Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

Presented live at L’Alliance New York, *Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle* traces how costumed heroes moved from pulp-era print into a public language of power, fear, and belonging. It places comics alongside wartime propaganda, Cold War anxiety, and post‑9/11 politics, showing how shifting American ideals get redrawn panel by panel. In New York City, where much of the U.S. comics industry took shape in the 20th century, that history lands with local weight. Its clearest insight is that “escape” stories often archive the tensions of their time.