Psychology of Super Heroes

Note: Please look through resources very carefully. This is a controversial issue so some sources may have bias. Check carefully for the expertise or background of the writer or contributor.

Videos

TED Talks on Super Heroes: http://www.ted.com/conversations/5651/can_fictional_superheroes_prov.html

and http://www.ted.com/search?cat=ss_all&q=super+heroes.

Websites

1.  Superhero Worship - Virginia Postrel - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/.../superhero-worship/305224. Once the province of Garbo and Astaire, movie glamour now comes from Superman, Spider-Man, and Storm.

2.  Why Superhero Worship is Beneficial - Parenting.com www.parenting.com/article/why-superhero-worship-is-beneficial "But from a psychological standpoint, superhero worship can be beneficial," says Jeff Greenberg, Ph.D., a professor of social psychology at the University of ...

3.  Hero Worship: Will 2013 Be an Uphill Battle for Superhero Movies ... www.ign.com/.../hero-worship-will-2013-be-an-uphill-battle-for-sup.. Jan 4, 2013 – With so many of 2013's comic flicks following reviled predecessors, will it be an uphill battle for Superman and Wolverine?

4.  Hero Worship: What Do We Really Want From Superhero Movies ... www.ign.com/.../hero-worship-what-do-we-really-want-from-superh... Mar 2, 2012 – The Avengers looks like it's giving fanboys everything we've always wanted. But that might not be what makes for the best movie-going ...

5.  Hero Worship: Why Death Still Matters in Superhero Comics - IGN www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/14/hero-worship Sep 14, 2012 – The Marvel Universe suffered a major death this week -- but just because you've seen it before, does that make it less important?

  1. 'Nuther World - Features online sourcebooks for Dr. Strange, Pulp Marvel, and the Doom Patrol. Also includes campaign notes and characters.
  2. Benjamin Reilly Presents - Character statistics and online sourcebooks for the DC universe and the Ultimate Marvel universe.
  3. Classic Marvel Forever - Character profiles, custom rules, and a message board. Also provides house rules and conversion guidelines.
  4. Heroicus Personae - Features statistics for characters outside the Marvel universe. Also includes reprints of Dragon magazine articles, and a collection of superpowers for the game.
  5. Stormangel Mountain: Marvel Super Heroes - Statistics for DC's Watchmen.

Academic Search Premiere Articles

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  1. Goffe, Leslie. "IS IT A PLANE? No, It's The First Arab American Super Hero." Middle East 439 (2013): 62-63. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=84746117&site=ehost-live
  2. Postrel, Virginia. "Superhero Worship." Atlantic Monthly (10727825) 298.3 (2006): 140-144. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22294782&site=ehost-live
  3. LIDZ, FRANZ. "Propelling a Genre Beyond Hero Worship." New York Times 27 Mar. 2011: 13. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=59584078&site=ehost-live
  4. Winters, Rebecca. "Meta-Hero Worship." Time 165.19 (2005): 69. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16908387&site=ehost-live
  5. Stein, Joel. "It S Super Schlub!." Men's Health (10544836) 26.1 (2011): 74. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=56636633&site=ehost-live
  6. Schollmeyer, Josh. "Super Beings In Tough Times." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 62.2 (2006): 12. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=19949485&site=ehost-live
  7. Won Tesoriero, et al. "Superhero Nation." Time 159.20 (2002): 76. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=6670643&site=ehost-live
  8. "A Superhero Who Makes You Selfish." New Scientist 184.2474 (2004): 18. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=15253314&site=ehost-live
  9. Brown, Jeffrey A. "Comic Book Masculinity And The New Black Superhero." African American Review 33.1 (1999): 25. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=1877536&site=ehost-live
  10. Tesoriero, et al. "Superhero Nation." Time Europe 159.20 (2002): 85. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=6684394&site=ehost-live
  11. Chambliss, Julian C. "Superhero Comics: Artifacts Of The U.S. Experience." Juniata Voices 12.(2012): 145-151. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=84590754&site=ehost-live
  12. Edwardson, Ryan. "The Many Lives Of Captain Canuck: Nationalism, Culture, And The Creation Of A Canadian Comic Book Superhero." Journal Of Popular Culture 37.2 (2003): 184-201. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=10944924&site=ehost-live
  13. Bhatia, Tej K. "Super-Heroes To Super Languages: American Popular Culture Through South Asian Language Comics." World Englishes 25.2 (2006): 279-298. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=20696375&site=ehost-live
  14. Szasz, Ferenc M., and Issei Takechi. "Atomic Heroes Andatomic Monsters: American Andjapanese Cartoonists Confront The Onset Of The Nuclear Age, 1945–80." Historian 69.4 (2007): 728-752. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27463294&site=ehost-live
  15. VALLEY, ELI. "Jews & Super Heroes." Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish Studies 29.2 (2011): 73-76. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=62646633&site=ehost-live
  16. Rubler, Diane. "Black Super Heroes Teach & Inspire." Crisis (00111422) 101.3 (1994): 30. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9408160660&site=ehost-live
  17. "Latino Super-Hero Emerges To Fight East L.A. Crime Via Passionate Comic Book." Hispanic Times Magazine 17.3 (1996): 50. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9605283306&site=ehost-live
  18. Keegan, Rebecca Winters. "Batman's Half Brothers." Time 171.26 (2008): 57-59. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32772753&site=ehost-live
  19. DUBOSE, MIKE S. "Holding Out For A Hero: Reaganism, Comic Book Vigilantes, And Captain America." Journal Of Popular Culture 40.6 (2007): 915-935. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=27525169&site=ehost-live
  20. Svetkey, Benjamin. "What About Wonder Woman?." Entertainment Weekly 1130 (2010): 42-46. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=55446006&site=ehost-live
  21. "A New Breed Of Super Hero." Alberta Report / Newsmagazine 21.34 (1994): 22. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9409297508&site=ehost-live
  22. Yabroff, Jennie. "Holy Hot Flash, Batman!." Newsweek 151.2 (2008): 59. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=28146128&site=ehost-live
  23. Brooker, Will. "A Masked Hero For The 1%." Newsweek 160.4/5 (2012): 53-54. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=77855576&site=ehost-live
  24. O'Reilly, Julie D. "The Wonder Woman Precedent: Female (Super)Heroism On Trial." Journal Of American Culture 28.3 (2005): 273-283. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17856576&site=ehost-live
  25. "Holy Terror! Batman Versus Bin Laden!." New Statesman 135.4810 (2006): 28. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22362886&site=ehost-live
  26. Hall, Stefan. "9/11: A Graphic Depiction." Phi Kappa Phi Forum 91.3 (2011): 18-19. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=64935448&site=ehost-live
  27. Cornog, Martha. "Drawn To Kill." Library Journal 135.9 (2010): 64. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=50529048&site=ehost-live
  28. Reid, Calvin. "Comic Book Novels." Publishers Weekly 254.29 (2007): 10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25949569&site=ehost-live
  29. Precopio, Jasmine L. "Do Super Heroes Have Teddy Bears?." School Library Journal 58.8 (2012): 70. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=78360099&site=ehost-live
  30. Trushell, John M. "American Dreams Of Mutants: The X-Men—“Pulp” Fiction, Science Fiction, And Superheroes." Journal Of Popular Culture 38.1 (2004): 149-168. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=13662054&site=ehost-live
  31. Lancaster, Guy. "Heroes Extraordinary, Laborious, And Powerful (H.E.L.P.)." Arkansas Review: A Journal Of Delta Studies 39.3 (2008): 123-125. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=37367091&site=ehost-live
  32. BUKATMAN, SCOTT. "Why I Hate Superhero Movies." Cinema Journal 50.3 (2011): 118-122. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=62244239&site=ehost-live
  33. Luscombe, Belinda. "10 Questions." Time 179.11 (2012): 60. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=73052288&site=ehost-live
  34. McCormick, Patrick. "Super Humans." U.S. Catholic 76.8 (2011): 40-41. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=64873991&site=ehost-live

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