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Superman: a popular culture messiah / Ken Schenck -- The true Ubermensch: Batman as humanistic myth / C. K. Robertson -- Wonder Woman mythology: heroes from the ancient world and their progeny / Elizabeth J. Danna -- "Okay, Axis, here we come!" Camptain America and superhero teams from World War II and the Cold War / Robert G. Weiner -- Gods and fantastic mortals: the superheroes of Jack Kirby / Scott Rosen -- "Behold! The hero has become like one of us." The perfectly imperfect Spider-Man / B. J. Oropeza -- Running from or embracing the truth inside you? Bruce Banner and the Hulk as paradigm for the inner self / Robin J. Dugall -- The God-Man revised: Christology through the blank eyes of the Silver Surfer / B. J. Oropeza -- Mutants that are all too human: the X-Men, Magneto, and original sin / Tim Perry -- Superheroes in crisis: postmodern deconstruction and reconstruction in comics books and graphic novels / Thom Parham -- Pulp heroes in the shadow of God / Gregory Pepetone -- Superheroes in film and pop culture: silhouettes of redemption on the screen / Leo Partible -- Neo: messianic superhero of The Matrix / James F. McGrath -- Conclusion: superheroes in God's Image / B. J. Oropeza |
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