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Karl Urban as Billy Butcher and Antony Starr as Homelander in "The Boys" (Prime Video)

We need cynical heroes, not "Marvels"

Kelly Pau
Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash and Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl in “The Flash” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Flash continues Jewish superhero fails

Guy Bigel
Erin Moriarty in "The Boys" (Courtesy of Prime Video/Amazon Studios)

"The Boys" versus The Big Sellout

Melanie McFarland
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, The Pizza Dog, Clayton English as Grills, Robert Walker Branchaud as Orville, Adelle Drahos as Missy, and Adetinpo Thomas as Wendy "HAWKEYE" (Photo by Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios)

The heroes of "Hawkeye" dress like us

Alison Stine
1996 DEAN CAIN IN LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (Getty Images/Warner Bros.)

Dean Cain's queer Superman obsession

Kylie Cheung
The tweet from Donald Trump's campaign put his head on Thanos's body (MARVEL/Twitter/@TrumpWarRoom)

Trump ad compares president to Thanos

Matthew Rozsa
"Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood" by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Collins/Getty)

A pop culture powerhouse's origin story

Chauncey DeVega
Sophie Turner in "X-Men: Apocalypse." (Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

Feige: X-Men aren't joining MCU soon

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther in "Captain America: Civil War" (Marvel Studios)

"Black Panther" and STEM role models

Clifford Johnson - The Conversation
Lupita Nyong'o, Chadwick Boseman, and Danai Gurira in "Black Panther" (Marvel Studios)

Ellis questions Black Panther Oscar nods

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman in "Justice League" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Ben Affleck officially out as Batman

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
FILE - In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Tye Sheridan, left, and Sophie Turner appear in a scene from, "X-Men: Apocalypse." (Twentieth Century Fox via AP, File) (AP)

Marvel Cinematic Universe expanding

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom in "Venom" (Columbia Pictures)

Critics too old to appreciate "Venom"?

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Burt Ward as Robin and Adam West as Batman ride in the Batmobile in a still from "Batman." (20th Century Fox/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Was my grandfather Batman?

Adam Nemett
Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight;" Joaquin Phoenix; Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros. Pictures/AP/Joel Ryan)

We don't need a prestige Joker movie

John Semley
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in "Deadpool 2" (20th Century Fox)

For Deadpool, it's always personal

Amanda Marcotte
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in "Deadpool 2" (20th Century Fox)

See "Deadpool 2"— for America!

Matthew Rozsa
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man; Elon Musk; Josh Brolin as Thanos; Donald Trump (Marvel Studios/AP Photo)

Superheroes of neoliberalism

Keith A. Spencer
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Studios)

The science of superheroes in flight

Mark Brake
Superboy #78 (Superman family TM & © DC Comics)

The gay appeal of superheroes

Bill Schelly
Chris Hemsworth in "Thor: Ragnarok" (Marvel)

Superhero movies of 2017, ranked

Jarrett Lyons
Marvel's Runaways (Hulu/Paul Sarkis)

Marvels' Runaways: Perfect for Trump Era

Amanda Marcotte
Comic book writer Frank Miller attends the world premiere of "Suicide Squad" at the Beacon Theatre on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (AP/Evan Agostini/DC Comics)

Frank Miller talks Batman and Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Mister Miracle Vol 1 #1, April, 1971 (DC Comics)

Mister Miracle: Trump-era hero

Mark Peters
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