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Superheroes, Social Responsibility, and the Metaphor of Gods in Mark Waid and Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come
Tim Lanzendörfersubject
PoliticsKingdomMetaphormedia_common.quotation_subjectArt historyNarrativeMythologySupermanSociologySocial responsibilitymedia_commondescription
Some decades ago, Umberto Eco, in » The Myth of Superman, « pointed out the paradoxical nature of the all-powerful superhero. » Superman, « Eco notes, » is practically omnipotent; « consequently » one could expect the most bewildering political, economic, and technological upheavals in the world « from Superman – or any other › practically ‹ omnipotent superhero. But no such transformations occur in the narratives.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 |