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Batman’s Origin
Black Superheroes
Black Villains
Bowling Green State University
Captain America
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Comic Book Writers
Comic fiction
Comics and sexuality
DC Comic
DC Universe
Doom Patrol
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feminist media criticism
Gender performance
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Grand Dragon
Graphic Fiction
graphic narrative studies
Graphic Novels
Infinite Earths
intersectionality in superhero narratives
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Main Characters
Mainstream Superhero Comic
queer theory superheroes
race and comics analysis
Scott Pilgrim
Secret Identity
Superhero audiences
Superhero Comic Book
Superhero Comics
Superhero Narratives
Superheroes and queer culture
Superheroes and race
Uncanny X-Men
Warren 2007a
Williams III
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415722001
  • Weight: 657g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Nov 2014
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways the characters inspire audiences. This collection analyses stories from popular comics franchises such as Batman, Captain America, Ms Marvel and X-Men, alongside less well known comics such as Kabuki and Flex Mentallo. It explores what superhero narratives can reveal about our attitudes towards femininity, race, maternity, masculinity and queer culture. Using this approach, the volume asks questions such as why there are no black supervillains in mainstream comics, how second wave feminism and feminist film theory may help us to understand female comic book characters, the ways in which Flex Mentallo transcends the boundaries of straightness and gayness and how both fans and industry appropriate the sexual identity of superheroes.

The book was originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.
About
Mel Gibson is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Northumbria, UK. Her research is in Comics and Graphic Novels, Picturebooks and Children’s Literature. She runs training and promotional events about comics, manga, visual literacies and graphic novels for libraries, schools. Her website is http://www.dr-mel-comics.co.uk/. David Huxley is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is editor of the Routledge publication 'The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics' (2010 - present) and has drawn and written a wide range of adult and children's comics. His academic research is in censorship and the media. Joan Ormrod is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research uses empirical and discursive methods to examine women in comics and subcultures. She is editor of The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (2010- present) and organises The International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics with David Huxley.