The Amazons of Greek mythology usually were seduced or subdued by male heroes. Wonder Woman finally overcomes this legacy.
Articles on Superheroes
Displaying 61 - 67 of 67 articles
It was the year of the grown-up superhero. Dark, witty and complex, superheroes on the big and small screen have – mostly – matured past mindless violence.
An inspiration for Batman and Superman has faded into obscurity. Can he experience a revival?
The flop of the Fantastic Four seems to suggest that viewers are more eager to embrace characters who reflect our inherently flawed humanity.
Speaking with Jason Dittmer on superheroes and fascism
America's flirtations with fascism in the 1930s and the influence of the Second World War gave rise to nationalistic, quasi-fascist superheroes who are still relevant and popular today.
Avengers: Age of Ultron, released this week, is one of many superhero films destined for the multiplex in the coming months and years. What’s behind this trend? And what kind of villain would be powerful enough to stop it in its tracks?
Birdman is awash with in-jokes, but laugh and then forget about them. And forget about the fact that Birdman is a backstage comedy set in a crappy 800-seat theatre in New York. Because this is really a…
Top contributors
-
Principal Lecturer, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth
-
Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bath
-
Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Comics and Architecture, University of Brighton
-
Senior Lecturer in Film, Bournemouth University
-
Part-time lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan University
-
Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
-
PhD Candidate, Film Theory and Media Industries, University of York
-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction, University at Buffalo
-
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
-
Honorary Research Fellow, English and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia
-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Desmond Tutu Centre of Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
-
Assistant Professor of Focused Inquiry, Virginia Commonwealth University
-
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University