Superheroes! : capes and crusaders in comics and films / Roz Kaveney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaveney, Roz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Heroes in literature.

Heroes in motion pictures.

Heroes on television.

Superhero films.

Superhero television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, ©2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern myths, cheap trash or the objects of fetishist desire? Most people know something about Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman, even if what they know is heavily filtered through film and television versions, rather than the comics in which they first appeared. Yet, even though the continuity of the DC and Marvel Comics universes rival or surpass in size almost anything else in Western culture, surprisingly little attention has been paid to comics, which we were supposed to grow out of. In "Superheroes!", acclaimed cultural commentator Roz Kaveney argues that this is a.

Contents:

The freedom of power : some first thoughts on superhero comics

The heroism of Jessica Jones : Brian Bendis' Alias as thick text

Watching the watchmen : sharing a world with superheroes

Dark knights, team-mates and mutants : sustaining the superhero narrative

Some kind of epic grandeur : events and reboots in the superhero universe

Gifted and dangerous : Joss Whedon's superhero obsession

Superherovision : from comic to blockbuster.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612642012

9780755696635

0755696638

9781282642010

1282642014

9780857717160

0857717162

9786000013776

6000013779

9781441605757

1441605754

OCLC:

647703648