Rorschach’s Journal,
It must have been a strange time to live between 1968-1972 but yet an exciting one. Bradford Wright’s essay gives us a glimpse of how political and culture can change art. The same thing that happened in that time seems to be happening in today’s age. In order to keep up with today’s readers and youth, comic book writers had to create characters that could represent them. One example could be Miles Morales also known as the new Spider-Man. When he first came out, I knew that they creators had to do it because they figured they needed more diversity and what better superhero than an iconic one.
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow issue was very interesting to read. While most comics in the early days tended to focus on helping people such as Batman helping the helpless and Superman helping those who are being taken advantage from the corporate thugs, this comic focuses on an issue that even we face today. I must admit that they even did a story like this but as Wright mentioned in his essay, Marvel and DC needed to find a way to connect with all of their audience.
To me it seemed like Green Lantern represented the old America. The one perfect soldier who took orders from a higher power and follow them without question but yet not realizing what his actions have done. Whereas Green Arrow represented modern America, well at least at that time period, and how he was the type of man who doesn’t take orders from the “man” but yet fights injustice while making sure that he hears both sides of the issue. Green Lantern was portrayed so stubborn and helpless whereas Green Arrow was portrayed as the man who knew how to get in touch with the people. That’s why it’s very interesting that in the epilogue, one of the elders transformed into a human and took a drive with Arrow and Lantern in order to see what humanity is all about. To me this said “wake up senators and congressmen, you think you know what’s best for us but you don’t know us”.
The Darkseid story was intriguing since I have never known his backstory and how he came to power. I knew he was a powerful foe of Superman but I never knew where he came from or what was his purpose. But to be completely honest, I was never a fan of superheroes exploring the stars. I never liked when the X-Men went to space for the Phoenix arc or when the Justice League get involved in other planet conflicts. I always thought they should be separated but yet again there are a few stories that are pretty decent. This one being one of them .
It must have been a strange time to live between 1968-1972 but yet an exciting one. Bradford Wright’s essay gives us a glimpse of how political and culture can change art. The same thing that happened in that time seems to be happening in today’s age. In order to keep up with today’s readers and youth, comic book writers had to create characters that could represent them. One example could be Miles Morales also known as the new Spider-Man. When he first came out, I knew that they creators had to do it because they figured they needed more diversity and what better superhero than an iconic one.
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow issue was very interesting to read. While most comics in the early days tended to focus on helping people such as Batman helping the helpless and Superman helping those who are being taken advantage from the corporate thugs, this comic focuses on an issue that even we face today. I must admit that they even did a story like this but as Wright mentioned in his essay, Marvel and DC needed to find a way to connect with all of their audience.
To me it seemed like Green Lantern represented the old America. The one perfect soldier who took orders from a higher power and follow them without question but yet not realizing what his actions have done. Whereas Green Arrow represented modern America, well at least at that time period, and how he was the type of man who doesn’t take orders from the “man” but yet fights injustice while making sure that he hears both sides of the issue. Green Lantern was portrayed so stubborn and helpless whereas Green Arrow was portrayed as the man who knew how to get in touch with the people. That’s why it’s very interesting that in the epilogue, one of the elders transformed into a human and took a drive with Arrow and Lantern in order to see what humanity is all about. To me this said “wake up senators and congressmen, you think you know what’s best for us but you don’t know us”.
The Darkseid story was intriguing since I have never known his backstory and how he came to power. I knew he was a powerful foe of Superman but I never knew where he came from or what was his purpose. But to be completely honest, I was never a fan of superheroes exploring the stars. I never liked when the X-Men went to space for the Phoenix arc or when the Justice League get involved in other planet conflicts. I always thought they should be separated but yet again there are a few stories that are pretty decent. This one being one of them .