The Innocent By Fredric Wertham

Pamela Colloff’s “The Innocent Man,” is an eye-opening, gut-wrenching essay in which Colloff beautifully takes a high complexity prejudiced case of a guilty murder verdict and successfully brings to light her inspiring character Michael Morton’s true innocence in a flawed justice system. Suspense, sadness and frustration are effectively provoked from the reader about Michael’s tragic nightmare which persists for over two decades of time. A nightmare which begins when Michael returns home from work on August 13, 1986, to find out his dead wife was beaten to death in their bed. This is only the beginning of what Colloff unfolds in her writing of Michael’s twenty-five-year agonizing battle behind bars. Step by step Colloff’s marvelous writing

The superhero comic landscape during the Golden and Silver age of comics was saturated with comics that were very similar in structure. In The Revisionary Superhero Narrative, Geoff Klock points out that comics like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman followed an established set of conventions where each issue only mechanically added another story to their respective folklores (117). It would not make much of a difference what order they are read in because they do not take into account the history of the character or what lasting impact their actions will have on the world. The complexity of these comics do not go far beyond commercial literature, and they only seek to prolong their lifespan. However, author Alan Moore challenges this view of superhero comics by creating Watchmen, a revisionary comic series that redefines the purpose of the superhero and explores how superheroes can greatly impact the world in a political and social context. By incorporating these ideas in Watchmen, Moore effectively creates a more realistic, and ultimately a more novelistic, depiction of the superhero figure.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… black Superman? With the representation of all identities growing in different forms of media, superhero comic books have picked up this trend and have begun to introduce characters with diverse backgrounds. Due to the previously mentioned occurrence, readers of different creeds, sexual orientation, and ethnicities are being introduced to the world of superheroes. With this new trend, many questions arise concerning the impact and necessity of underrepresentation and fairness. How have superhero comic books widened their depiction of underrepresented communities, and what role does history play on the characters of comic books? More specifically, how have Marvel and DC Comics been affected by history, and

The portrayal of superheroes in films has changed in terms of their character, appearance, style and strength. Superheroes has been a popular theme in hollywood films since its inception. They are what peoples imagination can only think of. A perfect human being who saves the world .The first time superhero appeared on T.V was “The Adventures of Captain Marvel” in 1941. Superheroes was on the rise within popular comic books in 1930′s to the 1940’s as well in which they were considered the ‘Golden Age of Comic Books’ . Comic books became widespread and popular which translated into making films about them.

Saying “Superman” instead of a more generic “superhero” made the story seem real and relevant to this word instead of just a piece of fiction with little connection to readers.

The theme of darkness vs light that shadows DC and Marvel usually follows them into the cinematic universes. It’s the reason that Marvel tends to do better in the box office overall, because parents are more willing to bring their child to see the Avengers than they are to see Batman. The Marvel cinematic universe (MCU) brings in a lot more elements of lighthearted humor that makes the movies family friendly, compared to the DC cinematic universe (DCU) which has those dark elements from the comics brought to life. Both movie franchises try and stay in the PG-13. The release of Deadpool changed a lot by being the first successful rated R comic book movie. Deadpool was a game changer for Marvel because it brings in the darkness that they normally lack.

During the 1920’s and 1930’s many families immigrating to America were enduring strong abhorrence towards them because of their religion, beliefs, and where they were from. Two of these people experiencing hardship were the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, whose Jewish parents had immigrated to America before having them. Siegel and Shuster wanted to create a superhero to give immigrants entering the United States a kind of hope since many Americans did not want them there. During this time the Great Depression was going on as well, and many immigrants got bullied because of the fact that they were unwanted in America. Today, superheroes are mainly used to entertain us, so it makes sense that many people do not seem to understand

It seems that children seek to have an ideal of a perfect hero to whom they can admire. Superhero comics deserve their own part in the history of comics, since most comics are only about superheroes, and Captain America, is in fact a superhero. What are the roles of a hero in defining the values of a culture? A man on the street might tell you, a superhero is someone with extraordinary abilities and powers who saves the day. Superheroes could be characterized as having super strength, the ability to fly, or magical capabilities that utilizes the elements. Most would probably say superheroes are usually attractive white men, who have a super strength,

Comics books today have a mixed reaction with people. Majority of people view them as childish and pointless. Even with the large amount of exposure that comic books are getting due to their movie counterparts they are still viewed in a more juvenile light. Comic books are still not taken as a serious form of art. The aspects of comic books that makes them a work of art is the captivating storytelling, immersive artwork, and innovative creativity, these factors have always been constantly overlooked by artists and critics alike. Comic books like Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis, The Wake by Scott Snyder and X-men God Loves, Man Kills written by Chris Claremont all have one or

Aside from Superman, characters such as Popeye, Captain America and Batman also became popular for a multitude of reasons. Firstly, in the 1930s people began to become fascinated by cinema and other forms of media. Comic books

For centuries, man has struggled with the concepts of good and evil and have produced astounding works as a reflection of it. This is ideally the foundation of early fables and folklore dating back to ancient civilizations. Stories about famed heroes and the battle of good and evil woven into extravagant tales of danger, destiny, and triumph. These stories were often assimilated into individual societies, told from generation to generation until eventually finding themselves becoming an integral part of the culture. In 1938, a new era began to emerge known as the “golden age” of superheroes. Superman made his first appearance in action comics, forging a unique identity as the first comic book superhero in American culture and quickly

A common theme among superhero comics is the idea that the

Thesis Statement: Comic Books are not just enjoyable to read for most but have changed everyday life more than people realize.

With minor exceptions, comic book publishers kept to these for many decades making an exception early on for the newly invented super-heroes whose outsized antics needed bigger and bolder presentations. In the 1980s, artist Frank Miller with his work on Daredevil but now adding a new attitude to the storytelling to match the radical inclinations of his art. Influenced by film noir and later Japanese manga, he built an atmosphere of oppression and

When you think of a superhero one normally thinks of Spiderman, Batman, or Superman, but there were superheroes long before these characters were created. First one must understand that the basis of this name is hero. What is a hero? A hero is a person who does something special or out of the ordinary in order to help others. It could also be someone who is admired for a characteristic about them, be it physical or mental. They are individuals that normal everyday people can look up to. This being the case, a superhero is nothing more then someone who is a hero, but not just that once and for that one person, but someone who helps many people, or leads them. As time went by the number of people who were true heroes diminished and just