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Eradicating Hate is “Like Trying to Erode a Mountain and the Truth is Rain”

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When I first read Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña’s Avengers: Twilight earlier this year, I knew I wanted to teach it at some point, and I did just that in my “Who Watches Superheroes?” course. As I reread the series in preparation for class, Bullseye’s comments in issue #5 as the Avengers moved to attack Red Skull stood out. The series revolves around older versions of … Read More Eradicating Hate is “Like Trying to Erode a Mountain and the Truth is Rain”

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“Who Watches Superheroes?” Syllabus

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Over the past few days, I’ve had to pull together a literature and composition course for the fall semester. As I thought about the course, I moved from Appalachian literature with writers such as Crystal Wilkinson, David Joy, and S.A. Cosby to mystery novels with Cosby and others to my already planned “The Reverberations of World War II” syllabus for a more introductory course. … Read More “Who Watches Superheroes?” Syllabus

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Representation in Marvel’s “Secret Wars”

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A few weeks back, I picked up Marvel’s Secret Wars. This crossover event took place over the course of twelve issues from May 1984 through April 1985. I picked up Secret Wars because it looked interesting, and I remember having issue #8, the first appearance of the Symbiote, when I was younger. Fans have been clamoring for Secret Wars on the big screen, and … Read More Representation in Marvel’s “Secret Wars”

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The Avengers and Interracial Intimacy: Part 2

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If you enjoy what you read here at Interminable Rambling, think about making a contribution on our Patreon page.  Last post, I started talking about the relationship between Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and the Vision as a metaphor for interracial intimacy during the early 1970s, only five years removed from the Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia. Today, I want to finish up … Read More The Avengers and Interracial Intimacy: Part 2

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The Avengers and Interracial Intimacy: Part 1

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If you enjoy what you read here at Interminable Rambling, think about making a contribution on our Patreon page.  I started reading a few issues of Avengers recently, specifically some written by Steve Englehart. Amid all of the superhero action and fighting, there is a commentary on interracial intimacy within the relationship between Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision (an android). Their relationship begins … Read More The Avengers and Interracial Intimacy: Part 1

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