Marvel Comics

creativity into some people's lives, however, here recently their popularity has grown exponentially. In the past couple of years the superhero market has been in high demand, and marketers have not been underperforming. No matter the publisher, Marvel, DC Comics, or even Vertigo, no one is disappointing. Publishers are bringing many forms of superhero media into light, and the fans are loving it. There are many reasons that superheroes have gained popularity, but first it must be understood why…

Whenever a new Marvel film comes out, everyone wants to see it. It’s on the Doritos bags and Mountain Dew bottles, and other related merchandise everywhere. Radios and news stations even start having segments about them. Iron Man is an entity that had has this happen to it, without a doubt, but when the science community gets involved or mentioned, it’s apparent that the Iron Man suit is what people really want. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has untaken the biggest…

green screens, lightweight cameras and smaller recording devices, the dolly system and steadicam, and the internet which have been added to the movie production process. The early superhero films that were produced like the 1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel were only black and white. Though there is nothing wrong with black and white movies, the introduction of color in 1939 to film greatly influenced the attitude of the audience of its time. Color changed superhero film for the better. There…

different in a lot of ways. Hercules is a demi-god and Captain America is a science experiment. Although, they are different characters, Hercules and Captain America can be compared by their past and by what they are capable of. Captain America is a Marvel character. He is a part of S.H.I.E.L.D with many other super heroes. Captain America’s power is his strength and his shield. His shield is made out of vibranium which is also steel alloy. It is stronger than adamantium. Adamantium is a steel…

introduction of Iron Man (2008) came the rise of the empire Marvel Studios, and simultaneously, the rise of the superhero genre. Since then, the industry has been bombarded with film after film of good guy versus bad guy plotlines, and Marvel has been at the head of the pack. DC realizes this and has hopped on the superhero train as well with movies like The Dark Knight and Man of Steel, but they have not come close to reaching the successes that Marvel has. In order to be hip with the kids,…

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been “With great power comes great responsibility”, this very old saying famously appears in the Marvel comic series Spider Man. Uncle Ben uses these wise words to warn Peter Parker that with any sort of power, there is also a negative side that comes with it. We can observe this in, Where you going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates. In this story the main character Connie realizes that she has this great power to attract boys, she is very much…

heroes, Black Widow and Scarlet Witch are not celebrated for a physical or supernatural strength, but for their skills in manipulation. This film reflects that women are regarded as sexual temptresses whose powers lies in manipulative prowess. Even in marvels Avengers women still dress to represent sexuality and man dress up with a more manly perspective. There are many examples found throughout the movie, with Black Widow and Scarlet…

what is the purpose of female superheroes? A-Force is a comic that was introduced to the public on May 2015. The comic is taken…

As my generation has grown up, it has been a trend for movie makers to make the old superhero comics and films into new and improved superhero films. In all the films that I have seen advertised, on DVD, or in theaters, a man has been portrayed as the big and strong main character/superhero and the woman has been portrayed as the “damsel in distress.” Even on the posters for the movies the guy is made to look larger than the woman even if she has the privilege to be on the poster. Sexism is a…

Superman, Supergirl, The Flash, Wonder Woman and Spiderman. These are all heros, and they have done a plethora of things to gaian that significant title. Mitty Blake, the main character in Code Orange a fiction novel by Caroline B. Cooney, wanted to be on that list of heros. When readers met Mitty Blake, he was sixteen year old living in New York City who cared about nothing but music, his school work was never done nor did he even know what it was. Mitty Blake was writing a report on viruses…