The contemporary comic book superhero
Finding expression in comic books, television series and successful blockbuster films, the superhero has become part of everyday life. Exploring the superhero genre, its storytelling practices, its hero-types and its relationship with fans, this anthology fills a gap in research about the comic book superhero of the last 20 years
Print Book, English, 2008
Routledge, London, 2008
Criticism, interpretation, etc
pages
9780415991766, 9780203873090, 0415991765, 0203873092
223812371
List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPart I: "That’s the Problem with You Readers, You Know All the Plots": Time, Genre and Narration1. Comic Book Superheroes: An IntroductionAngela Ndalianis2. ‘Just Men in Tights’: Rewriting Silver Age Comics in an Era of MultiplicityHenry Jenkins 3. The Time of Heroes: Narrative, Progress and Eternity in MiraclemanPaul Atkinson4. ‘Worlds Within Worlds’: The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC UniversesJason Bainbridge5. Baroque Mutants in the 21st Century? Re-thinking Genre through the SuperheroSaige Walton Part II: "We act normal, mom! I want to be normal!": Superbodies, Identities and Fans6. Secret Identity PoliticsScott Bukatman7. The Superhero as Labor: The Secret Corporate IdentityGreg M. Smith 8. When Fangirls Perform: The Gendered Fan Identity in Superhero Comics FandomKaren Healey 9. Recruiting an Amazon: The Collision of Old World Ideology and New World Identity in Wonder WomanClare Pitkethly10. ‘Oy Gevalt!’: A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines Jennifer Dowling Part III: "I’m Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings": Revisions, Retellings and Auteurs11. Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black OrchidSallye Sheppeard 12. The Mild-Mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed SupermanVanessa Russell 13. It’s a Jungle in Here: Animal Man, Continuity Issues and the Authorial Death DriveSteven Zani 14. Morrison’s Muscle Mystery versus Everyday Reality ... and Other Parallel Worlds! Martyn Pedler 15. Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime RealitiesAngela NdalianisList of ContributorsIndex