false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183312136m/1400535.jpg 1400535 3 The super hero has been the staple of the modern comic book since the late 1930s. The phenomenally successful movies "Superman" and "Batman" have made these two comic book super heroes as familiar worldwide as any characters ever created. Yet to relatively few aficionados are they known at first hand from their appearances in comic books. <P><i>Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology</i> explores the origins of the super hero by documenting how heroes emerged from the comic book genre and are defined both by its history and by audience expectations. <P>To show some of the most influential and paradigmatic figures, this study focuses on the texts of three comic books in the genre--<i>The X-Men</i>, <i>The Dark Knight Returns</i>, and <i>Watchmen</i>. It examines ways in which the comics mythologize both the role of the hero and the nature of consensus, authority, and moral choice. <P>Blending academic scholarship with specialized knowledge of the comic book medium, <i>Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology</i> will have appeal for several audiences. Since most of the academic scholarship published on comic books has focused on history rather than on cultural analysis, this book will be of great value to scholars of popular culture. 1390726 book 1992 Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture) total:9|5:2|4:1|3:5|2:1| 9 31 20 1 3 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 17:17:13 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 17:20:04 -0800 2008 Watchmen...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 19:01:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 19:01:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 09:57:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:57:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 19:43:17 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 19:43:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 08:51:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:51:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 22:03:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 22:03:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 21 14:22:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 10:46:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 14:22:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 30 12:41:58 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 12:41:58 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Nov 12 13:04:05 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 13:04:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 23 21:37:51 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 21:37:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jul 06 13:25:21 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 13:25:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed May 28 19:11:34 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 19:11:34 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 28 19:00:32 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 14:01:36 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 14:01:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Feb 22 04:23:21 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 04:23:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 08 13:11:23 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 13:11:23 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 05 23:27:33 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 23:27:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 06 22:36:13 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 22:36:13 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jul 11 21:50:53 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 21:50:53 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 10:49:01 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 01 10:49:01 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jun 26 11:25:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 11:25:25 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1400535