CANNON, THE SPY WHO DIDN'T LOVE: espionage and the male imaginary in the Cold War (1970-1973)
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https://doi.org/10.18817/ot.v20i36.1008Keywords:
Cold War, Male imaginary, Comic stripsAbstract
The aim of this paper is to examine how the comic book strips of the US superspy John Cannon, created by Wallace Wood and published between 1970 and 1973, are inserted in the historical context of the Cold War. We focus on the anti-communist dimension presented in the character's stories and how it dialogues with visual forms and narrative schemes that are expressed through the figure of the objectified women playing the role of the “femmes fatales”. The analysis of this historical source category is revealing of a projected imaginary about the tensions between the United States and its communist enemies, as well as providing us with elements to interpret a possible orientation of the comic strips created by Wallace Wood to the taste of a male audience.
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