Continuing the focus on Captain America this month, this week’s column looks at what the mantle of Captain America means, and the difference between the meaning of this mantle, and the character of Steve Rogers himself.
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Heroic Origins: Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Name: Steve Rogers Alias: Captain America Profession: Soldier/S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Powers: Super Strength, Agility and other heightened abilities Equipment/Weapons: Shield, Fists First Appearance: Captain America Comics #1 Considering that the good Captain is this year celebrating his 75th anniversary, along with his recent rejuvenation and new series launching in the comics, and… Continue reading Heroic Origins: Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Deadpool (2016) Film Review
Despite being rather late after the release, the first official review from Superhero Subcultures will be of the Deadpool film. I will provide a warning that it has been a while since I saw this film, so I apologise if I omit anything glaring from the review, and similarly I will be focussing on… Continue reading Deadpool (2016) Film Review
Comic Couples: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes
Given the current anticipation for the Civil War film, due out later this year, it seemed a good time to look at the defining relationship between two of the key players on Team Cap. However, rather than looking at the current relationship, I instead want to look at their relationship during the first appearances of… Continue reading Comic Couples: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes
Cultural Diversity in Comics: All-New All-Different Marvel
With the recent launch of the All-New All-Different line of Marvel Comics, I felt that this would be a sensible time to look at the current situation of cultural representation in the new comic lines that they have launched, and have announced to be launching, primarily through the focus of either title characters or team… Continue reading Cultural Diversity in Comics: All-New All-Different Marvel
Spiderman and Scientific Experimentation
This time around in the assessment of cultural and historical impacts on comics, we look at the impact of scientific experimentation, and the fears of this, on the early stories of everyone’s friendly neighbourhood hero, Spiderman. The origins of this classic Marvel hero are well known, the geeky Peter Parker obtains his powers after being… Continue reading Spiderman and Scientific Experimentation
Comic Couples: Scarlet Witch and the Vision
To begin this column, it seems fitting to begin with one of my personal favourite comic couples in terms of their romantic relationship, Scarlet Witch aka Wanda Maximoff and the Vision. The relationship between these two heroes is one of my favourites due to the interplay between the two of them, and the fact this… Continue reading Comic Couples: Scarlet Witch and the Vision
The Golden Age of Comics: The Rise of the Superhero
The modern superhero comic has largely been shaped by its own history, and both the rises and falls that followed the comics industry through the 20th Century. The rise of the superhero genre in the late 1930s, and its popularity through to the mid-1950s played the largest role in shaping what would evolve into the… Continue reading The Golden Age of Comics: The Rise of the Superhero
X-Men: Mutants and Minorities
Professor X and Magneto: Their Real Life Inspirations I’ve decided to begin this blog by discussing one of the earliest realisations I had regarding comic books and their historical inspirations, that of the X-Men and the commentary it provided on the Civil Rights movements throughout America in the 1950’s and 60’s, as well as the… Continue reading X-Men: Mutants and Minorities
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