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The Problem of Evil in DC Universe Animated Movies, 2007–2016: DC Multiverse, an Ironic Illustration of Leibniz’s Theodicy?

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dc.creatorEl-Khoury, Toufic
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-15T11:47:07Z
dc.date.available2023-05-15T11:47:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the question of evil and its metaphysical and moral implications in a series of animated movie adaptations of the DC Universe produced since 2006. The contemporary evolution of the medium, called the “Iron Age of comics”, has seen the auto-reflexive nature of comics produce problems and themes related to the main question discussed in Christian theodicy: how can we perceive and define the possibility of evil in a world where God’s omnipotence should have eliminated such a possibility? Moreover, why does evil seem to spread indefinitely in spite of all the efforts deployed by superheroes to stop evil? We will discuss the problem of evil as a natural narrative topic in light of comics’ mythological and religious roots and with a particular study case: DC Comics Multiverse as an illustration of Leibniz’s “best of all possible worlds” argument.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25364/05.3:2017.1.4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19451
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/80
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20638
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSchüren
dc.publisher.placeMarburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2617-3697
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal for Religion, Film and Media
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
dc.subjectEvilen
dc.subjectDC Universeen
dc.subjectAnimated Moviesen
dc.subjectDC Multiversen
dc.subjectIronic Illustrationen
dc.subjectLeibniz’s Theodicyen
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.titleThe Problem of Evil in DC Universe Animated Movies, 2007–2016: DC Multiverse, an Ironic Illustration of Leibniz’s Theodicy?en
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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local.coverpage2023-05-15T14:00:39
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/80
local.source.epage74
local.source.issue1
local.source.issueTitleDrawn Stories, Moving Images. Comic Books and their Screen Adaptations
local.source.spage59
local.source.volume3

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