X-Men dueling with Sentinels who are attempting to subdue them
How is POP Struggle depicted in comics?
As with all products, I do not claim that state-dissident interactions are the whole story or even sometimes a major part of them. Rather, I claim that contentious politics is part of the story.
As with all products, I do not claim that state-dissident interactions are the whole story or even sometimes a major part of them. Rather, I claim that contentious politics is part of the story.
X-Men as an example
Had to go with the old classic to provide an example. Talk about a tie to contentious politics. One of the pillars of the series (Magneto) survives the Holocaust and draws upon the idea/rhetoric of early Malcolm X as he generally advocates separation between mutants and humans with the former dominating the other. The other pillar of the series (Prof. X) draws upon the idea/rhetoric of Martin Luther King advocating that mutants and humans could and should live together with the former protecting the latter where possible. Think that this is a stretch? Look at the images below by first "Black Kirby" and then Jack Kirby as well as Stan Lee (creators of the X-Men).
Oh, it goes on over the series. The US government gets fearful of the mutant "menace" and they construct "sentinels" - unfeeling, robots (seen in the image above) to seek out the mutants and destroy them. On Genosha, there is an effort put in play to eliminate mutants entirely - genocide rearing its ugly head again.
Oh, it goes on over the series. The US government gets fearful of the mutant "menace" and they construct "sentinels" - unfeeling, robots (seen in the image above) to seek out the mutants and destroy them. On Genosha, there is an effort put in play to eliminate mutants entirely - genocide rearing its ugly head again.
Partial list of relevant comics:
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- The Authority
- Bhimayana
- Civil War - from Marvel
- The Dark Knight Returns
- DMZ
- Green Lanterns
- La Perdida
- Red Lanterns
- Saga
- Sky Pirates of Neo Terra, Vol. 1
- The Movement
- The Watchmen
- X-Men
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