11 Unraveling the Supercrip: Superheroes as Subversion, a Personal Essay in Comic Form

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Uncanny Bodies 1
5. 1 “Mechanical Boys” Omega the Unknown on the Spectrum 35
6. 2. Sane Superheroes Mental Distress in the Gutters of Moon Knight 59
7. 3. Echo. The Silence Between the Notes 79
8. 4 Mistress of Cyberspace. Oracle, Disability, and the Cyborg 95
9. 5 More than a Retcon Replacement. Disability, Blackness, and Sexuality in the Origin of Operator 111
10. 6. “Okay . . . This Looks Bad” Disability, Masculinity, and Ambivalence in Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye 125
11. 7. The deaf Issue Hawkeye #19 and Deaf Accessibility in the Comics Medium 141
12. 8. That Hawkguy Deaf and Disability Gain in Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye 157
13. 9. Dialectical Identity Silver Scorpion as Disabled/Superhero 173
14. 10. “Of Course, I Am a Hero” Disability as Posthuman Ideal in Cece Bell’s El Deafo 187
15. 11 Unraveling the Supercrip: Superheroes as Subversion, a Personal Essay in Comic Form 205
16. Fearsome Possibilities: An Afterword 217
17. List of Contributors 225
18. Index 227