Most of these ethics overviews are of individual characters. But for Marvel’s Fantastic Four (FF) franchise, it doesn’t make sense to consider them individually. They are more than just a team of superheroes – they are a family, and one whose inter-relationships precede the origin of their powers. I am …
X-Men Ethics – Characters (Mi-Z)
This is my second “snapshot” overview of the ethics of many of the key mutant characters in the X-Men stories. I have already expanded some of these into stand-alone posts, but this should serve as helpful background for some of my upcoming commentaries (especially the conclusion to the A.X.E.: Judgment …
X-Men Ethics – Characters (A-Ma)
I thought I would provide here a quick “snapshot” overview of the ethics of many of the key mutant characters in the X-Men stories. I have already expanded some of these into stand-alone posts – and may do more in the future – but this should serve as helpful background …
The Vision ethics
The Vision is a reoccurring character with the Avengers in the Marvel Universe. He is an artificial being known as a “synthezoid” in the comics (a special type of android that that has synthetic humanoid body parts). He was married to the Scarlet Witch (a very significant character), and forms …
Official launch of Comic Philosophy
Welcome to my official launch post for comicphilosophy.com! I have been working for many months on preparing the look and feel of the site, and writing the background pages and initial character ethics posts. It has finally progressed to a stage where I’m willing to share it with the world, …
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) Ethics
“Captain Marvel” is an alias that has been used by a number of different Marvel comics characters over the years. When I was first collecting comics in the early 1980s, it was used by Monica Rambeau (currently known as the superhero Photon, since 1996). Before that, it was Mar-Vell of …
X-Men Ethics – Introduction
One of my goals with this site is to show how comic book stories have always illustrated normative ethics principles. But another goal is to show how some normative ethics theories and perspectives have changed over the decades, and how that is reflected in current writers taking a different view …
Clea Ethics
Welcome my overview page on Clea, from the Doctor Strange comic books. Jed MacKay has described her as “the greatest of all Doctor Strange characters”, and I can’t help but agree – in his hands. It didn’t begin that way. Clea has a long history in the Strange comics, and …