Tag: Lois Lane

Socially Conscious Comics – Part 2

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A follow-up to this post . . . Here’s an example of a real EC Comics cover – Shock SuspenStories No. 6 – from the company’s early ’50s heyday, and you can immediately see why some groups wanted to have these comics banned. At a time when any criticism of America was considered *suspect*, EC [...]

Reinvention vs. Resurrection (Superman Reanimated)

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins is probably the smartest super-hero film ever made, a complete reinvention of the Batman franchise, taking out the dumb parts (e.g., Robin), and seriously attempting to answer the question, “Why would a grown man dress as a bat?” By way of contrast, Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns (from the same studio) adds [...]