Mark D. White

Writer, editor, teacher

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I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where I teach courses in philosophy, economics, and law, and the author/editor/co-editor of several books.

Category: Matt Fraction

  • A heartwarming scene of acceptance in FF #6

    Just a quick post to share a page from Matt Fraction and Joe Quinones' FF #6, featuring the Moloids (Mik, Korr, Turg, and Tong), which seems not to gotten the widespread attention it deserves: Both in this volume of FF as well as Hickman's that came before, the Moloids are usually adorable comic relief, often…

  • Reed Richards gives his wife the ultimate valentine in Fantastic Four #4

    Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic) is often portrayed as clueless when it comes to the more romantic and emotional aspects of his marriage to his wife Susan (aka the Invisible Woman), but once in a while he shows his feelings as only one of the smartest people in the Marvel Universe can. In yesterday's Fantastic Four…

  • Iron Man and Thor charge ahead in the wake of Fear Itself

    I know, I know–no post in over a month. But I've not been excited about comics for a while: the DCU relaunch left me cold, and Fear Itself was largely a disappointment, redeemed only by the fantastic epilogue issues 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. (Try to explain to the Wiley copy-editors why some comics citations now…

  • Matt Fraction on the Ethics of Spider-Man and Iron Man

    In a fantastic new interview at Newsarama, The Invincible Iron Man writer Matt Fraction discusses the future of the Iron Man title (including the mammoth #500 issue and the reflective #500.1 issue), previews Tony's role in the upcoming Fear Itself event, and–most interesting to me–compares Iron Man and Spider-Man in terms of their ethics. From the…