Superheroes
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The Sins of Professor X (Part Two)
Hey, did you miss me? Well I missed you! Welcome back to: The Sins of Charles Xavier! (Part Two) Let us jump in right where…
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The Sins of Professor X (Part One)
Let me roll off some key features of a comic book character and see if you figure out who I’m talking about: Kindly father figure,…
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Jessica Jones and the Mechanics of “Post-Series Depression”
Warning: The following content contains spoilers. While I should have been studying for exams, I finally gave in to the hype and watched the first…
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4 Heroes. 4 Movies. 4 Mistakes. 4 Puns.
There have been four attempts to bring Marvel’s first family to life on the big screen. First in 1994, then 2005, 2007, and most recently…
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Doing What’s Right: A Review of Captain America – Civil War
“No. You move.” Captain America: Civil War needed to be a lot of things. As the introduction of both Black Panther and a new Spider-Man…
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Not My Superman
The twenty-first century is home to a world that is perhaps a little darker and more complicated than the century that came before it, and…
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Daredevil Season 2: Here Comes the Man Without Fear
There’s a moment in the third episode of this season where, faced with fighting his way down a whole building of armed thugs, Matt Murdock…
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Jessica Jones: Feminist Noir
“In my line of work, you gotta know when to walk away. But some cases just won’t let you go…” Jessica Jones, Marvel’s second outing…
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Jessica Jones: It’s Time to Learn Her Name
When Marvel announced that it would be putting out several series on Netflix about street-level heroes, they told us who we’d be getting: Daredevil, Luke…
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When (Super) Strength Isn’t Enough: An Examination of Strong Female Protagonist
What if you were both invincible and had super-strength—yet you still couldn’t save the world? That’s the problem confronting Alison Green, the twenty-year-old protagonist of…
The Spectatorial 