Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts

Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts  offers the first comprehensive study of how Marvel has racially diversified its lineup and reimagined what a superhero might look like in the twenty-first century. It examines how they have revitalized older characters like Black Panther, recast legacy heroes like Ms. Marvel, and developed new ones like the Latina Miss America.
 

Introduction: Marvel and Modern America

1. Spider-Analogues: Unmarking and Unmasking White Male Superheroism
2. The Replacements: Ethnicity, Gender and Legacy Heroes in Marvel Comics
3. Superdad: Luke Cage and Heroic Fatherhood in the Civil War Comics
4. Black Panther: Aspiration, Identification and Appropriation
5. Iron Fist: Ethnicity, Appropriation and Repatriation
6. Totally Awesome Asian Heroes vs. Stereotypes
7. A New America: Marvelous Latinx Superheroes
8. Ms. Marvel: A Thoroughly Relatable Muslim Superheroine 

Afterword: "Because the World Still Needs Heroes"
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