Doing Missions in the Marvel Universe. Part III

I realize that Part II, I sort of "shot my wad" in that I essentially said that doing missions in today's culture is like doing missions in the Marvel Universe, since the today's culture is like the Marvel Universe culture. The loop is kind of closed leaving little room for more than expounding further on …

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Doing Missions in the Marvel Universe, Part II

I.  First, the Marvel Universe fits the Worldview (or Zeitgeist if you prefer) of those around us. David A. Zimmerman wrote "Comic Book Character" that looks at character and morality from comic books. In chapter 7, he compares the DC Universe and the Marvel Universe. The DC Universe, particularly its classic version as seen in …

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Doing Missions in the Marvel Universe. Part I

I used to be a comic book collector. I still have hundreds of comics stuffed away back in the US. I tended to collect mostly Marvel Comics, although far from exclusively. Part of this was that I found it easier to relate to many of the characters, such as Peter Parker, or many of the …

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