The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero

Abstract

I That's the Problem with You Readers, You Know All the Plots: Genre and Narration 1. Introduction: Men in Tights - Angela Ndalianis 2. 'Just Men in Tights': Rewriting Silver Age Comics in an Era of Multiplicity - Henry Jenkins 3. The Time of Heroes: Narrative, Progress and Eternity in Miracleman - Paul Atkinson 4. 'Worlds Within Worlds': The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC Universes - Jason Bainbridge 5. Baroque Mutants in the 21st Century? Re-thinking Genre through the Superhero - Saige Walton II We act normal, mom! I want to be normal!: Superbodies, Identity and Meaning Production 6. Secret Identity Politics - Scott Bukatman 7. The Superhero as Labor: The Secret Corporate Identity - Greg M. Smith 8. The Mild-Mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed Superman - Vanessa Russell 9. Recruiting an Amazon: The Collision of Old World Ideology and New World Identity - Clare Pitkethly 10. 'Oy Gevalt!': A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines - Jennifer Dowling III I'm Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings: Revisions, Auteurs and Anti-Superheroes 11. Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black Orchid - Sallye Sheppeard 12. It's a Jungle in Here: Animal Man, Continuity Issues and the Authorial Death Drive - Steven Zani 13. Morrison's Muscle Mystery versus Everyday Reality... and Other Parallel Worlds! - Martyn Pedler 14. Painted Bodies of Page and Screen: Alex Ross and the Renaissance of Cinematic Superheroes - Bob Rehak 15. Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime Realities - Angela Ndalianis

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