Marvel Comics supervillains

Most of the heroes in the superhero universe can be broken down into three groups. Marvel and DC Comics are the main contributors to this superhero fandom. These two companies even contributed the term superhero. Neither company owns it, they just share it. Many of the interesting heroes/ heroines have brain powers, body powers, and some are even powerless. This class is the mind boggling brainiac’s. Not because they are smart, but because they have brain powers. Brain powers include telekinesis

Everyone has someone they look up to as a hero. It may be parents, grandparents, a friend, or even a fictional character. There is a lot of things that make a person a hero and it doesn’t necessarily mean someone who wears a cape. A hero is a person who is not afraid to step in and do the right thing, regardless of the situation. Heroes are usually centered around the idea of having a positive impact on others. Being a hero isn't always doing something so big and great, but mostly just doing what's

The movie "Wonder Woman" is the DC Comic presentation of the origin story of Diana Prince otherwise known as Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is an action-packed thriller about peace, love and empowerment. Appropriate for most ages, "Wonder Woman" is able to please a plethora of ages and interests. I was extremely interested in watching this movie because there are fewer female superheroes and even fewer movies about them. For some reason female superhero movies seem to do badly in the film industry. William

Annotated Bibliography "Films - Starwars.Com". Starwars.Com, 2017, http://www.starwars.com/films. Star Wars is series of the fantastic films that depict the political tensions and wars among the representatives of different planets in the distant galaxy. The films include a number of positive heroes and charismatic anti-heroes, such as Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) and Kylo Ren (Ben Solo). Both personages have a number of similarities and can be described as the typical Byronic characters. Highly

The graphic novel Charley’s War was a British comic strip drawn by WW2 war veteran Joe Colquhoun, and drawn by Pat Mills, who is considered "the godfather of British comics." The comic was published in Battle Picture Weekly which was a British war comic book magazine; it was first released in January 1979 and ended in October 1986(1 year before Joe’s death). The genre of the book is action and war. It has a negative and unhappy tone, Colquhoun provided an extremely graphic portrayal of war, when

Marvel Studios’ movies is like a path to travel on as an audience member (Menard, 2014, p. 28). Across a decade worth of films and tv shows, there has been a there has been more than 60 characters that the Marvel Studios universe contains (Menard, 2014, p. 54). There has been a lot of conflict and character development, because of the multiple events that happens in the other movies (ComicBookCast2,2016). There a lot of example of this happening, such as the new york event in The Avengers (ComicBookCast2

America’s current political events and values are reflected through the film industry’s portrayal of superheroes. Post 9/11, it has become increasing clear that the issues and values held dear to most Americans are now being portrayed on the big screen. Fighting back at the “enemy” and consolidating as one were some of the messages in the background of superhero films after the attacks on the twin towers. More recently it has become apparent that the USA is becoming more divided; just like the superheroes

There is a clear connection between modern art and African art. African symbols, shapes, and ideologies influence paintings, textiles, and sculptures. However, not many discuss comics within the traditional definition of art. The medium of comics boomed after the Great Depression with Superman. A time of hardship, the Depression left people needing something to believe in. Since the beginning of time people have used storytelling and mythology to explain the world around them. After the Depression

Comic book characters represent the best and worst parts of society as seen through the eyes of the writers. Heroes emanate what the writers perceive as the ideal human, someone attractive with a strong moral code and a high tolerance for pain. Villains represent what the writers perceive as problematic, people who are overly ambitious, immoral and represent the “other”, both in appearance and beliefs. These characterisations reflect the views of society’s majority, white men, essentially the creators

America’s current socio-political events and values are reflected through the film industry’s portrayal of superheroes. Annika Hagley writes a very convincing argument regarding this theory in her article “America’s need for superheroes has lead to the rise of Donald Trump.” Post 9/11, it has become increasing clear that the issues and values held dear to most Americans are now being portrayed on the big screen. Fighting back at the “enemy” and uniting as one are some of the messages in the background