John Wiley & Sons, 2012
PART ONE WHAT WOULD AN AVENGER DO?
1 Superhuman Ethics Class with the Avengers Prime (Mark D. White)
2 Shining the Light on the Dark Avengers (Sarah Donovan and Nick Richardson)
3 The Literal Making of a Superhero (Travis Rieder)
PART TWO WHO IS AN AVENGER?
4 Superhero Identity: Case Studies in the Avengers (Stephen M. Nelson)
5 I Am Made of Ink: She-Hulk and Metacomics (Roy T. Cook)
6 The Self-Corruption of Norman Osborn: A Cautionary Tale (Robert Powell)
PART THREE SHOULD THE AVENGERS DO MORE THAN AVENGE?
7 Forgivers Assemble! (Daniel P. Malloy)
8 Gods, Beasts, and Political Animals: Why the Avengers Assemble (T
ony Spanakos)
9 Cap’s Kooky Quartet: Is Rehabilitation Possible? (Andrew Terjesen)
PART FOUR DO THE AVENGERS EVER GO TOO FAR?
10 Fighting the Good Fight: Military Ethics and the Kree-Skrull War (Christopher Robichaud)
11 Secrets and Lies: Compromising the Avengers’ Values for the Good of the World (Louis P. Melanҫon)
12 The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Problem with Proactive Superheroics (Arno Bogaerts)
PART FIVE WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO THE AVENGERS LIVE IN?
13 Can Kang Kill His Past Self? The Paradox of Time Travel (Andrew Zimmerman Jones)
14 “No Other Gods Before Me”: God, Ontology, and Ethics in the Avengers’ Universe (Adam Barkman)
15 Love Avengers Style: Can an Android Love a Human? (Charles Klayman)
16 The Way of the Arrow: Hawkeye Meets the Taoist Masters (Mark D. White)
