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DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment,[2] a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Shazam, Hawkman and Green Arrow. The fictional DC universe…

Essays, Not Rants! 253: AMERICA! If you follow this blog you’ve probably realized that my mostest favoritest trope is the rag tag multicultural team. It’s why I’ll always hold Disney’s Atlantis in high esteem, it’s why I have such a huge soft spot for the Magnificent Seven remake and Rogue One. Pacific Rim, Halo: Reach, XCom, you give me a multicultural/national team, you make me happy Really happy. So you can understand my hesitance when the follow up to Al Ewing’s very enjoyable New…

According the University of Alabama: School of Medicine, approximately 65 percent of the general population are visual learners. It is clear that the current generation has a greater interest in looking at images rather than reading some form of text. Looking at images allows the audience to comprehend what the underlying meaning of it is in a faster way. In recent years, there has been a spike in sales of comic books due to the vast amount of superhero films and television series being produced…

Doctor Strange has officially wrapped (according to director Scott Derrickson on Twitter), and the internet is currently going nuts over photos of Benedict Cumberbatch running around New York in full costume. However, some eagle-eyed fans have also spotted Mads Mikkelsen shooting a scene as the main villain in the upcoming Marvel flick! But is the Hannibal star playing Dormammu? The Twitter fan account Cumberbatch Lives shared the photos of Mikkelsen showing the actor wearing strange face…

The reason for choosing these two particular films being superman the movie (1978) and Man Of Steel (2013) is to show the evolution of this particular super hero film, this showing how in time filmic technology improves. By doing these two films that have the same story line it shows us how superhero films are so similar to fairytales as they are able to be repeated again and again and still catch the attention of many, by choosing these two particular films it shows the very beginning of…

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War is well worth watching because it is very well rounded. This climatic film ties together many of Marvel’s previous movies and thus is packed with reputable actors. It is a humorous movie with a powerful plotline. The plot even goes beyond just superficial fun and actually makes viewers question themselves with some deeper meanings. As an extra bonus for watching the movie, viewers are then able to keep up and not be left, in the dark, when their friends and family…

Hercules and Captain America come from different eras. They are similar in some ways and 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…

I think Tony Stark’s side is the right side. Both sides have their own benefits: Tony Stark is my favorite Marvel hero, he is wealthy, smart, and his suits are amazing. On his team, he also has Vision, who is basically the most powerful superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His body is laced with Vibranium, he’s programmed by Jarvis codes, and his power source is an infinity stone, literally the most powerful objects in the universe. He’s also got War Machine on his side. He might not be…

While the earlier works of the X-Men comics represent racism in society through the mutants, the more recent stories of the X-Men chronicles have largely shifted the mutant metaphor, focusing more on discrimination pertaining to individual’s sexuality (Darowski, 166). Shifting this metaphor from racial discrimination to sexual preferences as a rhetorical device, keeps the tittle relevant as time goes on (167). Coincidently or not, the X-Men, which work as an allegory to the LGBT community,…

Are There Still Heroes? Heroes seem to be assigned solely to fantasy or fiction anymore. Like Mr. Hassler in the book Hero, or the wide range of comic book heroes you could pick and choose from. Heroes, make a tendency of sliding under the radar to most people, giving rise to the assumption that there are not any. But, in truth, it does not take superpowers, or money to be a hero like people think. Because heroes are everyday people who take action to help other people, like Mr. Hassler, the…