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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE Supersizing the Superhero Genre: A PAth to More Heroes of Color A graduate project submitted in partiAl fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MAster of Arts in English By MAseri KisA Schultz May 2020 The graduate project of MAseri Kisa Schultz is approved: ___________________________________________ _________________ Dorothy M. Barresi Date ___________________________________________ __________________ LAuren L. Byler Date ___________________________________________ __________________ Charles W. HAtfield, Chair Date CaliforniA StAte University, Northridge ii TAble of Contents Signature PAge ii Abstract iv iii Abstract Supersizing the Superhero Genre: A PAth to More Heroes of Color By MAseri KisA Schultz MAster of Arts in English MArvel’s comic Ms. Marvel: No Normal And Sony’s film Spider-Man: Into the Spider- Verse depict multi-ethnic superheroes who discover themselves through agency in their costume design. Ms. Marvel protAgonist KAmAlA Khan attempts to reject her PAkistAni heritAge, primArily by shapeshifting into multiple iterations of Carol DAnvers’s MArvel persona. KAmAlA eventually mAkes her own mArk on the Ms. MArvel brand by altering a burkini, uniting her cultural heritAge With her own conception of heroism. In Spider-Verse, Afro-LAtino Miles Morales also follows in the footsteps of a preexisting white superhero, Peter PArker’s Spider-MAn. He too grows into his own hero through designing his own costume, spray-painting or “tAgging” his Spider-MAn suit. Both KAmAlA and Miles are children of multiple ethnic/raciAl worlds, and represent teens of color Who feel mArginalized and othered. TAking agency over their costume design allows them to iv discover their unique superhero identities, and in turn, a plAce to belong. Although skeptics could reAd Miles and KAmAlA as superficiAl gestures towArds diversity, they are a cruciAl foundation for creAting a wider range of role models that better represent the genre’s globalized audience. v .

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