Unstable Masks; Or, The Whiteness of the Superhero (a preview)

A guest post in the form of a preview of the forthcoming anthology, Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics.

Alpha & Omega #10: Omega Without End

The not-so-final installment on the final installments of both versions of Omega the Unknown.

Your Favorite Superhero Sucks (Review)

A voice in the wilderness crying out against superheroic hegemony.

Power Pack Says Crack is Wack!

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

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

Part Two of Exploring Storm as a postcolonial figure.

Why You Should Read the New Spider-Woman

The hope of the new Spider-Woman series.

“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.

Days of Future Now: Reflections on X-Men Comics & “Days of Future Past” (Part Two of Two)

This is Part Two of a two-part series of posts on the classic X-Men comics arc, “Days of Future Past.”

Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Liberal Fantasy – A Review

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is part of the ideological state apparatus

Black Lightning Always Strikes Twice! – Double-Consciousness as a Super-Power.

Jefferson Pierce’s “blackness” is explored in relation to his superheroic identity, but doesn’t get anywhere.

“Invisible (Watch)Men: The Impossibility of the Black Superhero”

Miles Morales or Trayvon Martin are more likely to be victim of a “heroic” vigilante than to be one.

Marvel’s Illuminati – Responsible for both Jay-Z’s Success and the Infinity Gems

When superhero contingencies are indistinguishable from supervillain schemes.

It’s a Wonder, Wonder Woman

More than 40 years later, Wonder Woman still has to deal with the same masculine hostility.

Succeeding in the Super-Biz

Imagining a different tradition for super-heroines.

Captain Marvel & More Black Iron Man

Rhodey’s armor allows him to literally don the guise of a successful white man, to “pass” in the world of (mostly) white superheroes.