An edition of Supergods (2011)

Supergods

what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human

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An edition of Supergods (2011)

Supergods

what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human

1st ed.
  • 3.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 9 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe as a comic book writer to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.

Publish Date
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Language
English
Pages
444

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Supergods: Héroes, mitos e historias del cómic
2012, Turner
in Spanish
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Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero
2012, Penguin Random House
in English
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Supergods
Jul 01, 2011, Jonathan Cape
hardcover
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Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero
2011, Penguin Random House
in English
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Table of Contents

The sun god and The dark knight
Lightning's childl
The superwarrior and the Amazon princess
The explosion and the extinction
Superman on the couch
Chemicals and lightening
The fab four and the birth of the marvelous
Superpop
Infinite earths
Shamans of Madison Avenue
Brightest day, blackest night
Feared and misunderstood
Fearful symmetry
Zenith
The hateful dead
Image versus substance
King Mob : my life as a superhero
Man of muscle mystery
What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?
Respecting authority
Hollywood sniffs blood
Nu marvel 9/11
The day evil won
Iron men and incredibles
Over the event horizon
Star, legend, superhero, supergod?
Outro: 'nuff said.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Super gods

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/352
Library of Congress
PN6725 .M67 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 444 p. :
Number of pages
444

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25059699M
Internet Archive
supergodswhatmas0000morr
ISBN 10
1400069122, 0679603468
ISBN 13
9781400069125, 9780679603467
LCCN
2010053712
OCLC/WorldCat
676726667

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