Perceived Physical Difference Quotes

“We should bear in mind the supercrip stereotype as a figure obsessively, indeed maniacally, over-compensating for a perceived physical difference or lack, since, as we shall see, this aspect ties in quite neatly with the genre specificities and narratival concerns of so much Silver Age superhero literature.”
― Jose Alaniz, Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond