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Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero
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Description
In 1938 Action Comics #1 introduced the world to Superman. In a matter of years, the skies of our imaginations were filled with mutants, aliens and vigilantes. Batman, Wonder Woman and the X-Men – in less than a century they’ve gone from not existing at all to being everywhere we look. But why? For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes whose ongoing story arcs reflect and predict the lives we live. In this exhilarating book, Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journey to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.415 kg |
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| Dimensions | 3.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 480 |
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| Year Published | 2012-7-26 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099546671 |
| About The Author | Grant Morrison was born in Glasgow in 1960. As a comics writer, he is renowned for his bold reinventions of existing superheroes and his own authored titles. He has had successful runs on Batman, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four and All Star Superman His Batman: Arkham Asylum is the best-selling original graphic novel ever published. A documentary on his life and work, Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, was released in November 2010. |
Supergods is a rather astonishing piece of work that leaves you feeling pretty much as those first readers of Superman in 1938 must have felt: slightly more aware of our place in the universe and cautiously optimistic about the future |
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| Other text | Magnificently idiosyncratic new history of the genre… Supergods is packed with intriguing nuggets of insight, and it will be fascinating to see how the trends it discerns play out… What was it they said about the geeks inheriting the earth? |
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