Super/heroes

Super/heroes
Author: Wendy Haslem
Publisher: New Academia Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0977790843

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This collection explores contemporary superhero narratives, including comic books and films, in a wider mythic context. Since the 1930s superheroes have come to dominate a variety of media formats. Why are audiences so fascinated with heroes, and what makes the idea of heroes so necessary in society?