Why Superman Will Not Save the World: Theorizing the Relationship Between Suffering and DC Comics Superman by Kwasu Tembo

“…This validity depends on which character one is applying said hypothesis to; the psychological and physical suffering of a Batman being more acceptable as such than that of a Plastic Man, for example. However, using DC Comics character Superman as a case study, this paper explores the inextricable link between Otherness, power, and suffering within the remit of the character's mythos. …”
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Why Superman Will Not Save the World: Theorizing the Relationship Between Suffering and DC Comics Superman (Translation into Russian) by Kwasu Tembo

“…This validity depends on which character one is applying said hypothesis to; the psychological and physical suffering of a Batman being more acceptable as such than that of a Plastic Man, for example. However, using DC Comics character Superman as a case study, this paper explores the inextricable link between Otherness, power, and suffering within the remit of the character's mythos. …”
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The CW Arrowverse and myth-making, or the commodification of transmedia franchising by Charles Joseph

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Historicizing the Fan Archive of Talia al Ghul by Tosha R. Taylor

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A leitura de histórias em quadrinhos da Marvel e da DC Comics e a etnometodologia: relevância e desdobramentos by Lígia Maria Moreira Dumont, Rubem Borges Teixeira Ramos

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The Problem of Evil in DC Universe Animated Movies, 2007–2016 by El-Khoury, Toufic

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“Things are Complicated”: Paul Cornell at Marvel and DC by Jasper Schelstraete

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O poder da palavra: magia, mito e religião em Shazam! by Iuri Andréas Reblin

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Generic Super Heroes: Can They Exist? by Aislinn O'Connell

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Os ideais norte-americanos e o perigo vermelho nas Histórias em Quadrinhos do Homem de Ferro (Marvel) e do Lanterna Verde (DC Comics) by Luís Eduardo dos Santos, Leonardo Brandão

“…O objetivo é comparar dois gibis que, cada qual a sua maneira, dialogaram com este fato histórico, com um publicado pela Marvel e outro pela DC Comics. Concluiu-se que ambas as revistas se inseriam e fomentavam um imaginário social ligado ao anticomunismo e ao poder bélico, ambos valores dominantes nos Estados Unidos do período. …”
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Now It’s My Time! Black Girls Finding Space and Place in Comic Books by Grace D. Gipson

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R is for Rebecca: A Consonant and Consummate Haunting by Dorothy Dodge Robbins

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Neil Gaiman’s “Façade” and Patronal Feminism by Renaud Beeckmans

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/Co/operation and /co/mmunity in /co/mics: 4chan's Hypercrisis by Tim Bavlnka

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Stepping out of Divinity: Tom King's “All-too-human” Batman by Taynah Ibanez Barbosa, Mateus Yuri Ribeiro da Silva Passos

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Marvel and DC Characters Inspired by Arachnids by Allan Carelli, Edson Luiz dos Santos, Elidiomar Ribeiro Da-Silva, Gustavo de Miranda, Luci Coelho, Maria Inês dos Passos, Tainá Ribeiro Silva, Thiago Müller de Campos

“…This article compares arachnid-based Marvel and DC comics characters. The composition of a comic book character often has interesting ‘real-life’ influences. …”
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Cree, Canadian and American: Negotiating Sovereignties with Jeff Lemire's Equinox and "Justic League Canada" by Will Smith

“…Onesuch encounter can be seen in the recent “Justice League Canada” storyline of American publisher DC Comics’ Justice League United. Echoing its past connections with Canada, DC Comics’ Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire has created a superhero team storyline set explicitly in Northern Ontario, Canada, also introducing an Indigenous female superhero named Equinox to the DC comic book universe. …”
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Mask and closet ; or, "Under the Hood" : metaphors and representations of homosexuality in American superhero comics after 1985 by Mandel, Susannah

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The Politics of Circularity in Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019) by Guillaume Mouleux

“…The point of this essay is to establish how circularity allows the film to deliver both macro- and micro-political statements, not only addressing issues relevant to society as a whole but also asserting against all odds the film’s place in the official canon of DC Comics. Paradoxically, the process of circularity also contributes to blur the message, resulting in major misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the film in the public sphere.…”
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The Cutting Edge of Comics: Destructive Technologies in Morrison and Quitely’s We3 by Isabelle Licari-Guillaume

“…In We3, a 2004-5 miniseries published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely dramatize the motif of tearing within a narrative that features extreme violence and the destruction of bodies. …”
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