Supercrip
From Encyclopedia Superheroica -the Encyclopedia of Superheroes
The disability image as it relates to the world of superheroes is examined by an academician.
Yes, he can say that.
Mission
"Part of my paper will interrogate this cultural myth and to what extent it is present in portrayals of disabled characters in comics. Is Barbara Gordon a supercrip? What about Daredevil? Professor X? What about disabled villains? In my opinion, it is really comic book writers who have had to overcome their characters' disabilities in order to write them as complex human (or mutant) characters, instead of relying on stereotypes."
References
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