Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture [Kindle Edition] Author: Laurence Maslon Michael Kantor | Language: English | ISBN:
B00C8S9XLO | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers: down from the heavens—Superman and the Mighty Thor—or swinging over rooftops—the Batman and Spider-Man; star-spangled, like Captain America and Wonder Woman, or clad in darkness, like the Shadow and Spawn; facing down super-villains on their own, like the Flash and the Punisher or gathered together in a team of champions, like the Avengers and the X-Men!
Based on the three-part PBS documentary series Superheroes, this companion volume chronicles the never-ending battle of the comic book industry, its greatest creators, and its greatest creations. Covering the effect of superheroes on American culture—in print, on film and television, and in digital media—and the effect of American culture on its superheroes, Superheroes: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture appeals to readers of all ages, from the casual observer of the phenomenon to the most exacting fan of the genre.
Drawing from more than 50 new interviews conducted expressly for Superheroes!—creators from Stan Lee to Grant Morrison, commentators from Michael Chabon to Jules Feiffer, actors from Adam West to Lynda Carter, and filmmakers such as Zach Snyder—this is an up-to-the-minute narrative history of the superhero, from the comic strip adventurers of the Great Depression, up to the blockbuster CGI movie superstars of the 21st Century. Featuring more than 500 full-color comic book panels, covers, sketches, photographs of both essential and rare artwork, Superheroes is the definitive story of this powerful presence in pop culture.
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- File Size: 82997 KB
- Print Length: 304 pages
- Publisher: Crown Archetype (October 1, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00C8S9XLO
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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This is a beautiful book (although I could have done without the exclamation mark). Produced to accompany the superb three-part PBS documentary, it divides itself up into sensible and informative bite-size chunks and covers the development of (exclusively) super-hero comics from WWII to 9/11. The text is fine, and while making occasional value judgements is mostly impartial and non-controversial, even when dealing with comics' laughably incompetent attempts to deal sensibly with death, romance, politics, female characters, or gay characters, the latter three either excruciatingly, patronisingly "right on" or embarrassingly ignorant or reactionary. As post-Silver Age comic book creators (and some of their readers) clearly don't get out much, they are at their brilliant best when dealing with the more imaginative and fantastic aspects of the super-hero world, which is where they excel. However, someone should clue them in that not all relationships have to end in death and fist-shaking, tear-stained agony ("Nnnoooooo!!!!"); sometimes, people just move on.
The first of the book's three segments deals with the charming innocence of the early years, a mix of happy, smiling faces, strutting bonhomie, and snarling wartime propaganda. Wertham and the book burnings are there, but so is the charm and naiveté, culminating in the George Reeves Superman series. The second covers the rise of Marvel and the arrival of pop art, the Batman TV series, and the beginning of introspective, self-questioning super-heroes, from the thoughtful soliloquies of the Spider-Man series and Lee and Colan's Captain America to the squirmy self-flagellating white liberal hand-wringing of Green Lantern/Green Arrow.
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