Marvel Comics and New York Stories: Anti-Heroes and Street Level Vigilantes Daredevil and The Punisher

Author

Jesse Allen, Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

10-2014

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Program

Liberal Studies

Advisor

Cindy Lobel

Subject Categories

English Language and Literature | History

Keywords

Anti-hero, Comics, Hero, Marvel, New York City, Vigilante

Abstract

This thesis argues that the creation of street level, vigilante heroes The Punisher and Daredevil created by Marvel Comics authors and illustrators in the late 1970s and early 1980s reflected the socio-economic environment of New York City at this same moment in history. By examining an era of New York that was fiscally and socially tense along with the development of characters created by the New York based Marvel Comics, I aim to show how their creation was directly related to the environment which they were produced in.

Recommended Citation

Allen, Jesse, "Marvel Comics and New York Stories: Anti-Heroes and Street Level Vigilantes Daredevil and The Punisher" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/402