Vanessa Ossa is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Applied Science in Cologne, Germany. She is a former member of the Collaborative Research Center 923 "Threatened Order-Societies under Stress," in Tübingen and co-editor of, "Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11: Medial Reflections." Her research focuses on narrative representations of post-9/11 terrorism and transmedial narratology, with a particular interest in films, fictional television, comic books, video games, and related participatory practices.   

1. Introduction

3. The Sleeper in Hollywood Cinema after 9/11.

4. The Sleeper in US TV Series after 9/11¿.

5. The Sleeper in Comic Books after 9/11.

6. Conclusion.