Superheroes!

Brian Solomon

doi:10.5771/9781493064526

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4930-6451-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4930-6452-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 322
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Up, Up, and Away: An Introduction No access
1. LARGER THAN LIFE: The Mythological Role of the Superhero in Society No access Pages 1 - 10
ICONS #1: The Man of Steel No access Pages 11 - 16
2. ORIGIN STORY: The Ancient History of Superheroes No access Pages 17 - 30
ICONS #2: The Dark Knight No access Pages 31 - 36
3. ON THE PRINTED PAGE: The Earliest Superheroes in Popular Culture No access Pages 37 - 47
ICONS #3: The Scarlet Speedster No access Pages 48 - 52
4. GOLDEN AGE: The Comic Book Explosion No access Pages 53 - 65
ICONS #4: The World’s Mightiest Mortal No access Pages 66 - 70
5. IN THE AIR AND ON THE AIR: Superheroes in Radio and Movie Serials No access Pages 71 - 83
ICONS #5: In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night No access Pages 84 - 88
6. SILVER AGE: The Marvel Renaissance and Beyond No access Pages 89 - 101
ICONS #6: The Sentinel of Liberty No access Pages 102 - 106
7. A MODERN CRISIS: The Superhero Deconstructed No access Pages 107 - 120
ICONS #7: The Amazon Princess No access Pages 121 - 126
8. YOU WILL BELIEVE A MAN CAN FLY: DC at the Movies No access Pages 127 - 144
ICONS #8: Clobberin’ Time! No access Pages 145 - H
9. MAKE MINE MOVIES: Marvel’s Bumpy Road to the Big Screen No access Pages 151 - 160
ICONS #9: The Green Goliath No access Pages 161 - 166
10. THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE: How the House of Mouse and the House of Ideas Took Over the World No access Pages 167 - 180
ICONS #10: The Wall-Crawler No access Pages 181 - 186
11. THE INCREDIBLE, UNBREAKABLE MYSTERY MEN: “Other” Superhero Movies That Kick-Ass No access Pages 187 - 197
ICONS #11: The God of Thunder No access Pages 198 - 202
12. TELEVISION TITANS: Superheroes on the Small Screen No access Pages 203 - 217
ICONS #12: The Genius, Billionaire, Playboy Philanthropist No access Pages 218 - 222
13. SUPERVILLAINS! Say Hello to the Bad Guys No access Pages 223 - 237
ICONS #13: The Merry Mutants No access Pages 238 - 242
14. CREDIT TO THE CREATORS: The Folks Who Wrote and Drew the Heroes You Love No access Pages 243 - 259
ICONS #14: Wakanda Forever No access Pages 260 - 264
15. THE WEIRD AND THE WONDERFUL: From Condorman to Powdered-Toast Man, and Everything in Between No access Pages 265 - 275
ICONS #15: Heroes on a Half Shell No access Pages 276 - 280
16. A GLOBAL PHENOMENON: Superheroes from Around the World No access Pages 281 - 290
ICONS #16: The Hellspawn No access Pages 291 - 296
17. EXCELSIOR! The Superhero’s Place in a Changing World No access Pages 297 - 302
Index No access Pages 303 - 322