Nighthawk: A Rhetorical Analysis

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The central idea of the article is that Marvel ought not to cancel valuable comic books such as “Nighthawk”, which is a “dark and gritty Chicago-based series” (Betancourt para. 2). Although “Nighthawk” is not more popular than "Black Panther" and "Captain America”, but the superhero of “Nighthawk”, a black man who born in Chicago, is exceedingly different from other superheroes. His mission is to “taking on everything from police corruption to gentrification and racism” (Betancourt para.2). However, other superheroes’ mission is to assist people who have troubles or fight with bad guys to save people. Compared with those comics, “Nighthawk” is more boring for a bulk of readers because they want “more fantasy than reality” (Betancourt para.9).

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