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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