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The superhero reader / Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superheroes in literature.
- Superheroes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (342 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Jackson, Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
- Summary:
- Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture.
- Contents:
- Cover; 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
- Batman, Deviance and CampColor Them Black; Comic Book Masculinity; The Punisher as Revisionist Superhero Western; Death Defying-Heroes; List of Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-62103-954-4
- OCLC:
- 826530845
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