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Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture.
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.
Direct download links available for PRETITLE Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture POSTTITLETogether 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.
- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Crown Archetype (October 1, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385348584
- ISBN-13: 978-0385348584
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Just a few days ago I caught up with the three-part SUPERHEROES TV documentary originally shown on PBS. Now I've had the chance to read the "companion book" to the show. My experience with such "companion books" to TV shows has been that they tend to be heavy on visuals and glitz and light on solid info about the topic. Not so with this one, however. Whether or not you've seen the TV show, it's a pretty good history of comic-book superheroes and their media spinoffs. I found it an entertaining read and learned a few new things (being, if I say so myself, an expert on the topic) and I could certainly recommend it to someone who didn't know a lot about the background of superheroes and wanted to bone up. Even if, as usually happens with this kind of book, I sometimes put the book down and thought about how I might have written it differently if somebody hired me to write a history of superheroes:-)
No book could cover everything a lifelong superhero/comic book fan might want to see covered, but this one does a decent job, including expanding on certain topics I thought were slighted in the TV series, such as non-Marvel and DC supehreroes and the details of the legal troubles of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, before they made a pension deal with DC Comics and got their creator credit restored.
As another reviewer noted, the book has its share of minor factual errors and typos, such as stating that the original Captain Marvel comics ended in 1951, rather than late 1953 (maybe they confused the 1951 date with the end of ALL-STAR COMICS). But I didn't think the errors were too serious or egregious.
I didn't enjoy the last third of the book dealing with the "Modern Age" treatment of superheroes as much as the earlier sections.
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