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From: John Obrien > And most of the male superheroes had young side kicks until after the > Stonewall Rebellion raised the obvious questions on what these relations > > really were based on. Robin disappeared as did Speedy and all the others. It was noted long before that! In fact, the issue was explicitly raised by Dr Fredric Wertham in his anti-comic rant "Seduction of the Innocent". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent Actually, his critique seems to include some valid points, even though the whole thing was part of the great dumbing down of the Cold War period. > The latest revealed is Green Lantern.How should we view the Green > Lantern as part of an intergalatic police force protecting the planets > and inhabitants - is that at least politically neutral, ... Not that Green Lantern, alas, but a newly created one based on the original version of the character from the 1940s. The space cop one was introduced in the late 50s. For what it's worth, the space cop character was heavily influenced by E E 'Doc' Smith's "Lensmen" books - classics of pulp science fiction. The connection and crossover between comics and pulp fiction has been present since day one. Dashiell Hammett wrote a daily comic strip for a while, but had "creative differences" with the publisher. Apparently the publisher wanted a spy strip, while Hammett wanted to write a detective strip. The space cop Green Lanterns weren't entirely "neutral" by the way. The early stories show nasty pattern of siding with human-like aliens against non-human-like ones. Yes, symbolic imperialism in space... ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
