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Doc Savage is the prototype of the modern fictional superhero. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gat...

Almost immediately after his first appearance in comic books in June 1938, Superman began to be adapted to other media. The subsequent decades have...

Part biography, part history, part artistic commentary, this volume looks at several major figures in the field of animation and discusses how thei...

This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of non-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Patsy Walker...

For more than 60 years, Captain America served as an iconic figure in popular culture, and one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters. He represente...

In 1931, the Chicago Tribune introduced the public to an exciting new comic strip destined to become a classic: Dick Tracy. Tracy's creator, Cheste...

Millions of Americans know and love Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Blondie and Dagwood, Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Garfield, Cathy, Beetle Bailey and other...

In October 1931, Dick Tracy made his debut on the American newspaper pages. Through extensive research and interviews with Chester Gould (the creat...

The detective genre has explored supernatural and paranormal themes throughout its colorful history. Stories of detectives investigating spirituali...

The comics within capture in intimate, often awkward, but always relatable detail the tribulations and triumphs of life. In particular, the lives o...

Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit wi...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born late in the nineteenth century, but it was not until after his death in 1937 that he became a worldwide icon of ...

Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles,...

Comics and the punk movement are powerfully and inextricably linked. Each has a do-it-yourself ethos and a rebellious spirit to defy authority that...

Superman is the original superhero, an American icon, and arguably the most famous character in the world--and he's Jewish! Introduced in June 1938...

This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego's Comic-Con international, the largest annual celebration of...

North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of...

Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward. Comparing these comics with ev...

Imagine a classroom where students put away their smart phones, and enthusiastically participate in group and individual learning activities that u...

From 1985 to 1995, Mark Gruenwald was the head writer for Captain America. During this decade, Gruenwald wrote some of the most essential stories i...

This work provides an extensive guide for students, fans, and collectors of ""Marvel Comics"". Focusing on Marvel's mainstream comics, the author p...

First appearing in Marvel Comics in the 1960s, Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, was introduced to movie audiences in Iron Man 2 (2010). Her ch...

Peter David, award-winning writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games, has boatloads of stories to tell about his 30-year car...

This work takes an in-depth look at the world of comic books through the eyes of a Native American reader and offers frank commentary on the medium...

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz insisted good ol' Charlie Brown and his friends were neither "great art" nor "significant." Yet Schulz's acclaime...

One of the first edited collections devoted exclusively to digital comics, Perspectives on Digital Comics demonstrates the varied ways one can read...

From comic strip hero to motion picture star, this is the history of E.C. Segar's character. This lavishly illustrated and revised edition is a tho...

Breaking box office records around the globe, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has achieved an unparalleled level of success and gripped the ima...

When Superman debuted 1938, he ushered in a string of imitators-Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Captain America. But what about the many less...

Black Panther was the first black superhero in mainstream comic books, and his most iconic adventures are analyzed here. This collection explores B...

While many American superheroes have multiple powers and complex gadgets, the Flash is simply fast. This simplicity makes his character easily comp...

The Incredible Hulk is one of the earliest Marvel Comics superheroes. Through the decades, the character and his narrative elements-the causes of B...

The first superhero team from the Silver Age of comics, DC's Justice League has seen many iterations since its first appearance in 1960. As the ori...

Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous run of published comic book adv...

This collection analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in real-world...

With the incredibly long history of Batman and associated comics, it is unusual for something new to come along and grab a new generation's attenti...

For decades, Marvel Comics' superhero group the Avengers have captured the imagination of millions, whether in comics, multi-billion dollar grossin...

How can comics storytelling stay exciting and innovative? How can genres be kept alive? And what makes a successful comics creator? These are the q...

For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement. Cartoons by hu...

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