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Apocalypse, 57, 196–199, 201–205, 235Aquaman, 120, 192Arnett, Robert P., 21Arnaudo, Marco, 143As Above, So Below, 135As You Like It, 57Atlas of Men, 11Atom Man vs. Superman, 168–170, 182Avengers: Age of Ultron, 70, 150, 203,

218, 252, 266Avengers, The, 1, 60–62, 66, 69, 70, 74,

75, 123, 141, 149–153, 162, 203, 219, 223, 252, 253, 256, 263, 267, 269, 272, 281, 296

BBainbridge, Jason, 228Bane, 116–118, 160Banner, David, 243, 245–249Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), 105, 106Batman (Bruce Wayne), 83, 86, 87, 90,

91, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 105, 108–121, 145, 148, 157–161, 172, 191, 192, 228, 230, 265

Batman (1943), 82–84, 86Batman (1966), 85, 87, 158Batman (1989), 2, 90, 92, 112, 121,

145, 158Batman and Robin (1949), 85, 88Batman & Robin (1997), 104

AAbomination, The (Emil Blonsky),

251–253Accelerationism, 231Action films, 1, 3, 6, 7, 22, 63, 68, 81,

104, 111, 116, 118, 143, 207–209, 211, 212, 241, 265

Adamantium, 198, 199, 201, 234–242Adventures of Captain Marvel, The, 82,

168Adventures of Superman, The television

series, 170, 171Aether, 63–67Afra, Kia, 77, 285Agamben, Giorgio, 237, 238Ajax, 153–156Alaniz, José, 286All the President’s Men, 79Alligator, 137Amazing Spider-Man, The, 128, 134,

136, 162Amazing Spider-Man 2, The, 138, 141,

281American Splendor, 21American Sniper, 162Amityville Horror, The, 78Anderson, Christopher, 229Angel, 45, 96, 193, 205, 227Angel Dust, 153–155Ant-Man, 74, 151, 225, 268–273, 286Ant-Man (Scott Lang), 268, 270

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Batman Begins, 108, 109, 111, 161Batman Forever, 99–102, 106Batman Returns, 10, 77, 94, 95, 97, 99,

100, 116Batmobile, 83, 84, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93,

95, 96, 100, 101, 103–105, 109, 111, 118

Batman television series (1966-1968), 85

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 119, 191

Bat Whispers, The, 85Barad, Karen, 222Beast (Hank McCoy), 193, 196Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The, 247Beaty, Bart, 284Benjamin, Walter, 166Bennett, Jane, 9, 36, 139, 224Bevin, Phillip, 119Big, 186, 187Blackheart, 206, 208Blackout (Ray Carrigan), 212Black Panther, The (T’Challa), 74, 75,

234, 235Black Rain, 241Black Sunday, 112Black Widow, The (Natasha Romanoff),

151Blade, 28–36, 58, 76, 77, 112, 234Blade II, 30–33, 58Blade: Trinity, 32, 33, 35Blair Witch, 135Blonde Venus, 107Bobel, Chris, 52Body Melt, 23Bogost, Ian, 61, 100, 162Boney, Alex, 68Boondock Saints, The, 145Born Free, 251Bourne Legacy, The, 286Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 33Braudy, Leo, 22Brave One, The, 142Brooker, Will, 24, 83, 158Brown, Jeffrey A., 77, 139, 163Bryant, Levi R., 10, 177, 212, 299Bukatman, Scott, 3, 123, 193Bullseye, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42Burke, Liam, 21Burt, Jonathan, 242

CCage, Luke (Carl Lucas), 279Call of Duty, 258Capitanio, Adam, 243Captain America (1944), 67, 83Captain America (Steve Rogers), 67,

69–71, 74, 79, 249Captain America: The First Avenger, 67,

70Captain America: The Winter Soldier,

72, 152Captain America: Civil War, 74, 150,

152, 220, 269, 272Carpenter, Stanford W., 197Casino Royale, 1, 21Castoriadis, Cornelius, 115Cates, Isaac, 230Catwoman, 5, 10, 11, 75, 87, 90, 95,

96, 98, 99, 116, 160, 234Catwoman (Patience Philips)Catwoman (Selina Kyle), 98Challenge, The, 241Chaloner, Penny, 229Choratic space, 219–225, 232Chronicle, 140Collins, Jim, 93Coogan, Peter, 5, 280Cottonmouth (Cornell Stokes), 279Correlationism, 85Corrigan, Timothy, 231Costello, Matthew J., 117Crank, 27, 212Crary, Jonathan, 158Creed, Barbara, 286Crimewave, 133Crossbones (Brock Rumlow), 152, 221Cyclops (Scott Summers), 193, 200–202,

237

DDaimajin, 250Dr. Daka, 82–85Daredevil, 36–51, 53, 56, 78, 81, 91,

147, 149, 152, 163, 275Daredevil (Matt Murdock), 43, 46, 48,

49, 51Dargis, Manohla, 55Dark Knight Rises, The, 115–118, 159,

160

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Dark Knight, The, 111–115, 118, 120, 147, 159–161

Davis, Blair, 79Day After, The, 197DC Extended Universe, 119, 120, 192,

230Deadpool (Wade Wilson), 153–157, 163,

237, 238, 245Dean, Jodi, 232Death Wish II, 146Delaney, Janice, Mary Jane Lupton, and

Emily Roth, 51Deshaye, Joel, 255Diamondback (Willis Stryker), 279–283Dillard, Mariah, 279, 280, 283Dilley, Whitney CrothersDiPaolo, Marc, 142Dittmer, Jason, 70Dixon, Wheeler Winston, 185, 229Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom), 6Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), 126,

128–130Doom, 258Doomsday, 192Dracula, 5, 32–35Drones, 150, 152, 219, 261, 262, 285,

286Dunn, Stephane, 230

EEbert, Roger, 243Eco, Umberto, 116, 174, 178Edelstein, David, 160Ekphrasis, 99Elektra, 27, 36, 38, 39, 41, 48–56, 152Elektra (Elektra Natchios), 36, 48, 50Electro (Max Dillon), 138Elsaesser, Thomas, 71Empire Strikes Back, The, 198That’s Entertainment!, 74Enter the Ninja, 44Escape Plan, 78Evening with Batman and Robin, An, 86Exorcist, The, 22, 202Eye in the Sky, 286

FFalcon, The (Sam Wilson), 72, 75, 272Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,

14Fantastic Four, The, 11–14, 19, 20, 23,

24, 204, 290–293, 295–300Fantastic Four (2005), 10, 20, 296Fantastic Four (2015), 298, 300Fast and the Furious, The, 209That Fatal Sneeze, 81, 82Fawaz, Ramzi, 280Felix the Cat, 77Fernandez, Charmaine, 285Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 157Film Rating SystemsFisher, Mark, 160Flanagan, Martin, 207Flash, The, 120, 135, 188, 192Flipper, 251Foster, Jane, 56, 63Foucault, Michel, 124Fowkes, Katherine A., 121Fort Apache, 161Fox, Lucius, 113Fradley, Martin, 160Frankenstein, 131, 139Freaks, 30, 97, 199Freeman, Matthew, 228Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries), 104–107, 158French, Philip, 161Freshman, The, 121Frost, Deacon, 28–30, 56–58, 60, 104Fury, Nick, 72, 73, 252, 260Fury, The, 298

GGallagher, Mark, 113Gamer, 212Gamera, 250Garrard, Greg, 10Gavaler, Chris, 228Gayles, Jonathan, 77Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 107Ghost Rider, 205–212, 218, 231Ghost Rider (Carter Slade), 206, 207

314 INDEX

Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), 206, 210Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 210G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 44Gillespie, Tarleton, 229Glass, Fred, 180Gojira, 247, 250Good Kill, 286Gordon, James, 91, 111Gorman, Gus, 179, 229Gotham City, 2, 84–94, 96, 100, 101,

104, 108, 109, 113, 115, 159, 191Graham, Richard, 185Green Goblin (Harry Osborn), 140Green Goblin (Norman Osborn), 124,

130, 140Green Lantern Corps, 213, 214, 216Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), 213, 214,

216Groensteen, Thierry, 22Guardian, The, 57, 160Guardians of the Universe, 10Gunning, Tom, 25

HHall, Joshua M., 286Hammer, Justin, 151, 261Hammond, Hector, 214, 216Hand, The, 49, 50, 53–55, 62Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, 1Hansen, Mark B.N., 23, 149Harman, Graham, 9, 35, 61, 129, 224,

247Harman, Jim, and Donald F. Glut, 24Hassler-Forest, Dan, 84, 231, 285Hassoun, Dan, 159Hawkeye (Clint Barton), 150Heidegger, Martin.From Hell, 77, 105Help!, 178Hicks, Heather J.High Noon, 160Hogan, Jon, 257Holland, Jeanne, 126Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, 272Hulk, 3, 24, 62, 220, 234, 235, 243–

253, 265–267, 270, 283, 285, 286, 296

Hulkbuster, 267Hulk, The (Bruce Banner), 243, 246,

247, 249–252, 270, 285, 286Human Torch, The (Johnny Storm), 12,

15, 294Hunger Games, The, 6, 116Hydra, 67–69, 71–73, 75, 218, 219,

253, 268Hyperobjects, 214, 216, 218

IIceman (Bobby Drake), 10, 200Ichi the Killer, 113Ihde, Don, 22Impact Aesthetic, 207–212Incredible Hulk, The, 249, 250Incredible Melting Man, The, 23Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the

Crystal Skull, 1Infinity Stones, 218Invisible Woman, The (Susan Storm), 12,

17, 18, 290, 293Iron Man, 12, 61, 69, 70, 74, 75, 119,

143, 150, 151, 152, 218–221, 226, 234–236, 242, 245, 252–268, 272, 280, 284–285

Iron Man (Tony Stark), 1, 253, 285Iron Man 2, 151, 259–262Iron Man 3, 177, 262, 264–266, 286Iron Monger (Obadiah Stane), 255

JJackson, Rosemary, 247James Bond series, 21, 142Jason Bourne series, 231Jaws 2, 248Jeffords, Susan, 286Jenkins, Henry, 139, 158Jennings, John, 6Jigsaw (Billy “The Beaut” Russotti), 145Johnson, Derek, 284Johnson, Vilja, 159Joker, The, 87, 90–94, 111–116, 145,

147, 159Jones, Jessica, 274, 276, 279, 281, 282Jordan, John J., 77

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Jor-El, 167, 170–175, 177, 185, 187–189, 190, 191, 193

Joye, Stijn, and Tanneke Van de Walle, 159

Jungle Book, The, 77Jurassic Park, 2, 137

KKakoudaki, Despina, 234Kaplan, Richard, 161Kellner, Douglas, 286Kent, Eben, 167Kent, Eben and Martha, 168Kent, Jonathan and Martha, 174Kilgrave (Kevin Thompson), 274–279Killian, Aldrich, 264, 265King, Geoff, 207King Kong, 128, 167, 251Kingpin, The (Wilson Fisk), 43Kingsman: The Secret Service, 22Kinkou, 53Kipnis, Laura, 51Kirigi, 53, 54Kitses, Jim, 161Klock, Geoff, 97Knight, Misty, 282Koh, Wilson, 161Kryptonite, 119, 120, 168, 169, 173,

174, 179–181, 187, 188, 191, 192, 208

LLady Snowblood, 238La Femme Nikita, 219Lane, Lois, 119, 166, 168, 170, 171,

185, 188, 208, 215L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat,

25Lassie Come Home, 251Last Boy Scout, The, 265Leslie, Esther, 26Lethal Weapon, 22, 81, 265Lévy, Pierre, 231Lichtenfeld, Eric, 22Little Mermaid, The, 300Lizard, The (Curt Connors), 136

Loki, 56, 57, 60, 61, 64–66, 76, 78, 150, 151, 252, 253

London Has Fallen, 286Lone Wolf and Cub, 238Long Kiss Goodnight, The, 265Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the

Ring, The, 2Love’s Labour’s Lost, 57Luthor, Lex, 5, 119, 167, 169, 173, 177,

182, 185, 192

MMachete, 142Mad Max: Fury Road, 209Madrid, Mike, 55Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr), 195,

197–203, 222Man About Town, A, 165–168, 172Mandarin, The (Trevor Slattery), 265Man of Steel, 119, 120, 166, 168, 171,

188–192, 228, 230Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The, 142,

161Marks, Laura U., 24Marshall, Sarah., 274Martin, Emily, 281Martin, Reinhold, 159Marvel Cinematic Universe, 60, 61, 64,

67, 71, 123, 141, 156, 162, 219, 252, 267, 280

Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix series, 43, 147Marvel’s Jessica Jones Netflix series, 274Marvel’s Luke Cage Netflix series, 279Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 138Masked Marvel, The, 67Massumi, Brian, 40, 42, 66, 78Master Mystery, The, 233, 234Matrix, The, 222McGowan, Todd, 108McKenna, Tony, 21Mechanical Monsters, The, 166, 168Mechanic, The (1972), 265Mechanic, The (2011), 265Medhurst, Andy, 99Meehan, Eileen R., 158Meillassoux, Quentin, 85, 173Men in Black, 21

316 INDEX

Mephistopheles (Roarke), 210Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 7–9, 23, 40,

41, 121, 122, 149, 175Metropolis, 71, 72, 119, 166, 167, 169,

171, 177, 178, 182, 184, 187, 189, 191

Microchip (Linus Lieberman), 146Mission: Impossible series, 6, 81Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), 13,

290, 294Mjölnir, 12, 39, 56, 58–62, 64, 65, 223Moore, Jesse T., 231Morton, Timothy, 9, 23, 86, 99, 214Mothra, 250, 251Much Ado About Nothing, 57Mystique (Raven Darkhölme), 193,

195–199, 201

NNagel, Thomas, 43Nair, Kartik, 126Nama, Adilifu, 280New Goblin (Harry Osborn), 130, 134Nietzsche, Friedrich, 93, 167Nightcrawler, 200, 203, 205Night Stalker, The, 33, 34Ninja Assassin, 44, 51Non, 175, 176, 178Nosferatu, 108Nuclear Man, 169, 182–184, 188Nutall, Alice, 78

OO’Brien, Harvey, 162Octagon, The, 44Odin, 56, 58, 59, 63, 65, 66Oehlert, Mark, 73Oldboy, 113Olson, Jimmy, 179Orr, Christopher, 160

PPalmer, Lorrie, 142Parallax, 213–217Parikka, Jussi, 272

Parker, Ben, 121–123, 131, 135, 136, 139

Parker, May, 121, 127, 128, 132, 133Pas de Deux, 269, 270Penguin, The (Oswald Cobblepot), 87,

88, 94–98Peppard, Anna F., 284Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The, 247Phantom of the Opera, 247Phoenix (Jean Grey), 197, 201, 202, 235Point of No Return, 219Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley), 106Poltergeist, 202Potts, Pepper, 255, 262Prater, Louise, 202Prince, Stephen, 2, 200, 285Proctor, William, 230Professor X (Charles Xavier), 195Psycho, 91Punisher, The, 5, 28, 47, 48, 49, 73,

142–149, 162Punisher: War Zone, 145Purse, Lisa, 6, 7, 19, 24, 56, 126Push, 21Pym, Henry, 268Pyro, 199, 203

QQuicksilver (Pietro Maximoff), 198, 199,

218, 222, 224

RRa’s al Ghul, 108–110, 118Red, 154Red Barry, 79Red-Headed Woman, 221Red Skull, The, 67, 68, 70–72Reynolds, Richard, 6, 59Riddler, The (Edward Nygma), 87, 90,

102, 103Road to Perdition, 21Robin (Dick Grayson), 99, 101Robinson, Lillian S., 17Roblou, Yann, 22Roh, David S., Betsy Huang, and Greta

A. Niu, 158

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Rogers, Ariel, 23Rogue, 193, 199, 200, 235, 236Rosen, Philip, 63Rosewarne, Lauren, 51Ross, Betty, 243, 249Ross, General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt”,

243–245, 248–250Russell, Patrick Kent, 159Russian, The, 43, 145, 182, 261

SSabretooth, 202, 235–238Saint, Howard, 142, 144, 147Sandifer, Philip, 162Sandman, The (Flint Marko), 131, 133,

134Sanjuro, 238Santo, Avi, 158Saunders, Ben, 267Scanners, 298Scarecrow, The (Jonathan Crane),

109–111, 116, 118Scarlet Witch, The (Wanda Maximoff),

75, 150, 218–221, 225, 253Scott, Cord A., 162Scully, Tyler, and Kenneth Moorman,

162Searchers, The, 161Selvig, Erik, 56, 65, 66Serpentine Dance, 27Serres, Michel, 258Shane, 161Shaviro, Steven, 19, 210, 217Sheldon, Rebekah, 219, 220, 224Sherlock Holmes, 1S.H.I.E.L.D., 59, 62, 68, 71–74, 149,

150, 221, 252, 260, 268Shining, The, 112Siege, The, 265Sif, 56, 57, 62Silver Samurai, The (Ichirō Yashida),

241, 242Silver Surfer, The, 16, 20Simpson, Will, 274Sims, David, 274Skeleton Dance, The, 207Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,

126Snowden, 286

Soares, Michael, 230Sobchack, Vivian, 78, 149Sontag, Susan, 87Speculative realism, 9, 86, 99, 173Spider Lady, The, 168Spider-Man, 7, 8Spider-Man (Peter Parker), 3, 8, 9, 12,

75, 81, 121, 123–132, 136, 138Spider-Man 2, 126, 127Spider-Man 3, 130, 131Spigel, Lynn, 158Spinoza, Baruch, 4, 9Spross, Jeff, and Zack Beauchamp, 160Spy Game, 79Spy Smasher, 67Stabile, Carole A., 22Stacy, Captain George, 136, 137Stacy, Gwen, 133, 135, 139, 141, 162St. Clair, Robert, 160Stevens, J. Richard, 79Stick, 7–9, 38, 43, 50, 51, 119, 150,

187, 202, 214, 216Stoddart, Scott F., 160Stone, 204, 218, 246, 286Storm (Ororo Munroe), 32, 58, 118,

139, 150, 202, 230, 248Street Trash, 23Strucker, Wolfgang Von, 252Stryker, William, 196, 203, 235Stuller, Jennifer K., 50Suicide Squad, 162Superman and the Mole Men, 170, 175Superman cartoon series (1941-1943), 3,

166, 189Superman (Kal-El, Clark Kent), 5, 24,

119, 120, 166Superman (1948), 24, 161, 167–169Superman (1978), 167, 170, 172, 175,

184, 187, 192, 215Superman II, 229Superman III, 178, 229Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 169,

181Superman Returns, 185–187Swamp Thing, 296

TTaken, 11, 35, 58, 89, 90, 117, 140,

142, 145, 172, 226

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UUltron, 150, 152, 218, 220, 225, 226,

253United 93, 254Uricchio, William, and Roberta Pearson,

159Ursa, 175, 176

VVenom (Eddie Brock), 81, 106, 121,

132, 134, 153, 239Verano, Frank, 197, 199Vernon, Matthew, 70Viper, The, 239–242Vision, The, 22, 26, 36, 39, 75, 90, 102,

126, 149, 151, 166, 168, 178, 181, 187, 219, 226

WWalker, Patsy “Trish”, 274–278Walton, Saige, 21, 125Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun, and

Volstagg), 56, 57, 62Watson, Mary Jane, 121Webster, Ross, 179–181Weiner, Robert, 79, 162Weinstein, Simcha, 79, 228Westerns, 161Whaley, Deborah Elizabeth, 230Whiplash (Ivan Vanko), 141, 260, 262Whissel, Kristen, 57, 248Whistler, Abigail, 33Whistler, Abraham, 28–30, 34, 35Whitehead, Alfred North, 19, 201Wininger, Kevin L., 229Winner, Langdon, 156, 158Winstead, Nick, 107Winterhalter, Benjamin, 160Winter Soldier, The (James “Bucky”

Barnes), 68Wizard of Oz, The, 291, 292Wizard, The, 85, 86, 90The Wolverine, 238, 239, 241, 242Wolverine (Logan), 198, 199, 202,

235–242, 284, 285

Talbot, Glenn, 169, 243, 244Talia, 118Tasker, Yvonne, 68Tattoo, 53Taylor, Aaron, 22, 60, 121, 218, 253Television, 33, 64, 67, 85, 90, 102,

144–146, 169, 177, 184, 192, 223, 244, 299

Telotte, J.P., 2, 126Temple, Claire, 44, 280–282Ten Commandments, The, 96Terrill, Robert E., 101Tesseract, 67, 68, 218, 219Thacker, Eugene, 110–112, 118, 190,

204, 231, 285Thieving Hand, The, 76Thing, The (Ben Grimm), 8, 12, 13, 19,

48, 78, 143, 159, 171, 192, 204, 210, 214, 234, 241, 280, 290, 296, 297

This Is the Army, 68Thompson, Flash, 125, 135Thor, 12, 27, 39, 56–62, 65–67, 219,

223, 237, 252Three Days of the Condor, 793D Films, 23300, 21Three Musketeers, The, 178Titanic, 2, 12Toad, 193, 200Tombstone, 97, 142Tomorrow Never Dies, 265Topkapi, 268Toy Story, 2Transformers, 166Transporter, The, 249Transracialization, 290, 299Tron, 2True Lies, 265Trushell, John M., 284Tryon, Chuck, 23, 189Turan, Kenneth, 161Two-Face (Harvey Dent), 100–103,

1152001: A Space Odyssey, 130, 186, 273Typhoid, 54, 55Tyree, J.M., 285

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YYakuza, The, 43, 44, 48, 49, 238–241Yellowjacket (Darren Cross), 269,

273Yockey, Matt, 185, 186, 244Young, Elizabeth, 139

ZZehr, E. Paul, 158Zemo, Helmut, 74, 75Zero Dark Thirty, 286Zingsheim, Jason, 230, 284Žižek, Slavoj, 160, 161Zod, 175–178, 188–192, 230Zola, Arnim, 68, 72, 73

Woman in Red, The, 221Wonder Woman, 119, 120, 192Wood, Aylish, 243

XX-Men, 10, 154, 156, 193–205, 222,

223, 235, 242X-Men: Apocalypse, 196, 197, 201–203,

205, 235X-Men: Days of Future Past, 195, 221,

242X-Men: First Class, 195, 197X-Men: The Last Stand, 198, 230, 235X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 156, 235X2: X-Men United, 195, 235

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