Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times Reba 9780786489640, 0786489642, 9781283455787, 1283455781
"Ever since Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1 in 1938, the superhero has changed with the ti
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English Pages vi, 239 pages Year 2012
Table of contents :
"Superman Says You Can Slap a Jap!" --
Supervillains and Cold War Tensions in the 1950s --
Kryptonite, Radiation, and the Birth of the Atomic Age --
Truth, Justice, and the American Way in Franco's Spain --
The Inflexible Girls of Steel --
Black Like Lois --
Red, White and Bruised --
The Struggle Within --
"It's Morning Again in America" --
The New "Man of Steel" Is a Quiche-Eating Wimp! --
More Human Than (Super) Human --
The "Triangle Era" of Superman --
Searching for Meaning in "The Death of Superman" --
Death, Bereavement, and the Superhero Funeral. Superman and the Corruption of PowerThis Isn't Your Grandfather's Comic Book Universe --
In a World Without Superman, What Is the American Way? --
Traveling Hopefully in Search of American National Identity --
About the Contributors.
