{"product_id":"superhero-comics-chris-gavaler-9781474226349","title":"Superhero Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Comics \u003c\/i\u003ehelps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions\u003cbr\u003e-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\u003cbr\u003e-Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther\u003cbr\u003e-Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Gavaler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474226345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474226349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Chris Gavaler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302478409983,"sku":"9781474226349","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18e2095e-18a6-4eae-834d-d4a94d2898f3.jpg?v=1695161842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/superhero-comics-chris-gavaler-9781474226349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}