TY - JOUR
TI - « And all the world wondered after the beast »: crisis and end in American Superhero Comic Books
AU - Thomas, Jean-Pierre
TI - « And all the world wondered after the beast »: crisis and end in American Superhero Comic Books
AB - Since, in American Superhero comic books, the planet Earth is constantly threatened of being destroyed by villains, entities with superpowers – Superman, Green Lantern or the X-Men – come to the rescue to prevent some apocalypse from happening. Does that mean that the ending that Superheroes go against is only a partial abolition and that death ends up being an unreal threat ? The meaning of that eschatology probably does not lie here in a straightforward retelling of founding stories, as the powers trying to get rid of humanity don't do it to punish it of some fault, contrary to the common example given by mythology. If the end of the world really is t h e recurring motif in Superhero comic books, it remains to be seen to what extent it does structure the medium.
VL - 2014
IS - Numéro 5 Fins du monde
PY - 2014
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 94
EP - 113
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.14.007.2448
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-terre-entiere-fut-remplie-dadmiration-et-suivit-la-bete-de-crises-et-de-fins
KW - comic books
KW - superheroes
KW - Apocalypse
KW - prophecy