Avengers Infinity War among comic book movies SLAMMED for THIS important reason

Comic books have become reasonably well populated by LGBTQ+ characters over the years, but so far almost none have made it to the big screen.

The first same-sex couple to appear in a comic-book film was Negasonic Warhead and Yukio in Deadpool 2, although they got very little screentime.

Both Marvel and DC have been called-out by GLAAD, with Wonder Woman also coming under fire.

“It is becoming increasingly more difficult to ignore that LGBT people remain almost completely shut out of Hollywood’s big-budget comic films,” they said, according to Attitude.

The report added of Wonder Woman: “Being an out and proud bi woman would be in line with her ideals to fully live her own truth and recognise all parts of herself.

“Portraying Diana as bi would also be a welcome sign of progress for comic book films.”

Thor: Ragnarok was reported to initially have a scene of a woman leaving Valkyrie’s bedroom, alluding to her bisexuality – as established in the comics.

“This film disappointingly did not include any references to their identities or love interests, and as such, audiences would have no clue they were seeing queer characters unless they had read outside press or the source material stories,” GLAAD commented.

Avengers: Infinity War, despite its huge raft of characters, did not feature any LGBTQ faces.

Wonder Woman’s sequel is currently in development at DC, so it’s possible that the situation will be rectified when it releases in 2019.

GLAAD’s annual report criticised the state of queer representation in the film industry across the board; saying the number of movies featuring LGBT characters has actually dropped year-on-year.

Only 12.8% of movies released in 2017 featured such characters, while 18.4% did in 2016.

Avengers: Infinity War continues to enjoy big success at the box office, and will be followed by Avengers 4 next year.

Other upcoming comic book movies include Ant-Man and the Wasp in August and Captain Marvel next Spring.