Superhero Comics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474226356)

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

Author: Christopher Gavaler
ISBN-10: 1474226353
ISBN-13: 9781474226356
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2017
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d