Content tagged "superheros"

Posted by Susannah Mandel S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2003
Topics: comics, dc comics, epistemology, frederic wertham, green lantern, homosexuality, Marvel, northstar, sexuality, superheros

Mask or Closet, or, “Under the Hood”: Metaphors and Representations of Homosexuality in American Superhero Comics After 1985

An examination of the changing representation of male homosexuality in American superhero comics between the years 1986 and 2003.