LEADER 03831nam 2200589I 450 001 9910978264603321 005 20240110080007.0 010 $a9780472904501 010 $a0472904507 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.12291998 035 $a(CKB)4920000004034245 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.12291998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31893935 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31893935 035 $a(OCoLC)1416958864 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_133549 035 $a(ODN)ODN0011588464 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000004034245 100 $a20240110h20242024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCorpse crusaders $ethe zombie in American comics /$fChera Kee 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aTitle from eBook information screen.. 311 08$a9780472056859 311 08$a0472056859 311 08$a9780472076857 311 08$a047207685X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 3 $aIn 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. 606 $aZombies in comics 606 $aHorror comic books, strips, etc$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aZombies in comics. 615 0$aHorror comic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a741.5/973 686 $aCGN000000$aCGN007000$aSOC052000$2bisacsh 700 $aKee$b Chera$01788973 801 0$bEYM 801 1$bEYM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910978264603321 996 $aCorpse crusaders$94324313 997 $aUNINA