Marvel Comics

Men in spandex survive the critic of time. If you don’t know the story of how Peter Parker came to acquire the superhuman abilities of an arachnid or how Clark Kent is more than your below average journalist, then you have yet to experience what so many have been experiencing for decades, but what makes these men in tights so appealing after so many years? A major reason as to why so many film producers have decided on rebooting these iconic films is the advance in technology which has…

All movies based on superhero comics have many things in common. Adults, as well as children, like to watch them. Their characters often have superpowers. Some characters are also secret agents. All of the movies have action which is why they are so entertaining to watch. People like to imagine what it would be like to be a secret agent, with superpowers, and action-filled lives. The first things that superhero movies have in common are that the hero has superpowers. Is having a superpower all…

Television shows often portray one or more characters as a hero. When we think of superheroes we think of Captain America or Superman. What about the heroes who don’t have supernatural powers? The television shows Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Med both have superheroes but they aren’t your typical superheroes. These superheroes are on the frontline of medicine saving lives. These heroes are commonly known as doctors. In this essay we will examine the audiences, goals, and strategies of these two…

English 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…

Everybody has a different definition of what a hero is. The first thought that comes to my head are Marvel characters or the Justice League. For example, Superman flies through cities saving lives and fighting crime with his super powers and big cape with the “S” on it. These article will open your mind and might even change your idea on what a hero is. Cohen, Roger. “Active Fatalism.” The New York Times, 24 Oct. 2014. In this article, Roge Cohn talks about how society has the idea of what a…

Hemione Granger and the Complex Feminist Icon They exist in almost every type of storytelling in the last century or so, the crucial three-person groups. Comics has DC’s holy trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; In children cartoons the Ash, Brock, and Misty dynamic was used so well that even though brock and misty haven’t been regular characters in the cartoon for a nearly a decade, they are still iconic; but, over the past 30 years, perhaps no fiction trio is as well-known and…

ability to do this by giving us a more familiar setting, more comprehensive social relations to work with and a more creative lens or point of view to look through. The movie Man of Steel is the latest modern day film production of the classic Superman comic books and unlike the other films, this one focuses on what led Superman to leave his home planet and make a home on plant Earth. The award-winning director Christopher Nolan shows us another part of the story that other film productions of…

Introduction The general idea of this work is to explore the role of dubbing as a method of the audiovisual translation and how it is performed in superhero movies produced by Marvel Studios. Dubbed movies have become popular among young audiences, for example, the ‘Shrek’ series, as well as in many European countries where movies or TV series are dubbed even for an older audience. The superhero genre has joined this trend, for example, in Poland every superhero movie has its dubbed version…

Who is Wonder Woman? An instant Icon when she was introduced in the DC All Star Comics Issue #8. A female superhero became very popular amongst the male readers and attracted female readers to read comic books as well. She immediately became the face for feminism and she would become the original super heroine paving the path to several other super-heroines. She is fierce, strong, and beautiful, a skilled fighter perhaps the best in the DC universe, she fights along side Superman and Batman,…

As the sun goes down in the city of Gotham, a dark knight appears out from the shadows stopping all crime. Created in the 1930´s, DC Comics super heroes Batman and Superman use all their strength and abilities to help save the Earth. Batman is human and has no powers. While Superman has powers and is an alien from the planet Krypton. Batman is a better example of a superhero than Superman. Batman is more of a superior super hero than Superman due to his peak human abilities, determination, and…