It’s taken years, nearly a half century, to shed this image of delinquency and decay, with many writers and artists carefully crafting intelligent, nuanced, and complex narratives, characters, and events in an effort to raise the perceived level of storytelling and achieve a certain status as pop cultural Literature. From there they became associated with juvenile delinquency and moral decay, and became the subject of book burnings. They began as the most basic of children’s entertainment yet scant years later these children’s superheroes became associated with America and American efforts abroad, with characters like Superman, Batman & Robin, and Captain America promoting nationalism, patriotism, the sale of war bonds, and even sometimes war-driven xenophobia. Superhero comic books have come a long way.
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