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Clark Kent Is Not An Immigrant
Comics, Culture, Fiction, Pop culture, Superheroes

Clark Kent Is Not An Immigrant

By Le Messor February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 8

I’m an immigrant. I’m not what you think of when you think of an immigrant – I migrated from one first-world English-speaking country to a different first-world English-speaking country – …

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Comics, Fraser Sherman, Superheroes

A hip Amazon who swings? Wonder Woman begins the Diana Prince years

By frasersherman August 8, 2022 August 1, 2022 0

Some years back, I began rereading my run of Wonder Woman, which I do with most of my old comics eventually, and blogging about them, which I don’t usually do. …

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Making your hero a sexist is not brilliant characterization
Comics, Fraser Sherman, Superheroes

Making your hero a sexist is not brilliant characterization

By frasersherman April 4, 2022 April 3, 2022 8

I wasn’t at all a fan of the New 52 Wonder Woman, but the book’s handling of Orion brought it to rock bottom When Orion shows up to join forces …

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Once they were ordinary women but now …
Comics, Fraser Sherman, Superheroes

Once they were ordinary women but now …

By frasersherman March 29, 2022 March 27, 2022 29

In the Silver Age, the vast majority of super-hero love interests were ordinary humans. Since then, as someone recently pointed out to me, a surprising number have become superheroes or …

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Living the meme: things that keep a geek up at night
Comics, Pointless Fanboy Speculation, Pop culture, Science Fiction, Superheroes

Living the meme: things that keep a geek up at night

By Edo Bosnar March 18, 2022 March 18, 2022 9

Sometimes those memes floating around on social media hit a little too close to home…

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Comics, Fraser Sherman, Superheroes

The downward spiral of Arthur Light, Ph.D. (final Identity Crisis post)

By frasersherman February 17, 2022 February 14, 2022 3

Some comic book characters find eternal fame right from the start. Some rise from obscurity to become legends: John Stewart made one appearance in 1971, a few more Bronze Age …

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Women in refrigerators have identity crises too you know!
Comics, Fraser Sherman, Superheroes

Women in refrigerators have identity crises too you know!

By frasersherman February 16, 2022 February 13, 2022 3

So following on yesterday’s post, here’s another problem with Identity Crisis, the fridging of Sue Dibney. Back in the days when Gail Simone was a comics fan rather than a …

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