2015
DOI: 10.1353/afa.2015.0009
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“We Don’t Need Another Hero”: Agent 355 as an Original Black Female Hero in Y: The Last Man

Abstract: This article reads the comic-book series Y: The Last Man as a subversive articulation of critical race and feminist discourses despite the guise of Eurocentricity and the pretext of a white male “protagonist.” I argue that the true protagonist of the series is the black female character Agent 355, an unconventional hero who complicates stereotypical representations of race, gender, class, and so on. Despite a post-apocalyptic setting where the male species is largely extinct, 355 (rather than the sole human ma… Show more

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“…The character debuted in Giant‐Size X‐Men #1 in 1975, created by White writer‐artist team Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. In American comics in general and superhero comics in particular, Storm stands out as the only Black female character to achieve “international celebrity” (Mafe 35). In X‐Men #102, December 1976, White writer Chris Claremont gave Storm an origin: born to an African‐American father and an “African princess” mother living on “112 th Street” in Harlem (25).…”
Section: “Nerds Come In Every Different Shade”mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The character debuted in Giant‐Size X‐Men #1 in 1975, created by White writer‐artist team Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. In American comics in general and superhero comics in particular, Storm stands out as the only Black female character to achieve “international celebrity” (Mafe 35). In X‐Men #102, December 1976, White writer Chris Claremont gave Storm an origin: born to an African‐American father and an “African princess” mother living on “112 th Street” in Harlem (25).…”
Section: “Nerds Come In Every Different Shade”mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A verdadeira heroína de Y: O Último Homem é uma mulher negra, a rma Diana Adesola Mafe (2015), e fundamenta sua tese ao destacar a importância, força e participação da Agente 355 na narrativa. A 355 (Figura 5) aparece logo nas primeiras páginas e se apresenta como uma agente secreta que faz parte de um círculo governamental chamado Círculo Culper.…”
Section: Agente 355: Heroica Negritudeunclassified
“…Para Dalbeto & Oliveira (2015), apesar da popularidade da Tempestade, ela não escapa dos estereótipos para mulheres negras nos quadrinhos: força, misticismo, sexualidade e beleza exótica são elementos dessa construção. Diana Mafe (2015) sar a impressão de estarem deformados, as mulheres têm seus traços negroides exagerados, especialmente seios, bocas e nádegas. Em geral, são pessoas de classe social e econômica inferior nas histórias, sendo mães, tias, cozinheiras, amas.…”
Section: Agente 355: Heroica Negritudeunclassified
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