{"product_id":"the-world-of-dc-comics-andrew-j-friedenthal-9781032092706","title":"The World of DC Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first sustained study of the DC Comics Multiverse, this book explores its history, meanings, and lasting influence. The multiverse is a unique exercise in world-building: a series of parallel and interactive worlds with a cohesive cosmology, developed by various creators over more than 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn examining DC's unique worlds and characters, the book illustrates the expansive potential of a multiverse, full of characters, histories, geographies, religions, ethnographies, and more, and allowing for expressions of legacy, multiplicity, and play that have defined much of DC Comics' output. It shows how a multiverse can be a vital, energizing part of any imaginary world, and argues that students and creators of such worlds would do well to explore the implications and complexities of this world-building technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew J. Friedenthal has crafted a groundbreaking, engaging, and thoughtful examination of the multiverse, of interest to scholars and enthusiasts of not just comics studies, but also the fields of media studies and imaginary world studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Friedenthal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103209270X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032092706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Andrew Friedenthal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944738291967,"sku":"9781032092706","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d3d4af5f-affa-4f50-b888-997d81eb97ba.jpg?v=1681504901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-of-dc-comics-andrew-j-friedenthal-9781032092706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}