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...might think the capital of the most powerful country in the world would have the best protection of any place in the world. But you would be wrong. So many uniforms - the Capitol, Embassy, Transit and DC police - so little protection. Beset by conflicting emotions, members of Congress don't make it easy. Yes, they feel vulnerable (nursing the legitimate suspicion that the terrorists aimed for but missed them the first time), but they?re also clinging to an illegitimate sense of self-importance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe Can Congressmen Get? | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...While caterers and ground crew are still not being obviously screened at the recently reopened National Airport, no one on the DC-New York shuttle can as much as go to the bathroom, thanks to a new "no leaving your seat in the first or last half-hour of a trip or the plane will be diverted to the nearest airport" rule. Frequent flyer New York Rep. Charlie Rangel counseled understandably antsy people on his flight last week to hold tight or they?d be touching down in Dulles, 25 miles from Washington and three miles, by mobile-lounge, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe Can Congressmen Get? | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

Mainstream publishers Marvel and DC may feel the impact most of all. They are both located in New York, but that's not the reason why. They both specialize in a kind of entertainment, superhero books, that suddenly seems off-key. Who can now abide the fantasy of an evil madman's nefarious plot to kill thousands of people being foiled by a muscle-bound troglodyte? This question compelled Warner Brothers to indefinitely postpone the release of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Collateral Damage." Superhero publishers don't really have that option since nearly all of their product follows this premise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Superheroes Meet Their Doom? | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

Immediate editorial changes have been minimal. Marvel gave its creators the option to alter content they deemed inappropriate, resulting in the Twin Towers being removed from a scene in a Spiderman book. DC comics also offered retailers the option of returning copies of an already-shipped Superman book which featured aliens destroying buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Superheroes Meet Their Doom? | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...Greatest Superhero Creators Honoring the World's Greatest Heroes," it will be a 64-page posterbook of art depicting the heroics of firemen, EMS rescuers and ordinary citizens. Then later in December Marvel will release "Moment of Silence," a wordless comic based on actual stories from the disaster. DC, Darkhorse, Image and Oni will collaborate on a benefit book titled "September 11," due in January. Non-mainstream comix creators, alienated by the loss of SPX, spent that weekend putting together their own benefit comic with the help of publisher Alternative Comics. Titled "9-11: Emergency Relief," it has a release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Superheroes Meet Their Doom? | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

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