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    Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture

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    Tecca, Jeremiah
    Abstract
    This thesis examines the role and representation of the superhero in establishing socio-political ideology through connotations and cultural codes. Beginning with an analysis of some of the earliest images of Superman and Batman from Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27, this thesis will capture the associative properties reflected in the Americanized superhero. While analyzing the shared characteristics of Superman and Batman, Chapter 1 also discusses the political ideology embodied in Captain America in Captain America Comics #1. Chapter 2 investigates the socociopolitical and socioeconomic representatioion in Frank Miller's Batman: Year One and transitions into an analytical comparison of The Punisher's role in vigilantism and Batman's personal vendetta against crime. Exploring the socioeconomic gap between Batman's character and the people of Gotham City, Chapter 3 also examines the role of the anti-hero and reads the Punisher and the Joker as the anti-hero and the supervillain.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8728
    Date
    8/5/2020
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    Tecca, Jeremiah. (January 0008). Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8728.)

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    Tecca, Jeremiah. Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 0008. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8728. August 11, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Tecca, Jeremiah, “Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 0008).
    AMA:
    Tecca, Jeremiah. Superhero Influences: Connotations and Cultural Codes in Comic Book Culture [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 0008.
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    East Carolina University

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