The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 9, Number 4, Spring 2021 | Page 11

Comic Book Superheroes and War in Twentieth Century America
漫画书媒介仅在近年来被用于分析其历史学术价值 , 但本篇 研究表明 , 漫画书能作为原始资料 , 用于批判地理解美国社 会如何通过娱乐度过战争 。
关键词 : 漫画书 , 超级英雄 , 流行文化 , 战争 , 一战 , 二 战 , 冷战 , 反恐战争 , 美国队长 , 超人 , 钢铁侠 , 黑暗骑 士 , 战争文
Collins , Marjory , photographer . New York , N . Y . Children ’ s Colony , a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese . German refugee child , a devotee of Superman . New York , 1942 . October . Photograph . https :// www . loc . gov / item / 2013649072 /.

From the striking political cartoons of World War I and post- Great Depression stories of Superman fighting for the less fortunate , to the violent , anti-heroic sentiments of the Watchmen and the Dark Knight , the comic book medium has housed colorful characters and stories that promoted

American ideals and patriotism , criticized political leaders and acts , and reflected feelings and culture during times of war and domestic conflict . In times of war and in times of peace , comic books and their superheroes have been an important piece of America ’ s social fabric since their beginnings in the 1930s as
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