03281nam 2200613Ia 450 991046569450332120200520144314.01-62103-954-4(CKB)2560000000103778(EBL)1113445(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206322(MiAaPQ)EBC1113445(OCoLC)826530845(MdBmJHUP)muse25724(MiAaPQ)EBC4977729(Au-PeEL)EBL1113445(CaPaEBR)ebr10719832(Au-PeEL)EBL4977729(CaONFJC)MIL495967(OCoLC)1024281247(EXLCZ)99256000000010377820130201d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe superhero reader[electronic resource] /edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent WorcesterJackson University Press of Mississippi20131 online resource (342 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61703-806-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Comics Predecessors; Men of Tomorrow; Gladiator; The Great Comic Book Heroes; The Comics and the Super State; The Superman Conceit; The Great Women Superheroes; Fandom and Authorship; II. THEORY AND GENRE; Literary Formulas; Crowds of Superheroes; The Epic Hero and Pop Culture; Masked Heroes; The Revisionary Superhero Narrative; Jack Kirby and the Marvel Aesthetic; Navigating Infinite Earths; A Song of the Urban Superhero; III. CULTURE AND IDENTITY; Wonder Woman; Invisible Girl; Love Will Bring You to Your GiftBatman, Deviance and CampColor Them Black; Comic Book Masculinity; The Punisher as Revisionist Superhero Western; Death Defying-Heroes; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the North American comic book and the history of the medium. For the past half-century they have also been the one overwhelmingly dominant market genre. The sheer volume of superhero comics that have been publComic books, strips, etcHistory and criticismSuperheroes in literatureSuperheroesElectronic books.Comic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.Superheroes in literature.Superheroes.741.5/9Hatfield Charles1965-872003Heer Jeet1034783Worcester Kent1959-1034784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465694503321The superhero reader2455032UNINA