Has anyone written on how the history of the Fantastic Four in the 1960s maps on to the break-up of the New Deal coalition?
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Mr. Fantastic = technocratic liberal elite, The Invisible Girl = pre-feminist suburban women, the Thing = white (or orange) working class, Human Torch = rebellious youth
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The interesting period of Fantastic Four starts in 1965 when the group grapples with cultural heterogeneity (Inhumans, Black Panther).
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The Inhumans (cultural separatists) & Black Panther (proud African nationalist) become quasi-allies but they cannot be assimilated into group.
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The Things snotty attitude towards The Black Panther (who he calls a "refugee from a Tarzan movie) symptomatic of inability to accept newer groups.pic.twitter.com/vVWDbxAXmA
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Post 1965, Fantastic Four becomes much more fractured a group with on-again-off-again coalitions. Just as New Deal coalition fracturing.
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That's consistent with my thesis!
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