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Superheroes! : capes and crusaders in comics and films
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Superheroes! : capes and crusaders in comics and films

Author: Roz Kaveney
Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008.
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Discusses the slow accretion of comics universes from the thirties onwards, the debate within the conventions of the superhero comic about whether superheroes are a good thing and the discussion  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Kaveney, Roz.
Superheroes!
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008
(OCoLC)654114696
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Roz Kaveney
ISBN: 1845115694 9781845115692
OCLC Number: 170039469
Notes: Includes index.
Description: x, 278 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: 1. Freedom of Power - Some First Thoughts on Superhero Comics --
2. Heroism of Jessica Jones - Brian Bendis' Alias as Thick Text --
3. Watching the Watchmen - Sharing a World with Superheroes --
4. Dark Knights, Team-Mates and Mutants - Sustaining the Superhero Narrative --
5. Some Kind of Epic Grandeur - Events and Reboots in the Superhero Universe --
6. Gifted and Dangerous - Joss Whedon's Superhero Obsession --
7. Superherovision - From Comic to Blockbuster.
Responsibility: Roz Kaveney.

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"Roz Kaveney writes about the superhero myths with intelligence and love, from the inside, without the lofty alienation that says these texts are interesting but too dumb to know it. This book should Read more...

 
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