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Heroes, villains, and childhood trauma in the MCEU and DCU

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Canadian researchers looked at which characters suffered considerable childhood trauma.

They concluded that traumatic experiences were not significant factors in whether those characters turned out to be heroes or villains.

Prior studies have looked at the portrayal of trauma in superheroes, most notably the murder of Batman 's parents and Spider-Man's uncle.