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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom De Haven |
| ISBN: | 9780300118179 0300118171 9780300171242 0300171242 |
| OCLC Number: | 320132317 |
| Description: | x, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series Title: | Icons of America. |
| Responsibility: | Tom De Haven. |
Abstract:
Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in the midst of the Great Depression, Superman is both a transcendent figure and, when posing as his alter-ego, reporter Clark Kent, a humble working-class citizen. This title shares a personal history with the many Americans who came to this country in search of a better life.
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""Our Hero: Superman on Earth" is cultural criticism of the first order that strikes home like a speeding bullet. With the stylistic skill of the novelist, the authority of the scholar, and the passion of a lover of the comic arts, Tom De Haven explores and explicates with keen insight one of the world's favorite icons."--M. Thomas Inge, author of "Comics as Culture"
--M. Thomas Inge
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