tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216709653808065722.post8697565944549903736..comments2022-03-30T21:07:49.822-05:00Comments on Fire Pug Kills Eight: Superman's a Fascist Fantasy... a Huge Twist... and More Self-PromotionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02667052712057873910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216709653808065722.post-56925710357674088332012-01-22T05:07:37.206-06:002012-01-22T05:07:37.206-06:00Thank you so much for your comment! I really appre...Thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate it.<br /><br />Yeah, I was being provocative with that title. I really just used the idea as an example of how MIRACLEMAN interrogates what the super-hero means.<br /><br />And I agree that, even if this idea of a powerful messianic figure "saving" us is fascistic, that same figure can also be used for good. Obviously, it's more than simply the appeal of such power. The earliest Superman stories certainly did so, as you correctly point out. But we have to be watchful, lest the righteous super-hero encourage a kind of passivity, as if the powerful are always good and victorious because they're ordained by Heaven.<br /><br />Especially today, that's something that really worries me.<br /><br />Again, many, many thanks for your comment! (I love those trades too!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667052712057873910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216709653808065722.post-88110562557594304542012-01-16T22:23:05.209-06:002012-01-16T22:23:05.209-06:00I'm sure Siegel and Schuster would be appalled...I'm sure Siegel and Schuster would be appalled at the statement "Superman is a fascist fantasy." Is the idea of a Superman righting wrongs by sheer might attractive to fascists? Sure. Superman's character and mythology are rich enough to support multiple interpretations, though. BTW, great work on the Miracleman chapters. I was fortunate enough to read the battle against an insane Kid Miracleman when the trade was still in print, so I didn't especially regret the series being out of print...until you showed me how good it was from the very start. And it's all your fault!AinoSenshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149266464896848788noreply@blogger.com