Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora
Vol 12, No 2 (2024)

Mitos Manusia Super dalam Pieta dan The Death of Captain Marvel

Sasongko, Damar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2024

Abstract

The Pietà is a masterpiece in the world of sculpture by the renowned artist Michelangelo. Created more than five centuries ago (1497–1499), this work has often served as inspiration for artistic creations in later periods. In popular culture, the composition of the Pietà was once popularized and adapted for superhero comic book covers. Of the many comics, it is only in The Death of Captain Marvel (1982) by Jim Starlin that we find a strikingly similar likeness. This study examines the comparison between these two works and seeks to uncover the identity embedded within them. The Death of Captain Marvel exhibits intertextuality with the Pietà. In analyzing both, a shared identity emerges, encompassing name identity, origin identity, disguise identity, appearance identity (costume), strength identity, weakness identity, death identity, exposure identity, and resurrection identity.

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Retorik

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora was founded in 2001 with the aim of seeking a new scientific ethos in the humanities with an interdisciplinary, political, and textual spirit. It was, and still remains, the aspiration of Retorik to foster humanities research with a scientific ethos capable of ...