Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes AVGC University of Texas

University of Texas

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Douglas Mao

Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes AVGC University of TexasAmerican comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own whiteness and the ideological baggage that goes along with it. Even the most celebrated figures