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On the Origin of Superheroes : From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1 /
"Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman in 1938, but that Kryptonian rocket didn't just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman's creators were born, the superhero's most defining elements--secret identities, aliases, disguises, signature symbols, traumatic ori...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Gavaler, Chris, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a On the Origin of Superheroes : |b From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1 / |c Chris Gavaler. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Iowa City : |b University of Iowa Press, |c [2015] | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2016 | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Origin story -- In the beginning -- Revolution -- A parliament of monsters -- Indians & cowboys -- Evolution -- Thou shalt not kill -- The superhero guide to love & sex -- Best of both worlds -- Epilogue: Magneto's giftshop. | |
| 520 | |a "Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman in 1938, but that Kryptonian rocket didn't just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman's creators were born, the superhero's most defining elements--secret identities, aliases, disguises, signature symbols, traumatic origin stories, extraordinary powers, self-sacrificing altruism--were already well-rehearsed standards. Superheroes have a sprawling, action-packed history that predates Superman by decades and even centuries. On the Origin of Superheroes is a quirky, personal tour of the mythology, literature, philosophy, history, and grand swirl of ideas that have permeated western culture in the centuries that led up to the first appearance of superheroes as we know them today: Superman's appearance in Action Comics, no. 1 in 1938"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a Heroic virtue. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00955595 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Heroes in literature. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00955583 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Heroes. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00955558 | |
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| 650 | 6 | |a Heros |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Vertu heroïque. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Superheros dans la litterature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Heros dans la litterature. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Heroes |x History. | |
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