Disability and the Superhero

Amber E. George is an assistant professor of philosophy and diversity, equity, and inclusion at Galen College, and has written and edited several books that explore social justice themes. She lives in Vestal, New York.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceAmber E. GeorgeIntroduction: Making Sense of Superheroes and Their Social IdentitiesAmber E. George­Hyper-Normative Heroes, Othered Villains: Differential Disability Narratives in the Marvel Cinematic UniverseKelly A. KaneLiving in the Mutant Underground: Marvel’s The GiftedSue ScheiblerIsolation, Overcoming, and the Filmic Stare in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man FilmsGrace McCarthyTech as Ableist Tool: Understanding the Role of Disability in the Arrowverse SeriesCourtney StantonCultural Appropriation and Ableism: Dr. Strange’s Strange ConcoctionShanti SrinivasOf Sexism and Ableism: Wonder Woman’s (Ab)Use of DisabilityTatiana Prorokova-KonradAssimilating Queer/Disabled Subjects in Marvel Superhero FanfictionDivya GargEnabling New Perspectives of (Super)Power and Disability in Jeremy Scott’s The AblesRobin E. Field and Christopher Boucher“It is I, Super Grover, Here to Challenge Ableism!”Daisy L. BrenemanThe Joker: Disrupting Perceptions of (Dis)ability in Batman Comic BooksSean Thomas MilliganAbout the ContributorsIndex

“This book adeptly addresses the scholarly conversations around disability, superheroes, comics, and popular media.”—Robert Rozema, professor of English