Who Says This Isn't The Marvel Age Of Sophisticated Superhero Sagas?

Two questions inspired by my last post:

And to turn the tables on my preferred reading material:


Here are my stabs at responses for each question:

Series	Reason(s) It's Literary
Watchmen	Movie trailer tells me comic is "most celebrated graphic novel of all time"
Trinity	Assume this is post-modern deconstruction of Trinitarian doctrine throughout history
X-Men	Anti-mutant prejudice powerful metaphor for racism / homophobia / irrational fear of petulant beings with godlike power
Silver Surfer	If you squint right, central character Norrin Radd kind of a Christ figure

Series	Reason(s) It's Literary
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	About Man vs. Nature, one of the five basic types of conflict
Abandon the Old in Tokyo	Degrading depictions of alienation; published by Drawn & Quarterly
Dragon Head	Apocalyptic, cryptic; researcher character at end totally like Kurtz from Heart of Darkness
Bleach	Whole series complex allegory for Reconquista, resulting Inquisition, and eventual Enlightenment

What superhero comics do you think qualify as literature? What manga measure up to the literary masterpieces of the ages?

Labels: Manga, Questions for the Audience, Superhero Comics

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