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Supergods : what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human / Grant Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, Grant
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superheroes--United States.
- Superheroes.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Super gods
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
- Summary:
- Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe as a comic book writer to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.
- Contents:
- The sun god and The dark knight
- Lightning's childl
- The superwarrior and the Amazon princess
- The explosion and the extinction
- Superman on the couch
- Chemicals and lightening
- The fab four and the birth of the marvelous
- Superpop
- Infinite earths
- Shamans of Madison Avenue
- Brightest day, blackest night
- Feared and misunderstood
- Fearful symmetry
- Zenith
- The hateful dead
- Image versus substance
- King Mob : my life as a superhero
- Man of muscle mystery
- What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?
- Respecting authority
- Hollywood sniffs blood
- Nu marvel 9/11
- The day evil won
- Iron men and incredibles
- Over the event horizon
- Star, legend, superhero, supergod?
- Outro: 'nuff said.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1400069122
- 9781400069125
- 9780679603467
- 0679603468
- OCLC:
- 676726667
- Publisher Number:
- 99944995945
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