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The Human Dilemma tells of Concrete's new job as the spokesman for a foundation dedicated to population control. (Try lighting the Bat Signal for that!) Well paid for his efforts, he somewhat reluctantly stumps for their controversial program that would provide financial benefits for couples that undergo sterilization. As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy | 6/11/2005 | See Source »

The scene looks exactly like something from a mainstream superhero book, but with important differences. Thanks to starting his career drawing a different kind of loser hero, Marvel's ill-conceived Dazzler series, about a crime-fighting roller disco queen, Chadwick knows the basics of the mainstream look. Using the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy | 6/11/2005 | See Source »

But there's another reason you wouldn't mistake Concrete for any other superhero. Chadwick, and not some corporation, owns Concrete, allowing the character to take positions on real issues. When, during a scene in The Human Dilemma, an interviewer asks Concrete if he is pro-choice, "You bet," is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy | 6/11/2005 | See Source »

Paul Chadwick's The Human Dilemma, and his other Concrete tales prove the superhero genre has no inherent literary limitations except the ones brought by a character's real-life role in the culture. Either they are there to move you or to move the products they are associated with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy | 6/11/2005 | See Source »

“There are so many intangibles that he’s brought to us,” Walsh says of the charismatic senior. “You know? And he’s a character. And amongst everything, he loves the game. He just loves the game. You...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Rob Wheeler, Baseball | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

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