Category: Superheroes
Superhero Movies are Worship, Not Theme Parks
Superheroes dominate our current entertainment culture. I don’t think anyone would dispute that....
Person or Persona: What’s Inside the Spider-Verse?
With the explosion of serialized superhero films over the last decade, talk of a multiverse has...
Global Superheroes from the Disneyverse and Studio Ghibli
“Of course, there are universal rules to which all goodness must conform. But that’s only the...
Faith on Trial in Frank Miller’s Daredevil Comics
The first published Daredevil comic ends with a sketch of Matt Murdock — a blind man with...
Worth Reading: Superheroes
Worth Reading is An Unexpected Journal’s book recommendations column. Each issue we highlight a...
Answering Joker’s Dark-Knight-Defying Anarchy
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight deservedly garnered rave reviews: in addition to the creative...
He Will Rise
Myriad comic series, television shows, movies, action figures, and other various capitalistic...
Ex-Cult Member Saved by Grace
“…from what you have said about the Church of Bible Understanding…it may have begun as something...
Super-Women and the Price of Power
The idea of a heroic female warrior is not new.[1] While Wonder Woman, Black Widow, and Captain...
Diana Prince, Apologist? The Great Commission and Salvation in Wonder Woman
When Wonder Woman was released, it was hailed as an audience favorite, and Gal Gadot’s performance...
Once a Prince or Princess: MacDonald’s Moral Superheroines and Heroes in the Princess Tales
Of all the stories I have read, including even all the novels of this same novelist, [The Princess...
Superheroes, Saviors, and C.S. Lewis
Introduction In a time of great scientific and technical achievement, when humanity seems to revel...
The Power of Weakness
I love the large story arc the Marvel universe has gradually unfolded over the last ten years or...
Humility Contra Pride as Represented in Thor
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the real-life heroes of our day and age, those who...
Planets, Poetry, and the Power of Myth in Halo and Destiny
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point . . ....
