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Super Heroes Richard Reynolds

Super Heroes By Richard Reynolds

Super Heroes by Richard Reynolds


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Summary

The superhero has been the staple of the modern comic book since the late 1930s. Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology explores the origins of the superhero by documenting how heroes emerged from the comic book genre and are defined both by its history and by audience expectations.

Super Heroes Summary

Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology by Richard Reynolds

The superhero has been the staple of the modern comic book since the late 1930s. The phenomenally successful movies Superman and Batman have made these two comic book superheroes as familiar worldwide as any characters ever created. Yet to relatively few aficionados are they known at first hand from their appearances in comic books.

Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology explores the origins of the superhero by documenting how heroes emerged from the comic book genre and are defined both by its history and by audience expectations.

To show some of the most influential and paradigmatic figures, this study focuses on the texts of three comic books in the genre--The X-Men, The Dark Knight Returns, and Watchman. It examines ways in which the comics mythologize both the role of the hero and the nature of consensus, authority, and moral choice.

Blending academic scholarship with specialized knowledge of the comic book medium, Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology will have appeal for several audiences. Since most of the academic scholarship published on comic books has focused on history rather than on cultural analysis, this book will be of great value to scholars of popular culture.

Additional information

CIN0878056947G
9780878056941
0878056947
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology by Richard Reynolds
Used - Good
Paperback
University Press of Mississippi
19940430
134
N/A
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