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The spectacular sisterhood of superwomen

awesome female characters from comic book history

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Think comic books can't feature strong female protagonists? Think again! In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you'll meet the most fascinating exemplars of the powerful, compelling, entertaining, and heroic female characters who've populated comic books from the very beginning. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women's roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they've always been there.-- Publisher description

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Publisher
Quirk Books
Language
English
Pages
240

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Table of Contents

The 1930s: birth of an industry
The 1940s: the golden age
The 1950s: comics code crackdown
The 1960s: superheroes return
The 1970s: underground comix rise
The 1980s: black-and-white boom (and bust)
The 1990s: "comics aren't just for kids"
The 2000s: webcomics and comic-cons
The 2010s: digital and diverse.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.59, 741.53522
Library of Congress
PN6714 .N53 2017, PN6710

The Physical Object

Pagination
240 pages
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26925114M
Internet Archive
spectacularsiste0000nich
ISBN 10
1594749485
ISBN 13
9781594749483
LCCN
2016946306
OCLC/WorldCat
956624205

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