Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture)
by Richard Reynolds
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Author: Richard ReynoldsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-04-01
ISBN: 0878056947
Number of pages: 136
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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Book Review: Highly Insightful and Well-Written
Summary: 4 Stars
In Superheroes: A Modern Mythology, Richard Reynolds does an excellent job of dissecting some of the origins of the superhero genre. Beginning in the 1930s and 1940s, he lays bare some of the prevailing ideas and iconography and puts superheroes in context. Reynolds also does an able job of analyzing The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's Watchmen, as well as certain superhero origin stories. This book's only disappointment comes from the fact that his analyzes of superheroes' mythic origins don't go far enough - those looking for explicit comparisons to assorted mythic pantheons or full-throated examinations of how superheroes fall into legendary templates (except those of the Joseph Campbell variety) will be disappointed. However, an excellent and important read for anyone interested in comic books.
Summary of Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture)
The super hero has been the staple of the modern comic book since the late 1930s. The phenomenally successful movies ?Superman? and ?Batman? have made these two comic book super heroes as familiar worldwide as any characters ever created. Yet to relatively few aficionados are they known at first hand from their appearances in comic books.Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology explores the origins of the super hero by documenting how heroes emerged from the comic book genre and are defined both by its history and by audience expectations.
To show some of the most influential and paradigmatic figures, this study focuses on the texts of three comic books in the genre?The X-Men, The Dark Knight Returns, and Watchman. It examines ways in which the comics mythologize both the role of the hero and the nature of consensus, authority, and moral choice.
Blending academic scholarship with specialized knowledge of the comic book medium, Super Heroes: A Modern Mythol
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