Abstract
A close reading of Mark Millar's 3-part graphic novel RED SON, focusing on the cultural and especially political-economic history it engages. Specifically, I read Millar's transformation and complication of conventional depictions villainy and heroism through his narrative and iconographic representations of the characters in the Superman universe reimagined as Cold-War era Russians. This essay expands my analyses of visual media in terms of the political-economic histories they engage into another area of popular culture.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Where Did Superman’s White Hat Go? Villainy and Heroism in SUPERMAN: RED SON |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi |
| Pages | 337-348 |
| State | Published - Jan 2020 |