Heroes - Comparing the Modern with the Mythological

Batman Steps on Achilles' Heel - Today's comic book characters have many parallels with the legendary heroes of ancient myth - minus the 21st-century angst

Superheroes as Twentieth Century American Mythology: new gods for a new world

Classical Heroes in Modern Movies: Mythological Patterns of the Superhero

Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology (ebook)

Comic Books vs. Greek Mythology (this is a student's Master's thesis project)

The Superhero Reader 

Thor: Myth to Marvel

Heroism in the Harry Potter series (ebook)

Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays (ebook)