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The article aims to explore how Turkish historical comics serve as a mythological narrative tradition, focusing on heroism in cultural contexts.

Turkish historical comics as a mythological narrative tradition

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The article aims to explore how Turkish historical comics serve as a mythological narrative tradition, focusing on heroism in cultural contexts.
Analyzed Turkish historical comics from the 1960s and 1970s
Examined visual and narrative affordances of the comics medium
Identified recurring motifs and their cultural significance
Heroism is expressed through iconographic repetition and visual stability rather than psychological transformation.
Recurring motifs such as the wolf, horse, and cave embody mythological meaning, supporting cultural narratives.
The study challenges Western notions of heroism and narrative structure in comics.

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Article examines how Turkish historical comics redefine heroism through visual representation and cultural memory.

Sevtap Sarıca (2026) studied this question.

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