When people say that all superheroes are inherently fascist, they're ignoring the very real reasons superheroes were invented (mostly by immigrant Jews before and after WWII as a warning against fascism), and extremely specific examples of superhero antifascism like this. https://dmv.community/@akuchling/110407861811807513
There has long been an reluctance in #ComicBooks and #superhero media to mention political topics. Other than #FrankMiller's original #DarkKnight stories, political stances were verboten, back to a #JFK cameo in 1963.
But instead of being viewed as an endorsement of liberal democrat policies by Big Blue, it incorrectly established #Superman as a conformist & establishmentarian.
And as #fascism has taken over establishment #GOP politics, he is now silenced by "bipartisanship."
Definitely true. I was addressing the large corporate #superhero characters of the #DCU and the #MCU, espec #Superman, #Batman, and #CaptainAmerica, as they are the ones discussed most prominently in the articles linked in this thread.
Thrilled to hear that the Zip team has reached their funding goal for this incredible work. 👏 Zip is a black and white British comic about imperfect superhumans, and (secretly) about disability.
When I was a kid I watched #SpiderMan on tv (the classic cartoons). This also got me into #comics, but I didn’t know what I was doing, so I bought what I could find in the general book store.
Web of Spider-Man, issue #36, was the very first #comicbook I got (and still have).
#Cricket (the sport - so much so that I spin my cricket jokes off elsewhere to spare you all - see @liebcricket for that)
#ComicBooks (in particular, #Superhero comics and, even more particularly #DC superhero comics and, even more superspecifically, #BronzeAge DC superhero comics)
#Survivor - the TV show, not the band (although the band's fine)
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