Research Catalog

Title

The British superhero / Chris Murray.

Author

Murray, Christopher, 1975-

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017.

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Details

Description

xiv, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, but Murray demonstrates that there were a great many superheroes in Britain, and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. British superhero stories sometimes emulated the style of American comics, but also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural imperialism, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend of several influences, and that in British comics these influences are quite different from those in America, resulting in some different approaches to the figure of the superhero. He looks at the origins of the superhero and supervillain in nineteenth-century popular culture and in science fiction writing. From the penny dreadfuls of the 1830s to the emergence of British superheroes in the 1930s, the British Invasion of the 1980s, and the pivotal roles in American superhero comics and film production held by British artists today, this book will challenge views about the British superheroes, and the comics' creators who fashioned them"--

Subject

• Comic books, strips, etc. > Great Britain > History and criticism
• Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects > History. > Great Britain
• Superheroes in literature
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture
• LITERARY CRITICISM > Comics & Graphic Novels
• HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects
• Comic
• Superheld
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Penny Dreadfuls, Story Papers, and Protosuperheroes (1825-1935) -- Chapter 2: False Starts and Minor Triumphs (1936-1949) -- Chapter 3: From Marvelmen to Pop Art (1950-1961) -- Chapter 4: Mergers and Marvels (1962-1980) -- Chapter 5: Revisionism and the British Invasion (1981-1993) -- Chapter 6: Contemporary British Superheroes (1994-present) -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 19-112

ISBN

• 9781496807373
• 1496807375

LCCN

• 2016030090
• 40027000951

OCLC

948826428

Author

Murray, Christopher, 1975- author.

Title

The British superhero / Chris Murray.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Murray, Christopher, 1975- British superhero. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017 9781496807380 (DLC) 2016042247

Other Standard Identifier

40027000951

Research Call Number

JFE 19-112