03831nam 2200589I 450 991097826460332120240110080007.09780472904501047290450710.3998/mpub.12291998(CKB)4920000004034245(MiU)10.3998/mpub.12291998(MiAaPQ)EBC31893935(Au-PeEL)EBL31893935(OCoLC)1416958864(MdBmJHUP)musev2_133549(ODN)ODN0011588464(EXLCZ)99492000000403424520240110h20242024 uy 0engurunu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCorpse crusaders the zombie in American comics /Chera Kee1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,2024.©20241 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) illustrationsTitle from eBook information screen..9780472056859 0472056859 9780472076857 047207685X Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.Introduction: A brief (and heroic) history of the zombie in comics -- Part 1: Mission. The Purple Zombies: superheroes and strongman zombies -- Vengeance and villains: from the horror comics of the 1950s to Deadworld -- Part 2: Identity. Tales of the zombie and Xombi: or, the curious case of the suffering zombie hardbodies -- Gwen Dylan is not the girl she used to be: iZombie and female zombies in comics -- Part 3: Powers. Conclusions: Blackest night and Marvel zombies-the hero as zombie.In the popular imagination, zombies are scary, decomposing corpses hunting down the living. But since the 1930s, there have also been other zombies shambling across the panels of comic books--zombies that aren't quite what most people think zombies should be. There have been zombie slaves, zombie henchmen, talking zombies, beautiful zombies, and even zombie heroes. Using archival research into Golden Age comics and extended analyses of comics from the 1940s to today, Corpse Crusaders explores the profound influence early action/adventure and superheroic generic conventions had on shaping comic book zombies. It takes the reader from the 1940s superhero, The Purple Zombie, through 1950s revenge-from-the-grave zombies, to the 1970s anti-hero, Simon Garth ("The Zombie") and the gruesome heroes-turned-zombies of Marvel Zombies. In becoming immersed in superheroic logics early on, the zombie in comics became a figure that, unlike the traditional narrative uses of other monsters, actually served to defend the status quo. This continuing trend not only provides insight into the overwhelming influence superheroes have had on the comic book medium, but it also provides a unique opportunity to explore the ways in which zombiism and superheroism parallel each other. Corpse Crusaders explores the ways that truth, justice, and the American way have influenced the undead in comics and turned what is often a rebellious figure into one that works to save the day.Zombies in comicsHorror comic books, strips, etcUnited StatesHistory and criticismComic books, strips, etcUnited StatesHistory and criticismZombies in comics.Horror comic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.Comic books, strips, etc.History and criticism.741.5/973CGN000000CGN007000SOC052000bisacshKee Chera1788973EYMEYMBOOK9910978264603321Corpse crusaders4324313UNINA