Despite seismic cultural shifts since the last movie, the 2022 version of Batman seems to be trotting out the same old tropes.
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The revelation that a Superman is bisexual is a big deal in terms of Superhero comics, and it hasn’t gone down well with everyone.
Comics have always had queer elements; and Superman has always been on the edge of social justice. This new comic book, featuring a bisexual Jonathan Kent, brings those factors together.
Martin Scorsese believes superhero movies are ‘not cinema’. What do the experts think?
Remembering the co-creator of Spider-Man, The Hulk, Fantastic Four and all the rest.
Here are some treats you don’t have to ring Halloween doorbells for.
Australian comic producers punch above their weight globally – many have been picked up by international publishers yet remain little known at home. Here are 10 of the best.
The Superman character has endured and continues to be popular because he is a symbol of renewal and hope.
Cosplay and comic conventions are attracting millions of fans around the world, generating huge amounts of money and launching some interesting design careers.
The reviews are coming in pretty harsh for Justice League. If Superman is awesome and Batman is awesome and Wonder Woman is awesome, shouldn’t the three of them together be thrice as awesome?
The makers of Justice League embed the film in a post-9/11, post-global warming, post-Brexit, post-Trump context. But it is loud and disappointing with some genuinely unimaginative action sequences.
She started life as a bit-part sidekick to The Joker but is now a multi-platform anti-hero.
Wonder Woman comes from a long line of strong mythical feminists.
Superheroes are either men, or women drawn by men. Couldn’t there be another way of creating a 21st century superheroine?
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