DC Comics Universe

DC Comics Universe

Critical Essays

Brode, Douglas

McFarland & Co Inc

08/2022

260

Mole

Inglês

9781476687377

15 a 20 dias

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Table of Contents


Introduction: Superman, DC Comics, and the Lure of the Fantastic

Douglas Brode

Super Immigrants in the DC Universe: Superman and Wonder Woman in the United States

Emily Lauer

Deconstructing Batman, Encumbered and Unencumbered

Cyrus R.K. Patell

Queer(ing) Robin: Performances of Sexuality in Dick Grayson and His Aliases

Micah McCrary

Constructed Super Families: Superheroes, --Super-Kids, and --Super-Pets

Ora C. McWilliams

From Sherlock Holmes to Contemporary Superheroes: The Art of Detection and Investigation in the DC Universe

Michelle D. Miranda

Of Selina Kyle and Harley Quinn: Branding and Controlling Women in Batman Video Games

Carl Wilson

Shipping Supergirl: Discovering and Defending Lesbian Identity Through a DC Fandom

Katherine Pradt

Batgirl of Burnside: The Normalization of Diversity in the DC Universe

Hafsa Alkhudairi

From Boy to Man: The Power of Shazam and Idealized Self-Image

William Battle

The Cultural Context of Green Lantern: Superhero Commodity Rebirth, Renewal, and Rhetorical Extensions

Garret L. Castleberry

Teleporting Off the Page: The Wacky Life and Truncated Career of Ambush

Joseph S. Walker

Ratoon, Remontant, Revenant, or Recorporation: Death, Melancholy, and Mourning in DC's The Saga

of the Swamp Thing

Jeffrey Mccambridge

Aquaman Rex: The Arthurian Associations of a DC Superhero

Carl B. Sell

Bound to the Shackles of History: Reading Archival Practices in DC Comics' Flashpoint

Priel Cohanim

DC's King of the Wild Frontier: Tomahawk and the Tradition of the Eastern-Western

Douglas Brode

DC Comics' Renaissance: An Examination of the Audience for The New Teen Titans

Joshua Ryan Roeder

"A vision of the world where all wisdom is annihilated"; Time, Narrative, and the Optics of Power in Watchmen

Jeffrey Mccambridge

Wonder Woman Revisited: Increasing the Drama with Classical Reception in New 52's Justice League

Scott Manning

Evil Ink: Tattoos as a Sign of Villainy in Comics

Michelle D. Miranda

Caped Crusaders and Cartoon Crossovers: A Nostalgic Look "Beyond" DC Superheroes

Christina M. Knopf

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