Ultimate Marvel

After 18 other films and a ten-year wait, directors and brothers, Anthony and Joe Russo finally gave comic book fans the movie they’ve all been waiting for, Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Infinity War brings all the fan favorite heroes together into one action-packed adventure. In the movie, Thanos (Josh Brolin) is scouring the entire universe to collect 6 infinity stones that different aspect of the universe: Space, Mind, Reality, Power, Time, and Soul. The Avengers unite together to…

Annie Addison 10/7/14 Block 1&2 Superpowers Are Meant To Be Used Imagine if you were in a dark alleyway and a man in all black came up to you, and for no reason, started attacking you. You beg this man to stop, ask why he is doing this, but you get no reply. You try to fight back, but the man only hits you harder. There is no one there to help because everyone is afraid of this man, and when he began to walk down the street, everyone else cleared away, not wanting to mess with or disturb…

Could the World be filled with “Superhumans”? Upon hearing the word “superhuman” my mind immediately conjures up a being with inhuman like qualities and superpowers- typically, I imagine the comic book mutants from X-Men. With modern technology and advancements in genetics, the idea of a superhuman is becoming more and more plausible, although do not expect to see Magneto causing chaos in the street anytime soon. A superhuman can be defined as a human with heightened intelligence and physical…

Superman, Batman, Ironman, Hulk, Thor, etc. All ‘heroes’ in the world, but not just superheroes are ‘heroes’. Everyone has the potential to become a hero, and heroism traits are apart of everyone. A hero isn’t always the greatest, strongest human being that risks their life, a hero is someone who makes a positive impact in someone else’s life and overcomes challenges. Bob Riley said, “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” This quote…

The Light to Show Them the Way: Superman as the Messiah As a child, I would always watch the old TV show The Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves. Like many children of my time, I would take an old towel and tie it around my neck for it to be my cape so I could ‘fly’ around the house being Superman because of that old TV show. I later became a fan of the comics and read many of his adventures in DC Comics. I loved the action, the powers that Superman had, and wished to be like him in…

The Iron Giant is about a boy who helps an alien robot that landed on Earth. The director Brad Bird has also directed Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol and The Incredibles. The movie is about a giant robot that came from space and crashed into the Earth, then a boy found it and kept it safe from the government. Hogarth Hughes is showing the robot how to have fun and do a cannonball. The natural bright light and the jump cuts makes it active. The rule of thirds is showing the three characters…

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…

bringing 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…

“ I never thought Spider-Man would become the world icon that he is I just hoped the books would sell and i’d keep my job.” (Stan Lee) Comics in the 1960s weren’t that popular back then but if you were reading one it would most likely be reading a marvel comic which was the comic book hit.During the 1960s comics Stan Lee is the greatest comic creator in America. “Stan Lee” had a tough and rough life growing up. Which would lead up to his great accomplishments later in life.To begin Lee was in…