Characters in heroic fiction are often products of their time, and because they are commercial properties, their creators make an effort to tap into the zeitgeist of that time. As a result, the vast majority of such characters fade when the themes at their core shift in society around them. Much of the advertising thatContinue reading “When a character comes to embody hope: Doc Savage and society”
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Bellerophon’s Anatomy – Visual Code in the Body of Doc Talos
The concept of the body as a vessel for mystical energies is by no means new – it’s been a theme in wildly varied forms of belief for thousands of years. In the Doc Talos saga, occult undercurrents are constantly coming into conflict with those of hard science…from early researches into genetics in the VictorianContinue reading “Bellerophon’s Anatomy – Visual Code in the Body of Doc Talos”
Doc Talos 