The Masculine Heart

In What Is a Superhero? , psychologist Robin S. Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan (Co-Editors) explore this idea and mainstream o...

This is an interesting finding - but it only occurs for those who feel a parasocial relationship (a one-sided psychological bond) to the ...

Nearly every boy who grew up watching Superman cartoons and movies, or reading Man of Steel comic books probably wanted to be Superman at...

In this editorial from Comics Alliance , Andrew Wheeler looks at the absence of superhero beefcake in comic books and films. Part of his...

Most young boys growing up in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s read comic books, especially super hero comics books. Stan Lee created and...

This article from the New York Times looks at the recent trend in DC Comics to redefine the world in which its superheroes live. It'...

And people are not pleased. But seriously, we are supposed to respect an adult man who wears his underwear on the outside of his clothes? ...

Ryan has put up an interesting article at his Examiner blog on Metaphysical Spirituality . He writes this time about the need for Superheroe...

This is a cool topic - and it sounds like an interesting book. The Psychology of Superheroes: An Unauthorized Exploration (Psychology of P...

That's what one talent agent says in reference to the newest actor being to cast to play The Man of Steel being a Brit ( Henry Cavill ) ...

Hmmm . . . . Maybe true, but I'm not going along with the "close ties to mothers" solutions. What about fathers as good mascul...