INDEX
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9/11 17, 23, 36, 129, 203
films, 8, 19, 41, 85, 94, 99, 107, 111, 119, 121–4
post-9/11 period, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16–18, 23–32, 57, 239
AC/DC (band) 43, 58
Affleck, Ben 83
Afghanistan 17, 18, 86, 233
Avengers 78, 80
Iron Man 18, 37n5, 43, 44, 45 fig. 5, 81, 102, 131, 189, 190, 241
Kunar Province 17, 43, 44, 46, 47, 51, 193, 248
Stark 27, 28, 31, 46–60, 87, 88, 90, 113, 133, 151, 192, 248
veterans 153, 233
War on Terror 17
Alford, Matthew 22
Alkhateeb, Firas 10
Al Qaeda 48
Althusser, Louis 16, 35
Amanpour, Christine 64
American exceptionalism 16, 23–4, 25 fig. 3, 57, 60, 124, 151
Anderson, Benedict 16
Ant-Man (film) 167–85
Ant-Man and the Wasp (film) 35, 183–4
Argentina 2
Arnold, Martin 72, 73, 76, 81
Asano, Tadanobu 75
Astrada, Marvin 54, 216
Auster, Albert 49
Avengers, The (film) 3, 5, 78, 80, 109–25, 143, 146, 151, 192, 246, 249
Avengers: Age of Ultron (film) 3, 5, 6–7, 11, 25 fig. 3, 27, 28, 32, 34, 63, 82, 94, 98, 119, 130, 133, 138–42, 167, 180, 186–204, 208, 227, 238, 242, 243, 246–53, 266
Bacon, Kevin 175
Badreya, Sayed 52–3
Baldwin, James 230
Bale, Christian 83
Batman (film) 2
Batman & Robin (film) 83
Batman Begins (film) 1, 12, 29, 78, 83, 90, 230, 233
Batman Forever (film) 2
Batman Returns (film) 2
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (film) 2, 8 fig. 1, 32, 83, 168, 169, 244, 255
Bazin, André 20, 106
Berger, James 101
Bin Laden, Osama 9–10, 19, 30, 37n5, 111, 135, 146
Bixby, Bill 84, 96n10
Black Panther (film) 5, 35, 257, 268 fig. 40
Blake-Nelson, Tim 84
Boden, Anna 35
Boseman, Chadwick 35, 140, 242, 251
Bowyer Bell, J. 24
Branagh, Kenneth 24, 74, 75, 95, 143, 145
Braudy, Leo 32
Brazil 88–90, 155, 241
Brewer, Michael 93
Bridges, Jeff 44, 50, 141
Britain 19, 159, 244, 264, 265, 267
London 27, 144, 147, 208
Buchanan, Kyle 19, 112
Burke, Jason 17
Burrell, Ty 91
Burton, Tim 2, 32, 45
Bush, George H. W. 24, 30
Bush, George W. See Bush administration
Bush administration 9, 20, 22
9/11 10, 21, 24, 111, 164
Bush Doctrine 61, 76
films, reflected in 18, 24, 51, 54, 77, 78, 122, 160
Iraq 77, 134
policies 156, 239, 250
Powell, Colin 61
rogue states 61
Rumsfeld 55
War on Terror 47
Butler, Judith 49, 66
California 22, 44, 134
Campbell, Joseph 84, 188
Canada 94
Captain America: Civil War (film) 2, 5, 26, 27, 28, 36, 60, 62, 64, 83, 94, 98, 162, 187, 189, 194, 196, 199, 200–1, 237–61
Captain America: The First Avenger (film) 9, 18, 27, 28, 30, 50, 97–108, 109, 112, 138–40, 142, 218, 220
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (film) 19, 27, 62, 67, 106, 111, 130, 150–66, 168, 179, 189, 208, 213, 227–8, 232, 238–57
Captain Marvel (film) 35, 141
Carter, Sean 27, 49, 56
Catalan, Cristobal Giraldez 51, 55, 56–7
CGI (computer-generated imagery) 5, 56, 65, 93, 94, 199, Cheadle, Don 61, 65, 140
Chechnya 78
China 6–7, 63, 90
Chomsky, Noam 165n5
Clinton, Bill 30
Cold War 15, 16, 30, 42, 62, 158, 163, 201, 265
Ant-Man 179
Guardians of the Galaxy 264
Incredible Hulk 18, 82, 89
Thor 73
Top Gun 21
Winter Soldier 159
Colucci, Lamont 54, 81
Comolli, Jean-Louis 35
Congress. See US Congress
Coogan, Peter 7, 82
Coogler, Ryan 35
Corliss, Richard 58, 111, 196
Costello, Matthew 8, 24, 29, 42, 53–4, 239
Croce, Benedetto 31
Cronenberg, David 3, 4
Cruise, Tom 23, 42, 140, 171, 181
Cuba 158, 214, 215 fig. 26
Cuban Missile Crisis 42, 158, 159
Cullen, Jim 23, 100, 101
Curtis, Neal 22
Damon, Matt 49
Dargis, Manohla 21, 119, 135
Dark Knight trilogy 56, 83, 164
Dark Knight, The (film) 2, 12, 29, 57, 119, 201, 230, 233
Dark Knight Rises, The (film) 3, 83
Daughtry, J. Martin 43
David, Peter 68n3, 94
DC Extended Universe (DCEU) 8, 29, 56, 142, 210, 243
Deadpool (film) 2, 9, 252
Defenders (series) 35, 223–35, 263, 265
Defense Department. See US Department of Defense
Delcroix, Oliver 21
Deleuze, Gilles 87
Dennings, Kat 75
Depp, Johnny 80
D’Esposito, Louis 95
Disney 3, 4, 158, 207
Dittmer, Jason 20, 60, 97, 99, 151
Doctor Strange (film) 2, 5, 20, 67, 148, 231
DOD. See US Department of Defense
Dodds, Klaus 27, 49, 56
Donner, Richard 5, 32, 66
Douglas, Edward 66
Douglas, Michael 5, 141, 179, 181 fig. 21
Downey Jr., Robert 5, 17, 29 fig. 4, 42, 44, 50, 56, 57, 65, 80, 110, 130–1, 140, 192, 193, 199, 248, 256, 263
Doyle, Patrick 78
Durkheim, Émile 35
DuToit, Kim 80, 98
Eastwood, Clint 9
Eaton, Mick 60
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 42, 68n9
Elba, Idris 75
Ellison, Larry 43
Ellison, Ralph 230
El Mundo (newspaper) 21
Elsaesser, Thomas 4, 267–8
Engelhardt, Tom 30, 201, 202
Escape From New York (film) 5
Evans, Chris 80, 101, 104 fig. 10, 140, 198
Fairey, Shepard 20
Faludi, Susan 3, 4, 24, 199
Favreau, Jon 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 57, 62, 66, 73, 131, 179, 263
Feige, Kevin 84, 92, 94, 143, 179, 242
Fernandez, Charmaine 8
Feulner, Edwin J. 75
Fingeroth, Danny 7, 81, 84
Finke, Nikki 3, 164
Fiske, John 33
Fleck, Ryan 35
Flynn, Errol 43
Ford, John 53, 196, 197 fig. 22
FOX News 64
Franich, Darren 78, 151, 158, 164
French, Philip 18
Füchtjohann, Jan 4
Gaine, Vincent M. 75
Garfield, Andrew 83
Germany 27, 100, 115, 189, 244
Nazis 31, 73
Weimar 15
Gilmore, James N. 85
Godzilla 82
Goldblum, Jeff 67
Goyer, David 32, 124n2
Graham, Mark 53
Grant, Barry Keith 9
Gregg, Clark 56, 114, 211
Guardians of the Galaxy (film) 5, 31, 35, 67, 75, 130, 139–42, 167–85, 232, 238
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (film) 5, 21, 34, 67, 178, 263, 265
Guatemala 90, 158
Gulf War 55
Gunn, James 34, 170, 171, 172, 175, 176–7, 263
Gunning, Tom 5–6
Haberman, Frank 1
Hagley, Annika 75
Hancock (film) 2, 230
Hanks, Tom 49, 101
Harrison, Michael 75
Hart, Tom 46
Hassler-Forest, Dan 55, 56, 151
Hellboy (film) 2
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (film) 9
Hemsworth, Chris 80, 140, 147
Hercules 7, 122, 252
Hitler, Adolf 30, 98, 102, 103, 192
Hodgeson, Geoffrey 23
Holland, Tom 83, 251
Hollis, Dave 3
Holloway, David 15, 85
Holocaust 31, 108n2, 115
Honeycutt, Kirk 58
Hopkins, Anthony 74, 141
Howard, Terrence 44, 45, 51
Hughes, Howard 43, 70n29
Hulk (film) 32, 82, 86
Hurd, Gale 83
Hurt, William 85, 141
Hussein, Saddam 30, 86
IMAX 59, 263
Incredible Hulk, The (film) 2, 32, 57, 81–95, 112, 182, 195, 208, 243, 263
Abomination 26
actors 140, 141, 191
Avengers 110
Banner 78
Brazil 241
Bush administration 20
Cold War 18
India 113
military 36, 247, 253
Rio 113
Stark 67
violence 151, 188, 229
War on Terror 111
women 138, 142, 144, 178, 197
World War Two 7
Incredible Hulk, The (television) 82
India 6, 112–13, 266, 267
Invincible Iron Man, The (comic) 64
Iran 17, 61, 63, 135, 158
Iraq 37n5, 75
Bagram Air Base 47
Bush 17, 134
deaths 51, 57
displacement 51, 52
invasion of 61
veterans 153
war 43, 46, 53, 69n18, 77–8, 86, 152, 158, 240, 259n1
Iron Fist (series) 35, 90, 209, 210, 223, 225, 226 fig. 33, 228–31, 235, 263
Iron Man 5, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 20, 24, 55, 89, 92
Avengers, 249
Captain America 116, 123, 237, 239, 251
CGI 93–4
Cold War 82
creation of 98
masculinity 107
military 111
patriotism 59
Stark 193, 244, 263
suit 34, 49, 52, 54, 59–61, 63, 65, 116, 147, 189, 248
Winter Soldiers 255
wit 143
Iron Man (film) 2, 6, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20–2, 41–71, 73, 82, 110, 112, 130, 179, 182, 238, 263
actors 140–1
Afghanistan 53, 54 fig. 6, 81, 87, 102, 113, 189–90, 241
Captain America 97, 254
Cold War 264
Coulson 211
dialogue 156
father 115
Iraq 75
military 36, 37n5, 43, 50, 55, 89
Nigeria 240
PTSD 31, 132
science 90
Stark 78, 192, 194, 248, 250, 255, 256
stereotypes 200
Team Iron Man 252 fig. 36, 254
villain 135
War on Terror 136, 239
women 138, 142, 178
Iron Man 2 (film) 20, 28, 41–71, 76, 78, 95, 103, 112, 114, 130, 180, 182
actors 140
Black Widow 110
Captain America 97
father 115
military 36, 89
science 90
society 245, 246
Stark 134, 196, 220, 248
women 138–9, 178
Iron Man 3 (film) 6, 7, 19, 28, 48, 67, 110, 119, 129–49, 227, 267
Afghanistan 131
Captain America 252
military 37n5, 247
Pakistan 241
PTSD 26, 31, 153
society, 246
Stark, 191, 192, 200, 248
women 33–4, 38n17, 145, 147, 250, 254
Italy 100, 104, 105, 121
Jackman, Hugh 11 fig. 2
Jackson, Samuel L. 62, 141, 157 fig. 19,
James Bond franchise 1, 19, 188
Jameson, Fredric 16, 173–4
Jeffords, Susan 24, 25, 74, 80, 169, 176
Jenkins, Henry 84–5, 155, 167
Jenkins, Patty 142, 187
Jenkins, Tricia 22
Jessica Jones (series) 34, 35, 209, 210, 223–35
Jewett, Robert 8, 10, 15, 19, 55, 99, 186–8
Johnson, Andrew 133
Johnson, Chalmers 46, 77, 132
Kaes, Anton 15, 16
Kaller, Brian 3
Kaplan, E. Anne 55, 109, 121
Keaton, Michael 28
Kellner, Douglas 15, 22, 129, 163
Kennedy, John F. 42, 129
Killian, Aldrich 26, 28, 37n5, 63, 132–7, 238, 248
King, Geoff 10–11, 17, 53, 119
Kirby, Jack 82, 98
Klein, Naomi 51
Kord, Susanne 47, 169
Korea
Japan 108n1
North Korea 17, 61, 63
South Korea 103, 155, 198
Kosovo 27, 189
Krimmer, Elisabeth 47, 169
Labuza, Peter 76
Lacan, Jacques 48–9
Lawrence, John Shelton 8, 10, 15, 19, 55, 99, 186–8
Lee, Ang 32, 82, 86
Lee, Stan 29, 43, 82, 92, 159, 191, 237, 268
Le Figero (newspaper) 21
Le Monde (newspaper) 19
Leone, Sergio 53
Leterrier, Louis 32, 82–8, 93–5, 113
Lev, Peter 15
LoCicero, Don 14, 72
Lucas, George 172
Lucasfilm 4
Maguire, Tobey 83
Maher, Bill 10
Man of Steel (film) 29, 32, 66, 119, 168, 169, 196, 243, 267
Martínez, Luis 21
Marvel Entertainment 4, 207, 224
Marvel’s Agent Carter (television) 31, 34, 62, 63, 139, 195, 207–22, 223, 228,
Marvel Studios 14, 18, 43, 44, 46, 73, 94, 95, 98, 110, 129, 130, 155, 179, 187, 207, 208, 258, 262,
Marx, Karl 18
McDowall, John C. 31, 199
McQueen, Steve 101
Mexico 90
Middle East 32, 78, 86, 135, 162, 165
militainment 22
Military Industrial Complex 36, 42, 52, 56, 86, 89, 92, 94, 111, 151
Mills, Anthony R. 76
Mirrlees, Tanner 21, 52, 55
Moore, Alan 2, 263
Morrison, Grant 32, 72
Motion Picture Association of America 12
Narboni, Jean 35
NATO 16
New Mexico 67
New York 29, 30, 63, 129–34, 208, 216, 217, 219 fig. 29, 265
Avengers 5, 111, 112, 117, 119, 122, 123, 143, 146, 151, 192, 246
Battle of New York 19, 73, 110, 114, 122, 156, 191, 203, 213, 242–3
Captain America 107, 258
Defenders 225, 228, 229, 230, 232–4
Ground Zero 10
Incredible Hulk 93, 113
Iron Man 59
Iron Man 2 65
New York Post (newspaper) 62, 121
New York Times (newspaper) 105
Nigeria 6, 240–2
Lagos 240–3, 246
Nixon administration 75
Nolan, Christopher 8, 12, 29, 32, 56, 83, 164, 230, 233,
Noonan, Peggy 10, 25, 26, 80, 98
Norris, Chuck 25, 80
Norse mythology 24, 67, 73, 76, 78, 79, 112, 115, 253
Norton, Edward 83–4, 87, 91 fig. 9, 92–4, 113, 140, 191
Obama administration 10, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24, 163, 164, 250
drones 150, 162
security 156
Pakistan 62, 78, 134, 135, 160, 241
Paltrow, Gwyneth 44, 50, 140
PATRIOT Act. See USA PATRIOT Act
patriotism 32, 46, 56, 98, 99, 153, 161, 239, 240
Pearl Harbor 22, 30, 98, 101
Pearlman, Nicole 35
Pease, Donald 23
Pentagon 65, 134
Peru 6, 171, 214, 215 fig. 25
Pheasant-Kelly, Francis 17, 49, 56, 61, 94, 121, 174
Pitt, Brad 80, 101
Pixar 4
Pollard, Tom 17, 49, 85
Portman, Natalie 74, 140, 142, 146 fig. 17, 147
Pratt, Chris 80, 140, 171, 180
Prince, Stephen 45
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) 132, 231, 233
Stark, 19, 26, 31, 51, 111, 131, 132, 137, 190
Punisher (film) 233–4, 263
Punisher: War Zone and Wanted (film) 2
Purse, Lisa 25–6, 50
Pym, Hank 5, 90, 141, 179–80, 181 fig. 21, 182, 183, 252
Raimi, Sam 11, 251
Reagan administration 23, 74, 75, 105, 165, 176, 192
Reeve, Christopher 45
Reeves, Keanu 80
Reilly, John C. 176
Reinhartz, Adele 79
Renner, Jeremy 78, 198
Robb, David L. 22
Rockwell, Sam 58
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (film) 5, 6
Rojek, Chris 7
Romero, George 78
Rommel-Ruiz, W. Bryan 57
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 116
Roosevelt, Theodore 46
Roth, Tim 89, 93
Roublou, Yann 26
Rourke, Mickey 28, 58, 62
Ruffalo, Mark 87, 93, 94, 110, 113, 140, 191, 198
Russell, Kurt 5, 178
Russia 27, 62–3, 103, 112, 152, 155, 214, 220, 244, 264, 265, 267
Ryan, Michael 15, 163
Sanderson, Peter 29
Saunders, Ben 72
Schjeldahl, Peter 20
Schlegel, Johannes 1
Schmidt, Hugo 62
Schumacher, Joel 2, 32, 45
Schwartzel, Eric 6
Schwarzenegger, Arnold 25, 80
Scott, A.O. 21
Secker, Tom 22
Shaheen, Jack 45, 133
Shandling, Gary 61
Shelley, Mary 82
Siegel, Jerry 7
Singer, Bryan 11, 66
Skarsgård, Stellan 73, 141
Slotkin, Richard 16, 26, 58, 170
Smith, Kyle 62
Snyder, Zack 66, 169
Solo: A Star Wars Story (film) 6
Sotinel, Thomas 19
Soviet Union 42–3, 48, 100, 159, 165, 220, 262, 264, 265
Spanakos, Antony Peter 88, 94, 113
Spider-Man (film) 7, 11, 41, 42, 43, 82, 118, 136, 239
Spider-Man 2 (film) 83
Spider-Man 3 (film) 83
Spider-Man: Homecoming (film) 28, 29 fig. 4, 251, 263
Iron Man 5
Spider-Man, The Amazing (film) 83
Spider-Man, The Amazing (comic) 233, 252
Spielberg 12, 21, 49, 101, 119, 167–8, 169, 170, 181
Stallone, Sylvester 24, 25, 26, 27, 80, 176
Star Wars franchise 1, 6, 155, 172, 173
Star Wars: A New Hope (film) 15, 173
Star Wars Missile Defence system 192
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (film) 6, 141, 187, 257
Stevenson, Robert Louis 82, 92
Stone, Oliver 78
Stork, Matthias 67, 85, 122
Suicide Squad (film) 2, 177
Superman (film) 5, 7, 32, 45, 66
Superman II (film) 2
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (film) 83
Superman Returns (film) 11, 83, 136
Switzerland 48, 131
Tasker, Yvonne 5, 24, 80
Theroux, Justin 58
Thing, The (film) 5
Thor (film) 5, 17–18, 24, 67, 72–81, 85, 91, 93, 95, 103, 109–12, 140–4, 151, 168, 176, 178, 263
Thor: Ragnarok (film) 5, 67, 195, 263
Thor: The Dark World (film) 27, 34, 67, 73, 81, 129–49
Time (magazine) 58
Toh, Justine 78
Tompkins, Jane 9
Top Gun (film) 22–3
Tracey, Brian 75
Trump administration 10, 21, 75, 160–1, 163, 250, 259
Conway, Kelly, 21
Tucci, Stanley 102
Tyler, Live 86, 140
UK. See Britain
Ukraine 103
United Kingdom. See Britain
United Nations (UN) 16, 123, 210, 244, 246–7, 251, 252 fig. 36
WMD 61–2
Upton, Bryn 24
US Air Force 23
USA PATRIOT Act 36, 61, 152, 156, 157, 239
US Army 18, 85, 104, 105
US Congress 105
US Department of Defense (DOD) 21–2, 22–3, 37n10, 45
US Department of Homeland Security 63
US Navy 22, 23, 44
Valenti, Jack 12
Variety (magazine) 6, 240, 267
Venezuela 6,
Vietnam War 16, 20, 42, 43, 48, 53, 158, 201
Hulk 85
images 129
Punisher 233
Stark 54
Thor 73
Vignold, Peter 6
Walderzak, Joseph 33–4, 138, 147
Walters, Ben 20
War on Terror 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 23, 28, 29, 30, 32, 43, 47–9, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 62, 85, 89, 111, 114, 123, 133, 135, 136 fig. 16, 151, 152, 153, 157 fig. 19, 161, 202, 230, 237–61
Wayne, John 9, 24–7, 38n14, 101, 196, 203
Weiner, Robert 30, 238,
Weisberg, Jacob 78
Wertham, Fredric 33
Westwell, Guy 66
Whedon, Joss 3, 21, 32, 42, 110, 112, 114, 115, 119, 124, 187, 188, 193, 196, 198, 203, 109, 213, 234
Wiseman, Len 42
WMD (weapons of mass destruction) 17, 43, 48, 52, 62, 85, 86, 89, 94, 103, 114, 115, 132
Wolverine 8, 11 fig. 2, 20, 201
Wonder Woman 8, 9, 141, 142, 201
Wood, Michael 36
Wood, Robin 15, 147
World War I 101
World War II 7, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, 30–1, 42, 48–50, 62, 86, 97–108, 111–16, 153, 157–9, 161, 162, 191, 192, 193, 201, 203, 209, 214, 218, 219 fig. 29, 246, 265
Wright, Bradford 17
Wright, Edgar 179, 187
X-Men (film) 8, 11 fig. 2, 263
X-Men (comic) 252
X-Men: Apocalypse (film) 2
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (film) 20
Zemeckis, Robert 17
Zimbabwe 2
Žižek, Slavoj 36, 48–9