{"product_id":"superhero-comics-christopher-gavaler-9781474226356","title":"Superhero Comics","description":"A 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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 Christopher Gavaler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474226353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474226356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\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 Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Christopher Gavaler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425275625727,"sku":"9781474226356","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd96b850-d724-4d5c-806b-a8b94cc95566.jpg?v=1761538144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/superhero-comics-christopher-gavaler-9781474226356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}