The Amazing Transforming Superhero!

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Essays on the revision of characters in comic books, film and television. Discussion of the ways comic book and film heroes are rewritten in response to changing real-world politic s, cultural shifts, and social trends. Topics include Captain America in the wake of WWII, Batman as anti-hero, Spiderman in India, Wonder Woman as feminist icon and male fantasy, Smallville as moral value education, Nietzschean influence in The Incredibles, etc. Index. Show more