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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
  • Geschichte 1940-2004
  • Geschichte 1940-2004
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism
  • Heroes in literature
  • Heroes in motion pictures
  • Heroes on television
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