Whatever happened to the Legion of Super-Heroes Part I: The golden age of fandom

ā€œA comic strip is like a dreamā€¦ a tissue of paper reveriesā€¦ It gloms anā€™ glimmers its way thru unreality, fancy anā€™ fantasy.ā€ā€“ Walt Kelly, Pogo ā€œOkay, Loisā€¦ but who do you ask to help Superman?ā€ā€“ Paul Levitz, DC Comics Presents #43 Comics are a space for writers to write down their dreams. More than…

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I’m afraid of Canadians: Marvel Comics, the Trudeaus and how we perceive our neighbors

Iā€™m Canadian. But Iā€™m not particularly patriotic. My ancestors from Ireland, Scotland and France werenā€™t rich or powerful but, by virtue of being white, undeniably benefited from the various government-sponsored genocides that made the nation of Canada. Iā€™m ashamed of that and the perpetuation of myths about my nationā€™s history, like the idea that because…

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