Jack Kirby

“Help! Help! We are stuck, and they are coming!” random citizen cry out with fear. SMASH! The super heroes arrive on the scene. Working together they saved the day! Despite the varying personalities, intelligences, weaknesses, and strengths, of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Captain America, they can come together as a team when needed. One superhero that has a very different personality is Iron Man or Tony Stark. He is very intelligent, and technology is his specialty. Iron Man, or Tony…

The Marvel Universe once again shows the world its progressive side as it adds another person of color to its Marvel stable of superheroes. As of this past Thursday, the announcement of African American actor Michael B. Jordan to play the role of Johnny Storm in the forthcoming reboot of the Fantastic Four hit the internet. As to no surprise, many Marvel fans were indignant over the decision to move forward with a melanin inclined Johnny Storm. However, despite backlash from some disgruntled…

Marvel takes on Dc When it comes to superheroes there would be only two series that would come to the mind of any human that takes an interest in them. Those two series are marvel which represents the characters such as the incredible Hulk, Iron man, and Captain America, but Dc Comics which represents Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Fans of the two series invest money, time and attention into these topics just off the character alone. Even though it may not seem like it, there are…

MELEE CIRCLE (whole group) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we’re putting our skills to the test. Can you jump as far as The Incredible Hulk, balance like Catwoman, leap as tall as Superman, sprint alongside the Flash or throw as accurately as Bullseye? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Wonder Woman dedicates many hours each week to training in…

Steve was contemplating everything he had beheld today, while surreptitiously watching his team. His team? Did he, he wondered, have the right to call these unique group, his team? Scoffing to himself, he pushed his empty basket away and lowered his head in exhaustion. A good leader draws from experience and he had none. With possibly the exception of Thor, none of them had any experience, yet they followed his orders, even Thor and more surprisingly, so did Tony Stark. Thor was/is a Norse…

Split like his identity, perhaps a self-fulfilled wish, two brain wavelengths occupied the ragged man. The descent into shame dampened any defenses Bruce would’ve had since the transformation lacked completion; however, his frantic mental state allowed his other half access to his side of the brain – leaving the physical form a human flux between the two borderline personalities. Rather than shield puny Banner in a cocoon of darkness, an inkling of green lingered ever so possessively; a lack of…

Marvel movies: revolution or scam? Since Iron Man, Marvel started to develop a new model of movies: all their movies (and super -heroes) are linked all together until the big reunion of them all, like in the Avengers. They planned to do it for what they call a second “arc”: Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2 and finally a new Avengers movie in 2016. But as this model is also used by DC Comics for Batman VS Superman movie, we can ourselves one question: Is this model sustainable and desirable?…

Medium • What medium or media does the communication take advantage of?  The advantage of this advertisement is it has a well know character known as the Hulk from the popular Marvel franchise. Also it helps kids who see this advertisement lose the fear of getting hurt since their favorite character also gets hurt. • What are the strengths and limitations of the media used?  The strengths of the advertisement are that people that who watch the Avengers and read the Marvel Incredible Hulk…

When given the task of creating both a whole new superhero and comic script, I was shocked by the amount of control and creativity I would have throughout the process. Creating my own personal hero is what excited me most as a writer, although I realized how hard it is to truly be original in the world of comics. Since Superman’s grand debut in 1938 it would seem as though every superpower has been thought of. The “roadblock” of creating an original hero pushed my creativity and lead to my…

Superman is a DC comics superhero created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Since his first appearance in Action Comics #1, he appeared in radio serials, TV shows, movies, newspaper strips etc. It was his huge success and popularity that established the superhero genre as the center of comic book culture in the US. Superman's characteristics and traits changed more than once over the years, and those changes were explained as parallel universes. However, throughout all those changes,…