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IJLLL 2023 Vol.9(5): 336-342
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.5.428

Our Gods Wear Capes: Religion or the Lack of it and the Rise of Superheroes

Abina Habib

Abstract—In many ways, modern pervasive culture has a huge impact on how our community thinks, and like all written material, comic books are a big part of this cultural environment. Since the 1960s, we’ve been fed a steady diet of made-up superheroes from comic books and movies. Their characters have become part of our everyday lives, yet it’s vital to think about the role superheroes play in our culture and how they’ve taken God’s place as a source of motivation and hope. In this paper, I will look at how superheroes have taken the position of God in contemporary culture, as well as the causes and effects of this trend.

Index Terms—Characters, comic books, god, movies, superheroes

Abina Habib is with the Govt. College for Women, M. A. Road Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. E-mail: abinahabib@gmail.com

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Cite: Abina Habib, "Our Gods Wear Capes: Religion or the Lack of it and the Rise of Superheroes," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 336-342, 2023.

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