DC Comics

My choice as a gendered toy for both girl and boy was Marvel action figures. For the boy, I chose to write about the Marvel Spider-Man and in particular Marvel’s Lasher. The packaging black and white with the name “Marvels Lasher” displayed a crossed a red banner with white lettering. These colors, representing power and blood work to further the male mindset of superiority. Lasher, utterly inhuman in appearance, made of green sludge with white eyes and possessing superhuman abilities that help…

April 2016 Both the film Star Wars: A New Hope Directed by George Lucas and comic, The Watchmen by Alan Moore had one thing in common. In the comic novel and film, the “superhero" protagonists are white heterosexual men. Neither Princess Leia nor Laurie Juspeczyk have plot lines of their own instead they revolve around men. In The Watchmen and Star Wars: A New Hope both author and director are male and give their characters a male protagonist role. In The Watchmen, Alan Moore introduces his…

the Batman movie called The Dark Night Rises was being released. There are more than 15 Batman movies have been produced and released in the past six decades. Lethem chose to publish this article on Rolling Stone is for the sake of attracting more comic fans and explained reasons that Batman has been popular for so many years is because Batman is "the only human superhero." A preface gives a general idea of the article or how to develop the idea. In Lethem's text, his starting strategy was to…

students get tired of reading Shakespeare. Though his plays were revolutionary and are written eloquently, the elevated language and use of out of date terms often causes students to lose focus or not fully comprehend the value of the text. While comics used to be at the complete opposite end of the spectrum from Shakespeare, if one could even justify their presence in the literary world at all, they are now taking the world by storm, moving their way up the literary ladder. While they may never…

Convenient Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel Comics, had million-offering titles including the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America.Although DC and Timely characters are very much recalled today, dissemination figures propose that the top of the line superhero title of the period was Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel with offers of around 1.4 million duplicates for every issue. The comic was distributed fortnightly at one point to profit by…

Superman may have started as a comic character, but he has evolved greatly in the 75+ years since he first appeared in a graphic novel in 1938 as well as in film. With reference to Superman: The Movie (1978) and Man of Steel, the evolution of the filmic technology and of the particular film will be discussed. If one has to analyse the posters, one can clearly see the change and evolution of filmic technology evident in these films. In posters 1 and 2, there are minimal details of Superman and…

204 Final: Question 1b In his essay Jack Kirby and the Marvel Aesthetic, Charles Hatfield credits Kirby for introducing an “epic approach to the superhero genre that was ‘mythic’ both in its scale an in its pantheonic complications” (149). Marvel’s comic book universe is a platform where writers can have characters from one narrative interact with anyone else in that universe. It opens up new possibilities for creative storytelling and can lead to large scale adventures with far reaching effects…

Why are origin films are so popular? How origin films have changed the lives of many. Origin films have been around for decades and have built the foundation for many remakes and sequels. Moreover, origin films base the foundation for many movies because they grab the attention of the audience. The purpose of these films are to introduce people to the story of that superhero. Generally, they show how the hero gets his/her powers, and how they rise to fame as the superhero of that particular film…

challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising and comic books. One of its aims was to emphasize the elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony. Jack Kirby a forerunner of comic book illustration was a resounding artist who led much of what pop artists drew their inspiration from. Revolutionizing the styles and techniques used by comic artists of the time, Kirby took a more coloristic and surreal approach to his art, this…

go to a comic book shop and pick up a comic book that has Comic Code Authority “approved” logo. And then you are wondering hmm, what’s the story beside this symbol? Did Comic Code Authority contribute to decline of popularity of comic books? Well it’s a long story. Since the beginning comics where known for kids, but as of now times have changed and writers broke the Comic Code Authority in the 1970’s so writers can focus more on complex themes; social issues. After two decades Comic Code…