Was this the first comic book to "deconstruct" superheroes?
Was this the first comic book to "deconstruct" superheroes?
Aiden Campbell
Dominic Howard
It depends on your definition
Alexander Long
seduction of the innocent
Jace Rogers
No, Mark Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme run was the first serious attempt at superhero deconstruction.
Liam Price
But Miracleman was published before Squadron Supreme, in Warrior Magazine
Oliver Martinez
Mad Magazine's Superduperman was 1953
Xavier Russell
Ox, power of another
Caleb Garcia
Technically was just Mad at that time, it was 20 more issues before it switched to magazine format.
Samuel Lewis
Miracleman (at the time, Marvelman) first appeared in 1982.
This.
Ayden Johnson
Some other comics were already doing it is softer ways. Moon Knight kind of deconstructed the idea of a hero with a secret identity for example but I think it might have been the first to really examine the entire concept.
Tyler Lopez
Kayden Jenkins
Does a straight up parody really count?
I am genuinely asking because deconstruction is such a vauge term.
Aaron Harris
One could argue Marvel as a whole is a deconstruction to the superhero genre
Fantastic Four being of Superheroes
Spider-Man being of Spider-Man
Liam Butler
Yes
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Asher Smith
>Spider-Man being of Sidekicks
I think I had a stroke there
Brayden Russell
If it doesn't, then Marvelman by Moore is probably the first deconstruction in comics.
That would be an extremely retarded argument.
Christian Mitchell
>Spider-Man being of Spider-Man
I realize it was a typo but I think you might have stumbled onto an interesting idea there!
John Campbell
Whats the opposite to this? What is the most archetypal superhero comic?
Grayson Flores
>opposite
Captain Marvel from the 40s, probably.
Jack Hall
>when you OD on the Stan Lee koolaid
Ethan Diaz
No.
Fantastic Four did it much earlier. Same with Spider-Man.
Frank Miller's Daredevil beat it with Daredevil #168 (1981)
Brandon Adams
Frank Miller deconstructed Daredevil JUST before Moore deconstructed Marvel Man.
Elijah Rodriguez
None of these are deconstructions.