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The amazing transforming superhero! : essays on the revision of characters in comic books, film and television / edited by Terrence R. Wandtke.
- Title
- The amazing transforming superhero! : essays on the revision of characters in comic books, film and television / edited by Terrence R. Wandtke.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Wandtke, Terrence R.
- Description
- x, 244 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This collection analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or re-written in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture. Also included are several illustrations and promotional photographs, along with separate footnotes and bibliographies for each essay"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Retconning America / Jason Dittmer -- Super-girls and mild mannered men / Gerard F. Beritela -- From Jimmy Durante to Michael Chiklis / Jeff McClelland -- Frank Miller strikes again and Batman becomes a postmodern anti-hero / Terrence R. Wandtke -- The "transcreation" of a mediated myth / Dan O'Rourke and Pravin A. Rodrigues -- Warren Ellis is the future of superhero comics / Brendan Riley -- Wonder Woman as World War II veteran, camp feminist icon, and male sex fantasy / Marc Edward DiPaolo -- Smallville as a rhetorical means of moral value education / Robert M. McManus and Grace R. Waitman -- "Le western noir" / Lorrie Palmer -- The Nietzschean influence on The incredibles and the sidekick revolt / Audrey Anton -- Afterword: Conclusion to the never-ending story(s) / Terrence R. Wendtke.
- ISBN
- 9780786431892 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 078643189X (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007015953
- OCLC
- 123539364
- SCSB-11015348
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library