02939nam 22006374a 450 991078535740332120200520144314.01-282-87128-597866128712831-4411-0859-9(CKB)2670000000055670(EBL)601698(OCoLC)676695834(SSID)ssj0000427856(PQKBManifestationID)11313060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427856(PQKBWorkID)10406081(PQKB)10524846(MiAaPQ)EBC601698(Au-PeEL)EBL601698(CaPaEBR)ebr10427473(CaONFJC)MIL287128(OCoLC)893335130(PPN)225677199(EXLCZ)99267000000005567020080710d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecret identity crisis[electronic resource] comic books and the unmasking of Cold War America /Matthew J. CostelloNew York Continuumc20091 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-2997-1 0-8264-2998-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Cold War and the Forging of the Liberal Consensus; 2 The Enemy Without: 1961-1968; 3 The Enemy Within: 1969-1976; 4 Retreat into Privacy: 1977-1985; 5 Betrayal in the Mirror: 1986-1996; 6 The New World Order: 1996-2007; 7 Civil War and the Death of Captain America; Notes; Bibliography; IndexPhysicist Bruce Banner, caught in the nuclear explosion of his experimental gamma bomb is transformed into the rampaging green monster, the Hulk. High school student Peter Parker, bitten by an irradiated spider, gains the powers of the spider and becomes Spiderman. Reed Richards and his friends are caught in a belt of cosmic radiation while orbiting the Earth in a spacecraft and are transformed into the Fantastic Four. While Stan Lee suggests he clung to the hackneyed idea of radioactivity in creating Marvel's stable of superheroes because of his limited imagination, radiation and the bombComic books, strips, etcSocial aspectsUnited StatesComic books, strips, etcPolitical aspectsUnited StatesCold WarInfluenceComic books, strips, etc.Social aspectsComic books, strips, etc.Political aspectsCold WarInfluence.741.5/30973Costello Matthew J(Matthew John),1963-1516834Marvel Comics Group.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785357403321Secret identity crisis3753543UNINA