Uncle Stan's Army

UncleStan's Army

Axe: Fictions and realities & art and power

1. Anticipation

2. Stan Lee

3. A hero for a "Good War"

4. The people's hero

5. Reassertion of blacks' identity

What roles have superheroes played over the years?

6. Women's power

7. Revisions

8. Final task

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Comic book legend Stan Lee passed away on Monday, aged 95, leaving behind a legacy that won’t be forgotten. The beloved co-creator of characters including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, Black Panther, and the Fantastic Four had suffered a string of health issues in recent years, including a bout of pneumonia earlier in 2018. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles in the early hours of Monday morning, where he later died. For decades, Lee has been the face of Marvel Comics, simultaneously the company’s most visible creator and hype man for its many characters. The Stan Lee that the public saw was a loveable huckster, an often self-deprecating character who bolstered the mythological stature of the heroes he helped birth. [...] A side effect of Stan’s visibility, however, is that newer fans may know him more as the guy who keeps showing up in Marvel films than the driving force behind the heroes of those same movies, and the best way to truly honour Stan Lee’s legacy is to return to the medium he made his name in: comics. It’s hard to over-state the wider cultural impact of the man born Stanley Martin Lieber. Lee’s first published work was the text story “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge”, which appeared in Captain America Comics #3, in 1941. Lee was merely 19 at the time, and Marvel Comics didn’t yet exist, with the publisher then known as Timely Comics. Ironically for the man arguably most responsible for driving the recognition of comic books as a modern pop culture phenomenon, Lieber used the pseudonym ‘Stan Lee’ so he wouldn’t be recognised for his comics work as he pursued his ambitions as a novelist. “Honour Stan Lee by reading the comics that defined his genius”, Matt Camen,Wired.co.uk, 2018.

Axe: Fictions and realities & art and power

Stan Lee didn’t create many comic characters.

He appeared in many Marvel movies.

He used a pseudonym to remain anonymous.

Stan Lee became famous thanks to comics

Stan Lee worked for Marvel for 10 years

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Was Superman invented by two high school friends?

Did people like Superman because he fought evil businessmen?

What was the economic crisis of the 1930s called?

Who is Clark Kent?

During the Great Depression, did people feel angry or hopeful?

When Superman first came out, who did he fight?

Which comic book company bought Superman?

Why did people living through the Great Depression want a superhero character who would fight businessmen?

Vocabulary

questions

A never ending propaganda?

Axe: Fictions and realities & art and power

Axe: Fictions and realities & art and power

Axe: Fictions and realities & art and power

The Flash

The Flash

The Flash

Select one film

Go on the internet, watch the trailer, gather information: name, setting... be ready to present it

How are the characters role models?Is it a patriotic film?

- Differences and similarities between the films- Are these films a form of propaganda? - What message do they convey?