Abstract
The idea of the superhero as justice figure has been well rehearsed in the literature around the intersections between superheroes and the law. This relationship has also informed superhero comics themselves – going all the way back to Superman’s debut in Action Comics 1 (June 1938). As DC President Paul Levitz says of the development of the superhero: ‘There was an enormous desire to see social justice, a rectifying of corruption. Superman was a fulfillment of a pent-up passion for the heroic solution’ (quoted in Poniewozik 2002: 57).
How to Cite:
Bainbridge, J., (2012) “Spider-Man, the question and the meta-zone: exception, objectivism and the comics of Steve Ditko”, Law Text Culture 16(1), 217-242.
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