Gene Yang's Shadow Hero depicts the life of a Chinese immigrant offspring whose Chinese spirit ables him to deflect bullets. He wears no mask at first, but decides later to keep his face hidden while wearing the costume of The Golden Man of Bravery/ Jade Tortoise/ Gree...

The post-9/11 American Muslim is a population that cannot be represented by any single ideology or concept. Islam itself is a religion that encourages cohesiveness, but does not attribute power or superiority to any human being over another. This aspect of the faith cr...

We have seen thus far that Watchmen poses challenging questions regarding social and political issues to its readers. It goes even further in its discussion of spirituality of the human race. It is clear that corruption of urban life is a constant theme of this tome. T...

The first three chapters of Moore and Gibbons's Watchmen introduce the death of an old superhero that occurred as a result of murder. His death stirs up the interests of his former superhero colleagues who try to figure out who killed him and why they did it. These cha...

As a medium of popular culture, the comic book industry is sensitive to public opinion. The need for a comics code in the mid-20th century indicates a public opinion against comics that was oppositional to the target audience of comics publishers. Since the contrast be...

My first exposure to any superhero film was the Sony Pictures production of Spiderman in 2002. I was ten years of age and often cowered from any major scenes of violence on the screen during my pre-pubescent stages. It wasn't until the release of this film that I can s...

Contemporary literature is key in addressing issues that are considered taboo for discussion in social circles. A major theme of the blog posts discussed on this page has been the placement of minority groups in social history. We examined the treatment of the working...

Villains from the earlier comics series, like Superman and Batman for example, are characterized by an inherent sense of malevolence. While many foes realized their own evil nature and even implied through dialogue that they intend to lead better lives after being defe...

The 20th century was subject to rapid technological discoveries in almost every industry. The topic of science and ethics gained momentum as scientific applications became able to address social issues. The most celebrated discovery in the realm of biology was attribut...