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Supersex
2021 Comic Studies Society Prize for Edited Collection From Superman and Batman to the X-Men and Young Avengers, Supersex interrogates the relationship between heroism and sexuality, shedding new light on our fantasies of both. From Superman, created in 1938, to the transmedia DC and Marvel universes of today, superheroes have always been sexy. And their sexiness has always been controversial, inspiring censorship and moral panic. Yet though it has inspired jokes and innuendos, accusations of moral depravity, and sporadic academic discourse, the topic of superhero sexuality is like superhero sexuality itself—seemingly obvious yet conspicuously absent. Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the ...
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture is the first comprehensive volume to explore the intersections between gender, sexuality, and the creation, consumption, and interpretation of popular culture in the Américas. The chapters seek to enrich our understanding of the role of pop culture in the everyday lives of its creators and consumers, primarily in the 20th and 21st centuries. They reveal how popular culture expresses the historical, social, cultural, and political commonalities that have shaped the lives of peoples that make up the Américas, and also highlight how pop culture can conform to and solidify existing social hierarchies, whilst on other occasions c...
The New Mutants
2017 The Association for the Studies of the Present Book Prize Finalist Mention, 2017 Lora Romero First Book Award Presented by the American Studies Association Winner of the 2012 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBT Studies How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender, sexual, and race revolutions. In 1964, noted literary critic Leslie Fiedler described American youth as “new mutants,” social rebels severing their attachments to American culture to remake themselves in their own image. 1960s comic book creators, anticipating Fiedler, began to morph American superheroes from icons of nationalism and white masculinity into actual mu...
Make Ours Marvel
Tracing the rise of the Marvel Comics brand from the creation of the Fantastic Four to the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this volume of original essays considers how a comic book publisher became a transmedia empire.
Avengers Epic Collection
Prepare yourself for one of the most stellar creative periods in Avengers history! Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Sal Buscema raise Earth's Mightiest Heroes to unheard-of heights with the: debut of the Vision, an all-out battle with Ultron, the introduction of Yellowjacket, and an all-new Goliath! Then, Kang the Conqueror drops in from the 41st century, pitting our heroes against the Squadron Sinister in a cosmic chess match! As if one set of adversaries from across time wasn't enough, the Avengers must also battle the Captain America, Sub-Mariner and Human Torch of 1941! Also featuring the Black Panther vs. the Sons of the Serpent, the return of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, and barbarian Arkon the Magnificent! Collecting Avengers (1963) #57-76 and Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17.
Searching for Feminist Superheroes
How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative, feminist stories. It’s no secret that superhero comics and their related media perpetuate a model of a straight, white, male hero at the expense of representing women and other minorities, but other narratives exist. Searching for Feminist Superheroes recognizes that female-led superhero comics, with diverse casts of characters and inclusive storytelling, exist on the margins of the mainstream superhero genre. But rather than focusing on these stories as marginalized, Sam Langsdale’s work on heroes such as Spider-Woman, America Chavez, and Ironheart locates the margins as a site of innovation and productivity, whi...
Hellions by Zeb Wells
Bad is the new good! When Krakoa opened its doors to all mutants, its leaders knew they'd have to accept some of their worst foes into the fold -- but they didn't plan for what to do with them. Not to worry -- Mister Sinister has ideas! Meet his new Hellions: Wild Child, Empath, Greycrow, Nanny, Orphan-Maker, Psylocke...and Havok! But can they handle the return of Madelyne Pryor, the diabolical Goblin Queen?! Plus, the emergence of an old enemy and his fearsome warriors makes the Hellions' new lives a hell on Earth! Arcade puts them to the test in his new Murderworld! Psylocke takes on Betsy Braddock! Tarn the Uncaring seeks revenge! And secrets, betrayals, alliances and loss all come boiling to the surface! The Hellions are the mutant team you're going to hate to love! COLLECTING: Hellions (2020) 1-4, 7-18
Hot Pants and Spandex Suits
The superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and Spandex Suits offers a far-reaching look at how masculinity and femininity have been represented in American superhero comics, from the Golden and Silver Ages to the Modern Age. Scholar Esther De Dauw contrasts the bulletproof and musclebound phallic bodies of classic male heroes like Superman, Captain America, and Iron Man with the figures of female counterparts like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, who are drawn as superhumanly flexible and plastic....
The Cambridge Companion to American Horror
Taking Horror seriously, the book surveys America's bloody and haunted history through its most terrifying cultural expressions.
The Cambridge Companion to World Crime Fiction
The first systematic account of crime fiction as a global genre, offering unprecedented coverage of distinct traditions across the world.
