LEADER 03820nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910792294303321 005 20230921171834.0 010 $a1-62103-954-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000103778 035 $a(EBL)1113445 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206322 035 $a(OCoLC)826530845 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25724 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1113445 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10719832 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4977729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL495967 035 $a(OCoLC)1024281247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1113445 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000103778 100 $a20130201d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe superhero reader$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 311 $a1-61703-806-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Gift 327 $aBatman, Deviance and CampColor Them Black; Comic Book Masculinity; The Punisher as Revisionist Superhero Western; Death Defying-Heroes; List of Contributors. 330 $aDespite 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 published over the years is staggering. Major superhero universes constitute one of the most expansive storytelling canvases ever fashioned. Moreover, characters inhabiting these fictional universes are immensely influential, having achieved iconic recognition around the globe. Their images and adventures have shaped many other media, such as film, videogames, and even prose fiction. The primary aim of this reader is twofold: first, to collect in a single volume a sampling of the most sophisticated commentary on superheroes, and second, to bring into sharper focus the ways in which superheroes connect with larger social, cultural, literary, aesthetic, and historical themes that are of interest to a great many readers both in the academy and beyond. 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSuperheroes in literature 606 $aSuperheroes 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSuperheroes in literature. 615 0$aSuperheroes. 676 $a741.5/9 701 $aHatfield$b Charles$f1965-$01500094 701 $aHeer$b Jeet$01500092 701 $aWorcester$b Kent$f1959-$01500093 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792294303321 996 $aThe superhero reader$93842999 997 $aUNINA