DIGIRENT - Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society, 1938 to the Present
Jeffrey K. Johnson
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Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson epub Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson pdf download Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson pdf file Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson audiobook Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson book review Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes Jeffrey K. Johnson summary | #259561 in Books | McFarland | 2012-04-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.90 x.70 x6.90l,.92 | File type: PDF | 230 pages | ||9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Must-have for comics historians and knowledgeable comics readers|By DK|This outstanding history of American comic books not only uses American history to understand comics, it uses comics to understand American history. The well-written survey carefully and humorously takes the reader through the 20th and into the 21st Centuries, exploring each comic book's heroes, plots, and|About the Author|Jeffrey K. Johnson, a World War II historian for the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Honolulu, Hawaii, is the author of several books and articles.
In the less than eight decades since Superman's debut in 1938, comic book superheroes have become an indispensable part of American society and the nation's dominant mythology. They represent America's hopes, dreams, fears, and needs. As a form of popular literature, superhero narratives have closely mirrored trends and events in the nation. This study views American history from 1938 to 2010 through the lens of superhero comics, revealing the spandex-clad guardians to b...
You easily download any file type for your device.Super-history: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society, 1938 to the Present | Jeffrey K. Johnson. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
