![]() In the mirror of the superhero, America is reassured of its good qualities. ![]() Reducing the vast complex of nationhood into the body of an individual means periods of geopolitical turmoil can be repackaged as moments of psychological stress. The superhero makes sense in times of crisis. Since 2001, about 80 live-action superhero films have been produced by American studios, almost twice as many as in the preceding 15 years. Emerging in comic books on the eve of World War II, and enjoying a Golden Age during the USA’s post-war boom, superheroes are the cultural product of US military supremacy, little muscular emblems of the American state.
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