Showing posts with label valkyrie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valkyrie. Show all posts
Monday, October 30, 2023

NULL-MYTHS: "VENGEANCE! CRIES THE VALKYRIE" (DEFENDERS #108-109, 1982)

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The "cry" of the title is more like a whimper, given the long history of Marvel's Valkyrie character. When I analyzed Dave Kra...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

NEAR-MYTHS: "VALHALLA CAN WAIT" (DEFENDERS #66-68, 1978)

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  An online review of DEFENDERS #66 reminded me that it's been a very long time since I first surveyed the early iterations of Marvel Co...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

KNIGHT MOVES

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As I come to the third iteration of the Valkyrie concept, I find myself forced to divert into yet another tangled skein of the Marvel Univer...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY

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The next two chapters of the Marvel Valkyrie-mythos appear over a year apart. The first tale (INCREDIBLE HULK #126, April 1970) introduces...
Friday, March 14, 2008

FEMALE TROUBLE

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The previous tale discussed may not be a major comics-myth, but it fits my definition for complex symbolism. In contrast, the story to be di...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

DAUGHTER OF LOVE AND DEATH

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In my previous post I stated that I could only evaluate the character of the Defenders character Valkyrie by exploring other narratives th...
Monday, February 18, 2008

MOVING FURNITURE, TRADING SYMBOLIC SPACES

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Following the death of Steve Gerber I did what I imagine many admirers did: I revisited some of his most-celebrated works, one of which was ...