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The Unauthorized X-Men: SF And Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, And Adamantium
by
Len Wein
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors, and draw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratory look at the still-timely and often-revamped classic. With chapters such as "Magneto the Jew, The New Mutants and the Corruption of the Teenager, "and "The Sexuality of X-Men,...more
Paperback, 215 pages
Published
March 11th 2006
by BenBella Books, Inc.
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An interesting collection of essays on the X-Men, written by a wide variety of academics and comic creators. I particularly like the essays on the X-Women, especially Christy Marx's commentary on Jean Grey. Interestingly enough, my high school freshman English teacher writes an essay on Wolverine in here. Talk about a double-take while reading the table of contents.
This was a compilation of essays written about the X-Men universe. Well, here's the description:
"Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors, and draw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratory look at the still-timely and often-revamped classic. With chapters such as Magneto the Jew, The New Mutants and the Corruption of the Teenager, and The Sexuality of X-Men, the contributors highlight the strange ties between the char...more
"Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors, and draw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratory look at the still-timely and often-revamped classic. With chapters such as Magneto the Jew, The New Mutants and the Corruption of the Teenager, and The Sexuality of X-Men, the contributors highlight the strange ties between the char...more
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Len Wein is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.
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