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About Superhero Comics

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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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781474226356
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 376
  • Published:
  • October 4, 2017
  • Dimensions:
  • 223x149x27 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 600 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of Superhero Comics

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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