I’ve got some complicated feels about Oracle, ok? I bet we all do. But at night, he pursues evil that escapes the long arm of the law. He practices law by day to bring down the criminal elements he can with the help of the court. He gets around ok and his crime-fighting is frankly brilliant but what makes Daredevil great is Murdoch’s humanity and intelligence. If you haven’t read any of these comics, you should. He lost his sight in the accident, but all of his other senses were supernaturally heightened. He was saving a dude and got hit by a truck carrying radioactive waste. Matthew Murdoch’s origin story is pretty close to Spiderman’s. I’d like to see Marvel give him his own title like they have for Wolverine and Gambit (among others). He is able to manipulate people and objects with his mind, and is arguably the most powerful comic book hero in the existence of the world. Professor X was crushed by a massive stone block during his college years, but his intensely powerful brain makes him a force to be reckoned with. No one is more super or heroic than Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men and defender of mutants and humans alike. If we’re talking about disability in comics, we should start with the superheroes. This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list - and hopefully, it’s a rapidly growing one. For the purpose of this list, we’re going to ignore single issue/single topic characters and “very special” issues of long-running comics, and focus on characters with physical disabilities that are part of their narrative. What I am not interested in (and am frequently annoyed by) are titles with a token character who only appears enough to get a checkmark for representation. I started reading indies as soon as I had access to them and beyond that, seeking out comics that were less homogenized and more inclusive of people of color, people with disabilities, and queer folks.įor my money, I’m interested in comics with a robust, diverse cast that explore issues, in depth, related to the characters. I started out reading superhero comics because they were what was available, but got pretty tired of the stereotypically white, straight, cisgendered dudes getting all the glory. There are tons of awesome things to love about comics, but for me the subtext has always been key. Sometimes their power is as much of a limitation as it is a gift, and frequently, all of the crime-fighting is done at night, in secret. Often, the heroes are misunderstood or misrepresented by the people they protect and serve.
It makes a ton of sense that people with disabilities relate to comics in the way that lots of other marginalized folks do.
I came to comics at around the same time that I was dealing with being queer.
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