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What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys?

15 mins | May 20, 2018
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Superheroes: at best, they’re perfect. At their worst, they’re just flawed. But no matter what, they’re on our side. Or so we think. Steve Rose, writing in The Guardian, challenges our uncritical support of superheroes, and shows that perhaps these dress-up enthusiasts are just dangerous rightwing vigilantes.

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