{"product_id":"superhero-comics-bloomsbury-comics-studies-1474226353","title":"Superhero Comics (Bloomsbury Comics Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1474226353\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gavaler, Chris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres.In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals:The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutionsCultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representationKey texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black PantherApproaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67977739174176,"sku":"NEW1474226353","price":103.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81Ivfqj8kQL.jpg?v=1792980660","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-gb\/products\/superhero-comics-bloomsbury-comics-studies-1474226353","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}