著者

藤本 幸治

出版者

京都外国語大学

雑誌

Cosmica (ISSN:03899780)

巻号頁・発行日

no.37, pp.59-82, 2007

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Everybody knows Superman, Batman, and Spider-man. However, how much do we know about them? Are they nothing but comic heroes? That may be right. But a comic book can be a very important information tool, namely a media. Also, it is often the case that a media affects people's lives or even reflects our beliefs and religious ideas. Everybody has heard of American comics but we really don't know where they came from and where they are going to. So in this paper, I will investigate the last fifty-year history of American comics, where we can find some superheroes, who also are among the people who have created them. What is good about studying American comics or superheroes? Here I will try to find some of the possible answers.