superhero media as military or police propaganda
- abolition
- anti-individualism
- culture-art-media
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‘super-soldier’ tropes, ‘super-cop’ tropes
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but also a lot of government taskforce/military presence/foreign invader narratives
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very blatant in examples from various comic book eras
- interesting as other comic universes/publications/stories skewed sci-fi, which commonly skews anti-authoritarian
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in Marvel Cinematic Universe era (roughly 2000-2020)
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superhero worlds almost always US-centric, and often individualistic tropes
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also how Disney buying Marvel/increase in streaming over/downfall of cinema led to a swathe of Disney+ superhero-adjacent TV series, the change in format then allowed for the start of a more experimental era (eg Wandavision, Loki).
- DC actually found success in TV earlier than Marvel but Marvel’s evolution is more interesting as DC’s shows are commonly reminiscent of any other 2010s US action/drama/with some fantastical elements.