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The ages of the Flash : essays on the fastest man alive / edited by Joseph J. Darowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superheroes in literature.
- Flash (Fictitious character).
- Flash.
- Garrick, Jay (Fictitious character).
- Garrick, Jay.
- Allen, Barry (Fictitious character).
- Allen, Barry.
- West, Wally (Fictitious character).
- West, Wally.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This collection of new essays serves as a stepping-stone to an even greater understanding of the Flash, examining various iterations of his character -- including those of Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen -- and what they reveal about the era in which they were written"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Politically incorrect humor : examining the three dimwits through a disability studies lens / Cathy Leogrande
- The birth of the silver age Flash : reasons and influences / Liam T. Webb
- "I'm covering the story! Wait here for me" : the two-career couple in the pages of the Flash / Charles W. Henebry
- Barry Allen's social awakening in the 1970s / Peter W.Y. Lee
- From riches to rags : the rise and fall of Wally West / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
- Wrestling with legacy : how "the return of Barry Allen" shaped DC superheroes in the 1990s / Tom Shapira
- Flash back to the future : Mark Waid's counter-narrative to the superhero dark age / John Darowski
- Impulsive students, speedster teachers and education in the 1990s / Daniel J. Bergman
- An impulsive teen from the future : imagining youth, virtual reality and the digital future at the turn of the millennium / Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia
- Restraining deconstruction : Geoff Johns' reframing of the Flash / Christian Jimenez
- Profiling the rogues : seeking criminal intent in the Flash of Geoff Johns / Matthew J. Smith and Tod W. Burke
- Minds in the gutter : the persistence of vision and the New 52 / Sara K. Ellis.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3566-8
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