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Oehlert, Mark. "From Captain America to Wolverine: Cyborgs in comic books: alternative images of cybernetic heroes and villains." The Cybercultures Reader. Eds. David Bell and Barbara M. Kennedy. London, New York: Routledge, 2000. 112–23. Added by: joachim (10/8/12, 4:24 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English BibTeX citation key: Oehlert2000 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Cyborg, Superhero, USA Creators: Bell, Kennedy, Oehlert Publisher: Routledge (London, New York) Collection: The Cybercultures Reader |
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Current comic book cyborgs reveal much about how these characters are perceived. In addition to movies, comic books represent the most prevalent medium in which many children and adults are forming their impressions of cyborgian culture. One of the more interesting characteristics of this culture is the divisions that comic book cyborgs can be sifted into. These categories are, in order of increasing complexity, simple controller, bio-tech integrator and genetic cyborgs. Comic book cyborgs also expose some the psychological reactions that these characters evoke in us, ranging from a deep ambivalence towards violence and killing to issues of lost humanity and, finally, to new conceptions of the nature of evil.
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