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Ave Imperator, Morituri Te SalutantClose Ave Imperator, Morituri Te SalutantClose
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Conclusion: Death Comes to the Genre Conclusion: Death Comes to the Genre
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Abstract
This chapter explores the late 1980s Marvel team series Strikeforce: Morituri, created by writer Peter Gillis and artist Brent Anderson. In the future envisioned by Strikeforce: Morituri, Earth has fallen victim to alien invaders—the Horde. The Earth's ruling government—the Paideia—resolves to fight back through the “Morituri process,” which bestows unpredictable superpowers on those genetically suitable, even as it leaves them an extremely short lifespan. The series' premise allowed “real” death to occur routinely, disrupting genre conventions. Strikeforce: Morituri belongs in the tradition of “facing death” narratives, and functions to repudiate the market-driven, drama-sapping elision of death in mainstream superhero comics. Gillis's and Anderson's inversion of expectations attempted to return the dramatic stakes which only real death confers.
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