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When a flood of charity comicbooks focusing on the events of September 11 hit the shelves TIME.comix had to divide its coverage into two parts. Last week covered the "alternative" books. This week we examine the "mainstream" efforts by the likes of Marvel (home of Spider-Man, Capt. America and the X-Men), DC (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, et al.) and smaller houses. The big question: would they, could they, put superheroes into the tragedy...
...Well, they did. Both the DC and Marvel projects include the characters their business has been built on. It really should come as no surprise, after all, superheroes are what they do. For some this will come across as a gross commodification and trivialization of an awesome, unspeakable tragedy. These characters are arguably more corporate icons than meaningful characters - like seeing Ronald McDonald and the Keebler Elves giving succor to victim's families. But I think it is more complicated and interesting than that...
...rest are personal recollections, like Andy Helfer's "Careful," about becoming temporarily homeless after the WTC collapse, or more fanciful reactions to the events. Several of these have a curiously militaristic edge that makes the DC book the most politically conservative of the 9/11 projects. Bizarre on several levels, Marvel's emeritus editor and comics legend Stan Lee contributes a "lost" Aesop fable with a non-too-subtly-chosen "gentle and caring" elephant taking rampaging vengeance on some dastardly mice. 'Nuff said...
...Next week TIME.comix examines "September 11" Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, jointly-published by DC, Dark Horse, Image, et. al. Also "Heroes," "The Amazing SpiderMan" #36, and "A Moment of Silence," all published by Marvel. These books are available at any comicbook store...
There are reasons why Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 is a universally respected scholar, activist and lecturer. This list is long. These reasons are borne out by his appointments at our nation’s top schools, the unending requests for appearances, the marvel of his oratory, the wonder of his thought...