a new super power in the 1970s, the ability to reach a global TV audience with Linda Carter's hit show. 神力女超人在一九七○年代獲得了新的超能力，也就是隨著琳達．卡特主演的熱門節目而得以觸及全球的電視觀眾。
They did not think that a woman could carry a show. 他們原本不認為一名女子扛得起一個節目。
And, well, we proved them wrong, and made a lot of money for the network. A lot of money. 結果，我們證明他們錯了，而且還為電視台賺了許多錢，非常多錢。
I don't think women literally need to hold up a bridge, but there's [there are] ways in our lives in which women are heroes all the time. 我不認為女性真正有需要舉起一座橋，可是在我們人生中的某些面向，女性向來都是英雄。
And we need to recognize that and maybe even broaden what it means to be a hero. 我們必須體認這一點，甚至可能也應該擴展英雄的意義。
For people who prefer to confine their heroics to the weekends, the comic convention, once a bastion of boyhood fantasies, is now taking on a new look. 對於偏好把自己的英勇行為侷限在週末的人而言，過去一度專屬於男孩幻想世界的漫畫展覽會，現在已經有了新樣貌。
When they originally started making characters, they were trying to appeal to the more male-dominated fanbase, 他們剛開始創作角色的時候，原本是想吸引比較以男性為主的漫畫迷。
whereas it's expanded a lot since then and it hasn't quite caught up. 不過，後來漫畫迷的範圍已經大為擴展，但漫畫作品卻還沒跟上。
Well, I think people see a woman and think, 嗯，我認為一般人看到一個女人，就會心想，
"Oh, she's gonna go feminist on me." or "Oh, she's gonna be all whiny and like preachy and things." 「哦，她要跟我談女性主義了。」或者「哦，她一定會抱怨個不停、嘮叨說教。」
And I think that's quite a bad stereotype. 我認為這是很不好的刻板印象。
No one seems to be able to get women quite right. 似乎沒有人能夠好好地呈現出女人的樣貌。
They'll always either portray them as like completely evil or really ditzy. 他們創造出來的女人，不是徹底邪惡，就是實在迷糊得可以。
I predict you will see pretty much as many super heroines and superheroes as time goes by. 我預測隨著時間過去，各位看到的超級女英雄人數將會和超級英雄幾乎一樣多。
In the meantime, girls are left to put their own spin on the few traditional super heroines. 就目前而言，女孩只能自行詮釋少數幾個傳統的超級女英雄。
While viewers of an appropriate age can turn to a new breed of super heroine in the weeks ahead 另一方面，適當年齡的觀眾幾週後可以投向新類型超級女英雄的懷抱，
as the sequel to the hit movie Kick-Ass brings the return of Hit Girl to cinemas around the world. 因為賣座電影《特攻聯盟》的續集要帶超殺女回到世界各地的電影院了。