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  High School for Superheroes and Sidekicks

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  Eleanor Huntington University of Southern California

  December 15, 2014

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  and Jetstream, Will Stronghold begins his first day of high school in a state of panic. Unbeknownst to ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  beginning of the pilot episode, initially seems idyllic, with Banner clearly epitomizing a softer, gentler, ...
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  Infinity Stones: the MacGuffin at the Heart of the MCU

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  Dan Hassler-Forest Utrecht University

  April 16, 2019

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  Infinity Stones: the MacGuffin at the Heart of the MCU Marvel MCU superheroes transmedia branding Curator's Note "The main thing I've learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing." Alfred Hitchcock As anyone who has ever stu ...
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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

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  Holding Out For A Hiro transnationalism superheroes NBC comic books Heroes X-men Japan Curator's Note Hiro Nakamura, salary man, otaku, "superhiro," superfan, has emerged as the most popular character on NBC's new Heroes. Here are a fe ...
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  I Liked the Movie, So What Comic Should I Read?

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  Greg M. Smith Georgia State University

  August 01, 2011

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  I Liked the Movie, So What Comic Should I Read? superheroes comics Comic Books and the Movies comic books Curator's Note When I try to introduce comics to non-comic-readers, I choose what I consider to be fairly straightforward modern comics, and fre ...