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Description of  Politics in the Gutters: American Politicians and Elections in Comic Book Media

From the moment Captain America punched Hitler in the jaw, comic books have always been political, and whether it is Marvels chairman Ike Perlmutter making a campaign contribution to Donald Trump in 2016 or Marvels character Howard the Duck running for president during Americas bicentennial in 1976, the politics of comics have overlapped with the politics of campaigns and governance. Pop culture opens avenues for people to declare their participation in a collective project and helps them to shape their understandings of civic responsibility, leadership, communal history, and present concerns. Read more