A Children’s Crusade
legacy and the formation of adolescent identity in Marvel’s Young Avengers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36399/GroundingsUG.7.221Keywords:
Comics, Young Avengers, Marvel, Legacy Character, Role Model, Parental Figure, Emulation, Cultural Figures, IdentityAbstract
While Marvel's most iconic superheroes have played a prominent role within popular culture since their conception, little critical attention has been paid to the derivative characters that ground and populate their respective narratives. This article explores identity formation in the comic book text through Young Avengers, a 2000s series following the adventures of adolescent heroes who view established 'legacy' characters such as Captain America and Scarlet Witch as both role models and parental figures. This article, among the first academic analyses published on Young Avengers, argues that 'legacy' heroes represent both cultural figures for offshoot characters to emulate as well as cultural structures to rebel against, positioning the Young Avengers as the product of both their cultural upbringings and their own personal identities.
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