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Continue reading →: Red Tagging and the Absolute Power of InformationIn 2024, DC Comics released a four-issue storyline called “Absolute Power,” which chronicles Amanda Waller’s rise to power as she wages war against the superhero community. In this story, Waller shifts public perception against superheroes by controlling the media. The story opens with Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his daughter,…
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Continue reading →: X-Men Red: On underrepresentationThe X-Men is one of Marvel Comics’ longest-running “team books.” The original team consisted of characters like Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, Iceman, and their leader, Cyclops. The X-men are a group of mutants or “Homo Superior,” a genetic off-shoot of Homo Sapiens. Mutants, unlike heroes like Spider-Man, are born with…
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Continue reading →: Sansweet v. Incredible – A conflict of law and responsibility.On October 24, 2004, Disney and Pixar released “The Incredibles,” a movie starring the Parr family as their patriarch, Bob Parr, navigates retired life as a result of superheroics being outlawed. In the film, Bob lives a double life as the hero, Mr. Incredible. However, his and every super’s heroic…
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Continue reading →: Injustice of Those Among UsIn 2013, Netherealms Studios and DC Comics published “Injustice: Gods Among Us,” a 3D-fighting game and an accompanying comic book mini series that focuses on Superman becoming an evil despot after one bad day took Lois Lane and their unborn child away from him. However, Injustice was not the first…
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Continue reading →: One without fear“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:26 – King James Version Fear comes in many shape and sizes, from the irrational fears of heights…
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Continue reading →: Brightest days and blackest nightsWhat does it mean to be a hero? What makes a legacy? Is your legacy, your perception, a combination of every act you’ve ever done in life? Or can one mistake tarnish a legacy forever? Miriam Defensor Santiago is a Filipino lawyer, a former judge, a former lawmaker, and most…
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Continue reading →: Son of Krypton no moreLast month, James Gunn’s Superman 2025 premiered in theaters worldwide, and while people sing its endless praise, myself included, I did find one major flaw in the film that’s worth discussing. Superman 2025 decided to shake up the Superman mythos by changing the purpose of Kal-El’s journey to Earth. In…
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Continue reading →: The Godfearing Man Without FearMatthew “Matt” Murdock, otherwise known as Daredevil, is often given the title “the man without fear.” An apt title for a blind man who risks his life every day to protect Hell’s Kitchen while doing death-defying acts across New York City’s skyline. In his day job, Matt is a defense…
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Continue reading →: Truth, Justice, and Love Thy NeighborIt is completely unreasonable to say that Superman is nothing like Jesus Christ because like Jesus, his stories are of Jewish origin that often gets bastardized to champion American conservativism and oppression of the perceived “other.” At his core, Superman follows the categorical imperatives of truth and justice; meaning they’re…
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