Superhero Comics

Dr Chris Gavaler (Washington and Lee University, USA)

Superhero Comics
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
5 October 2017
Pages
376
ISBN
9781474226356

Superhero Comics

Dr Chris Gavaler (Washington and Lee University, USA)

A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres.

In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals:

*The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions *Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War’s transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation *Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther *Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction

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