Jessica Plummer has lived her whole life in New York City, but she prefers to think of it as Metropolis. Her day job is in books, her side hustle is in books, and she writes books on the side (including a short story in Sword Stone Table from Vintage). She loves running, knitting, and thinking about superheroes, and knows an unnecessary amount of things about Donald Duck. Follow her on Twitter at @jess_plummer.
"Comic books are ripe for controversy. They’ve historically been aimed primarily at children, which leaves them primed for 'think of the children!' pearl-clutching, even though comics for adults have existed for decades."
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More than 50 years later, no one really knows what Jack Kirby was thinking when he created Goody Rickels.
This January, as we’re ringing in the 30th anniversary of these heroes, I thought I’d do a rundown of DC’s class of ‘94.
Peter Parker: Listen, I know you’re not going to go to therapy, and you know you’re not going to go to therapy, but I have to suggest it.
Superhero comics are typically slugfests, but we do have some examples of superhero pacifists. As for how well these stories are told, well...
Superheroes are timeless, but superhero comics are ephemeral, capturing the mood and politics of a particular moment in time.