Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!

You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.

Sign up

Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1938
The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 271

The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2014-01-10
  • -
  • Publisher: McFarland

For decades, scholars have been making the connection between the design of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Moving beyond simple comparisons and common explanations, this volume details how the workings of the superhero comics industry and the conventions of the medium have developed a culture like that of traditional epic storytelling. It chronicles the continuation of the oral/traditional culture of the early 20th century superhero industry in the endless variations on Superman and shows how Frederic Wertham's anti-comic crusade in the mid-1950s helped make comics the most countercultural new medium of the 20th century. By revealing how contemporary superhero comics, like Geoff Johns' Green Lantern and Warren Ellis's The Authority, connect traditional aesthetics and postmodern theories, this work explains why the superhero comic book flourishes in the "new traditional" shape of our acutely self-conscious digital age.

Library of Congress Subject Headings
  • Language: en

Library of Congress Subject Headings

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2009
  • -
  • Publisher: Unknown

None

The DC Comics Universe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

The DC Comics Universe

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2022-08-02
  • -
  • Publisher: McFarland

As properties of DC comics continue to sprout over the years, narratives that were once kept sacrosanct now spill over into one another, synergizing into one bona fide creative Universe. Intended for both professional pop culture researchers and general interest readers, this collection of essays covers DC Universe multimedia, including graphic novels, video games, movies and TV shows. Each essay is written by a recognized pop culture expert offering a distinct perspective on a wide variety of topics. Even though many of the entries address important social themes like gender and racism, the book is not limited to these topics. Also included are more lighthearted essays for full verisimilitude, including analyses of long forgotten or seemingly marginal aspects of the DC Extended Universe, as well as in-depth and original interpretations of the most beloved characters and their relationships to one another. Highly accessible and approachable, this work provides previously unavailable in-roads that create a richer comprehension of the ever-expanding DC Universe.

American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 216

American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2013-10-01
  • -
  • Publisher: Routledge

Stan Lee, who was the head writer of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, co-created such popular heroes as Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and Daredevil. This book traces the ways in which American theologians and comic books of the era were not only both saying things about what it means to be human, but, starting with Lee they were largely saying the same things. Author Anthony R. Mills argues that the shift away from individualistic ideas of human personhood and toward relational conceptions occurring within both American theology and American superhero comics and films does not occur simply on the ontological level, but is also inherent to epistemology and ...

That Holiday Feeling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 33

That Holiday Feeling

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2015
  • -
  • Publisher: Capstone

When Kandor is threatened by a plague of thefts, Superman and Batman shrink down to super-small size to unravel the mystery.

Amazing Spider-Man by JMS - Ultimate Collection Book 1
  • Language: en

Amazing Spider-Man by JMS - Ultimate Collection Book 1

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2009-07-22
  • -
  • Publisher: Marvel

Spider-Man faces a stranger who will change how he views himself, the events of September 11, Aunt May discovering his identity and Dr. Octopus in California.

The Fantastic Freewheeler Vs. the Mall of Doom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 33

The Fantastic Freewheeler Vs. the Mall of Doom

  • Type: Book
  • -
  • Published: 2023
  • -
  • Publisher: Capstone

A developer wants to bulldoze the only park in town and build a mall, but twelve-year-old Drew Daniels is not just a kid with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair, he is the Fantastic Freewheeler with the power to absorb information by touch--and he and his friends are determined to save their park.

Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans

What do the comic book figures Static, Hardware, and Icon all have in common? Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans gives an answer that goes far beyond “tights and capes,” an answer that lies within the mission Milestone Media, Inc., assumed in comic book culture. Milestone was the brainchild of four young black creators who wanted to part from the mainstream and do their stories their own way. This history of Milestone, a “creator-owned” publishing company, tells how success came to these mavericks in the 1990s and how comics culture was expanded and enriched as fans were captivated by this new genre. Milestone focused on the African American heroes in a town called D...