- Karen Healey » Comparative Sex-Specific Body Mass Index in the Marvel Universe and the “Real” World.
eric | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 28 2008 | marvel, comic books, super heroes, science
An interesting paper comparing representations of male and female super heroes from the Marvel Universe vs. their average male and female counterparts in the everyday world. There is much less diversity in female representation and a larger deviation from the average. Shocker.
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