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Ricker, Aaron. "The Third Side of the Coin: Constructing Superhero Comics Culture as Religious Myth." Arc 43. (2015): 91–105. 
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Resource type: Journal Article
Language: en: English
Peer reviewed
BibTeX citation key: Ricker2015
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Categories: General
Keywords: Myth, Religion, Superhero
Creators: Ricker
Collection: Arc
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Abstract
The most common ways of reading superhero comics culture as a religious/mythopoeic expression are, to date, unfortunately little more than self-serving and self-fulfilling prophecies, which thereby turn out in the end to be critically self-limiting. Supports this contention by offering a three-step progression. First considers the “up” side of the coin: promoting superhero comics culture as a modern religious/mythopoeic expression; then the “down” side of the coin: interrogating superhero comics culture as a modern religious/mythopoeic expression; lastly, the third side of the coin: constructing superhero comics culture as a modern religious/mythopoeic expression.
  
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