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Supergods : what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human
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Supergods : what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human / Grant Morrison.
ISBN
9781400069125 (alk. paper)
1400069122 (alk. paper)
9780679603467 (ebook)
0679603468 (ebook)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
Physical Description
xvii, 444 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe as a comic book writer to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.
Variant and related titles
Super gods
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The sun god and The dark knight
Lightning's childl
The superwarrior and the Amazon princess
The explosion and the extinction
Superman on the couch
Chemicals and lightening
The fab four and the birth of the marvelous
Superpop
Infinite earths
Shamans of Madison Avenue
Brightest day, blackest night
Feared and misunderstood
Fearful symmetry
Zenith
The hateful dead
Image versus substance
King Mob : my life as a superhero
Man of muscle mystery
What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?
Respecting authority
Hollywood sniffs blood
Nu marvel 9/11
The day evil won
Iron men and incredibles
Over the event horizon
Star, legend, superhero, supergod?
Outro: 'nuff said.
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