Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre

Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre
by Peter Coogan

Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre
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Author: Peter Coogan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-06
ISBN: 193226518X
Number of pages: 290
Publisher: Monkeybrain

Summary of Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre

An entertaining and exhaustive history, tracing the superhero's roots in mythology, science fiction, and pulps, which follows the genre's development to its current renaissance in film, literature, and graphic novels.

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