superhero_ackerley

Hello everyone, Before I begin talking about my wiki page I'd like to mention that I am not too familiar with the actual understandings behind comics, aside from what I have learned in this class. I grew up around Batman, Superman, Spider-man, and many others but as far as the comics go, I never actually read "comic books" or "graphic novels" until this class, so this is sort of a shot in the dark. I chose to do my wiki page on superhero comics because it is the genre that I am most familiar with, so bare with me, and I hope you enjoy.

= **Superhero Comics** =

by Stephanie Ackerley
**Superhero Comics** are comics in which the main character or characters either have superpowers, or "heroic" traits, that help them to protect or safe the people from harm. When people hear the term "superhero", they tend to think of people with actual super powers, however; not all "superheros" have special abilities. There are characters with "heroic" traits, are known as "costumed crime fighters". A "superhero" could just be someone who has a very good moral standpoint who almost always does the right thing, and does his or her best to do as much good for the world as possible. A few general themes involved with superhero comics are responsibility, courage, selflessness. Superheros are known as those who are saving people, or bringing justice to areas in need, therefore they must be responsible in order to carry out those deeds, brave in order to fight the villains, and you cannot be selfish because that just defeats the purpose.. Superheros are not doing it for themselves, they are doing it for the people. The attitudes portrayed in superhero comics are very positive for the most part. The societies are grateful for the help unless it gets taken to far. Meaning, if the superhero acts like a god, some people may not be to happy with that and would probably want to stop him or her.

Superhero comics appeal to the general public because it gives them a getaway from reality and they can feel a sense of relief the at there are people who could bring peace into the world. World War 1 and 2 seemed to be around the time that some of the superhero graphic novels emerged, therefore it served as a sense of hope.




 * **Examples of Superhero Comics** ||
 * Batman ||
 * X-Men ||
 * Green Lantern ||
 * Spider-man ||
 * Superman ||
 * Fantastic Four ||
 * Captain America ||
 * Iron Man ||
 * Etc. Etc. Etc. ||

**Who Wrote the Superhero Comics?**
Mark Millar is known as the author of a few well-known graphic novels, such as the Ultimate Fantastic Four, Marvel Knights Spider-man, and the Ultimates. I would compare Mark Millar with authors such as Jerry Siegel, who created the idea of Superman, and Bob Kane, who created the idea of Batman. Mark tends to spread rumors of projects that are going to be out to make it so the press pays attention to him.

**Background**
In 1990, while superhero comics were still climbing on the charts, a majority of sales decreased and many graphic novel retailers were decreasing their stocks of graphic novels. However, after a few years or so the graphic novel categories expanded and the collections began to get larger again. There seemed to be an increase in interests for the graphic novels at this time.