“We should bear in mind the supercrip stereotype as a figure obsessively, indeed maniacally, over-compensating for a perceived physical difference or lack, since, as we shall see, this aspect ties in quite neatly with the genre specificities and narratival concerns of so much Silver Age superhero literature.” ObsessionSuperheroBody ImageLiterary CriticismDc ComicsMarvel ComicsDisability StudiesPhysical DisabilityJose AlanizPhysical ImpairmentSilver Age ComicsPerceived Physical Difference Book:Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond Source: Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond
“Disability fluctuates, growing visible, then invisible, then visible again, becoming both ever-present and haunting. Such a problematizing of physical life added a new wrinkle to the genre's double/secret identity trope: the characters now interact with their shifting bodies as bodies with all the complications involved.” SuperheroBody ImageLiterary CriticismInvisibilityDc ComicsMarvel ComicsDisability StudiesPhysical DisabilityJose AlanizPhysical ImpairmentSilver Age ComicsBodies As Bodies Book:Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond Source: Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond