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The spandex-clad undead: Why comics love ridiculous resurrections
Mark Peters
In the superhero world, just because your body was ripped in half doesn't mean you can't make a comeback
“You sat in the splash zone”: The messy truth about breast-feeding
Kathleen Founds
I loved breast-feeding, but let's not romanticize it. For me, it involved comedy, a new immodesty -- and attachment
The ballad of Marine Todd, apocryphal right-wing hero
David Roth
The legend of a fed-up marine who knocks out his atheist professor is more than a meme. It's folk literature
8 superfoods that aren’t all that super
Larry Schwartz
Dark chocolate probably won't save you from heart disease, and pomegranate juice isn't curing your impotence
Comic book characters who fought cancer
Mark Peters
From "Superman" to "Captain Marvel," comics have offered some surprisingly artful, sensitive takes on the disease
The bible of the modern American city: Why “The Power Broker” is still one of our most important books
Henry Grabar
After 40 years, this magisterial biography of Robert Moses remains an essential primer on American power
“Gotham” is the Batman retelling we didn’t need
Daniel D'Addario
An origin story for all Batman's villains arrives just two years after the last movie sequel
Would you elect someone named “The Smiler”? The scariest comic book presidents
Mark Peters
From vapid blowhards to supervillains, a few of the characters to ascend to the highest political office in comics
Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Jesus” is fiction: Fact-checking the Fox News’ anchor’s “history” of Jesus’s death
Robert M. Price
A conservative theology professor unearths mistruth after mistruth in "Killing Jesus" and calls a pinhead a pinhead
Is Batman the world’s worst dad? The most disastrous comic book parents
Mark Peters
If mommyblogs existed in the comics universe, they would surely tear these characters apart
The most absurd scientific explanations for comic book superpowers
Mark Peters
From brain-swapping to blood transfusions gone wrong, here are the most ridiculous superpower origin stories
When Superman and Wonder Woman had sex in the sky: The hottest comic book romances
Mark Peters
From Thor and Roz Solomon to Batwoman and Maggie Sawyer, comics feature some surprisingly sizzling love stories
“Guardians of the Galaxy”: Marvel’s goofy, exhausting and faintly fascist new franchise
Andrew O'Hehir
This whimsical space adventure will leave you hooked on a feeling -- and longing to stomp Bradley Cooper's raccoon
Report: Microsoft releasing a “selfie phone” perfect for narcissists everywhere
Sarah Gray
Two new Windows 8.1 devices may be on their way -- one is a startlingly accurate representation of today's culture
From Superman to the Green Turtle: How superhero comics are really assimilation fantasies
Noah Berlatsky
"The Shadow Hero" finally confronts comics' long history of dancing around its characters' ethnic identity
Tenure is not the problem: Debunking education reform myths — and providing a real path forward
Morgan Agnew
There are ways to fix public schools, but too many "reformers" are blinded by ideology. Let's listen to a teacher
9 series that prove 2014 is the year of the female-centric comic book
Mark Peters
From "Rat Queens" to "Black Widow," comics have never starred more complicated, compelling female superheroes
I accidentally became a housewife
Kate Tuttle
Even feminists can find themselves staying at home full-time with the kids. The crazy part is, I (mostly) love it
Worse than Michelle Rhee: Teachers and public schools have a shocking new enemy
Jeff Bryant
George W Bush's education secretary called teacher unions terrorist organizations. Post-Vergara, do liberals agree?
I’m sorry I apologize so much
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Women like me constantly use the dreaded phrase, even when we know we shouldn't. So why do we keep doing it?
The tech industry’s God complex is getting out of control
Andrew Leonard
Silicon Valley's brightest stars are increasingly swept up in the fantasy that technology will give us superpowers
Grumpy Cat is the perfect Lifetime movie star
Daniel D'Addario
Tori Spelling and Lindsay Lohan made the leap first. Now an iconic but untalented kitty is getting a TV movie
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