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Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

Marvels and the Limited Imagination of Nostalgia

Sometimes looking back is the way to move forward, but that isn’t the case here.

9 February 2016 in History, Marvel Comics, Review.

Power Pack Says Crack is Wack!

Marvel’s kid superheroes in the Crack Era, need to learn to just say “No” to white privilege.

22 December 2015 in Marvel Comics, Urban Space.

Reviews in Brief (11/25 to 12/02 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics released November 25 to December 2, 2015; including Totally Awesome Hulk #1 and Prez #6.

9 December 2015 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (11/4 to 11/18 – 2015)

Brief reviews of comics that came out from 11/4 to 11/18, 2015 (plus a few outliers), including: Spider-Woman #1, Mighty Thor #1 and Monstress #1.

24 November 2015 in Comics, Review.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #5: The Bill’s in the Mail

What do letters published in these books tell us about the difference in these series?

25 August 2015 in Comics, Review.

“Hip Hop Started Out in the Art” – Tom Brevoort, Post-Racial Hip Hop & Comics

You can’t separate hip hop from race without looking like you’ve separated your head from sense.

16 July 2015 in Marvel Comics, Music, Race.

Imperfect Storm (Part Two): Exploring “Lifedeath II”

Part Two of Exploring Storm as a postcolonial figure.

14 July 2015 in Literary Theory, Marvel Comics, Race.

Imperfect Storm (Part One): Exploring “Lifedeath”

Exploring the relationship between seriality, identity and the colonial imagination through X-Men’s Storm.

30 June 2015 in Literary Theory, Marvel Comics, Race.

Reviews in Brief (5/20 to 6/10 – 2015)

Mini-reviews of recent comics including A-Force #1, Spider-Woman #8 and Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1.

16 June 2015 in Comics, Review.

“If It WAUGHs Like a Duck” #1: Trapped in a World with a New Howard the Duck series

The first in a series of posts about both the new and original Howard the Duck comic book series.

14 April 2015 in Marvel Comics, Reading Series, Review.

The Man Who Lived Twice! (If You Can Call That Living): Marvel’s Brother Voodoo

The fourth in a series of posts about black superheroes. Marvel Comics’ Brother Voodoo—a character to feel really conflicted about.

17 March 2015 in Authenticity, Marvel Comics, Race, Religion.

“I’m Looking for a Weird Love, Baby. . .” – Romance Comics & the Strangeness of the Normative

The heteronormative values these romance comics reinforce are really friggin’ queer.

17 February 2015 in Comics, Gender, Queer, Sexuality.

Reviews in Brief (12/24 to 1/14 – 2014/15)

Brief reviews of comic books from December 24, 2014 to January 14, 2015; including Ant-Man #1 and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1.

14 January 2015 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (11/19 to 12/17 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics released from November 19 to December 17, 2014; including Captain Marvel #10 and Mind MGMT #29.

17 December 2014 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (10/1 to 10/15 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books released from October 1 to 15, 2014; including Death of Wolverine #3 and #4.

15 October 2014 in Comics, Review.

Super Hegemonic Team-up! Spider-Man, Daredevil & “The Death of Jean DeWolfe”

In this story, Spider-Man and Daredevil demonstrate a hegemonic framework for understanding urban crime (part of SUPER BLOG TEAM-UP #4).

24 September 2014 in Marvel Comics, Politics, Race.

Reviews in Brief (8/6 to 8/27 – 2014)

Brief reviews of: All-New Ghost Rider #6 | Captain Marvel #6 | Ms. Marvel #7 | The Multiversity #1| She-Hulk #7 | Silver Surfer #5 | Storm #2 | Superior Foes of Spider-Man #14

27 August 2014 in Comics, Review.

#FireRickRemender?: Thinking Through Gender, Disproportionate Aging & Sexual Consent in Superhero Comics

Do alternate dimensions and the flow of time in superhero comics confuse and complicate issues of sex and consent?

12 August 2014 in Comics, Gender, Marvel Comics.

Superior Responsibility: Spider-Man & the Thread of Identity

If there is one thing we can count on in mainstream superhero comics it is the strange tension between the accretion of change and the status quo.

5 August 2014 in Marvel Comics.

Reviews in Brief (7/16 to 7/30 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics, including Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 | All-New Ghost Rider #5 | Hawkeye #19 and Ms. Marvel #6

30 July 2014 in Comics, Review.

On Collecting Comics & Critical Nostalgia

Identity is a constant retcon.

8 July 2014 in Authenticity, Comics, Meta.

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