02937nam 2200673 450 991081399400332120200520144314.01-62846-118-71-62674-065-8(CKB)2670000000570538(OCoLC)876466911(CaPaEBR)ebrary10951959(SSID)ssj0001349236(PQKBManifestationID)11698571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349236(PQKBWorkID)11397568(PQKB)11682789(StDuBDS)EDZ0001190368(MiAaPQ)EBC1820999(MdBmJHUP)muse38125(Au-PeEL)EBL1820999(CaPaEBR)ebr10951959(CaONFJC)MIL650364(EXLCZ)99267000000057053820141015h20142014 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDeath, disability, and the superhero the silver age and beyond /José Alaniz ; designed by Peter D. HalversonJackson, Mississippi :University Press of Mississippi,2014.©20141 online resource (376 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-62846-117-9 1-322-19084-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950's to the 1990's and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities-disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies-the book seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged and complicated its hypermasculine, quasi-eugenicist biases through such disabled figures as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and the Doom Patrol. The author traces how the superhero became increasingly vulnerable, ill, and mortal in this era. He then proceeds to a reinterpretation of characters and series-some familiar (Superman), some obscure (She-Thing).Comic books, strips, etcHistory and criticismDeath in literaturePeople with disabilities in literatureBody image in literatureGraphic novelsHistory and criticismComic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.Death in literature.People with disabilities in literature.Body image in literature.Graphic novelsHistory and criticism.741.5/9Alaniz José1638395Halverson Peter D.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813994003321Death, disability, and the superhero4087670UNINA