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The Portrayal of Crime and Justice in the Comic Book Superhero Mythos

The Portrayal of Crime and Justice in the Comic Book Superhero Mythos. Adolescents ’ sense of crime, justice and order. Superman & Batman. most consistently popular and pervasive comic book superheroes ever created

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The Portrayal of Crime and Justice in the Comic Book Superhero Mythos

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  1. The Portrayal of Crime and Justicein the Comic Book Superhero Mythos

  2. Adolescents’ sense of crime, justice and order

  3. Superman & Batman most consistently popular and pervasive comic book superheroes ever created despite similarities, each character offers a unique perspective by which to examine the superhero mythos within American culture

  4. Products of Great Depression culture

  5. Superman & Batman hope and idealism retributive, street level justice

  6. Social structure Metropolis: hope & optimism Gotham City: danger & corruption

  7. Crime & criminals Superman: threaten democracy & “American way” Batman: “control the world” & disorder/anarchy

  8. Responses to crime Superman: fights for justice as defined by lawmakers Batman: vigilante

  9. Breaking of Law gangsters, faceless thugs, corrupt politicians, ingenious madmen, alien (outside) threats and freakish aberrations general patterns: threat to social order, motivated by money, power or revenge become criminals through mythical processes paralleling those of the superheroes

  10. Reaction to the Breaking of Law law and order must be maintained certain behavior must be controlled “voluntary avocationalpolicing”: being done by private citizens not because they are obliged by a threat of punishment but because they, for their own reasons, want to do it

  11. Don’t break the law!: conservative or “right” oriented perspective excessive leniency toward lawbreakers favoring the welfare and rights of lawbreakers over the welfare and rights of their victims, of law enforcement officials, and the law abiding citizen erosion of discipline and of respect for constituted authority the cost of crime excessive permissiveness

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