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Age of Ultron
Humanity's time is over. Submit or perish, because the Age of Ultron has arrived. The artificial intelligence known as Ultron has fought for years to eradicate mankind--and now, it's all but succeeded. The few remaining heroes are battered, broken, almost beaten and left considering desperate measures--some more desperate than others. But when Wolverine breaks ranks and pursues his own plan to defeat Ultron, will his drastic action cause more problems than it solves?
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How to read Donald Duck : imperialist ideology in the Disney comic
First published in 1971, How to Read Donald Duck shocked readers by revealing how capitalist ideology operates in our most beloved cartoons. Having survived bonfires, impounding and being dumped into the ocean by the Chilean army, this controversial book is once again back on our shelves.Written and published during the blossoming of Salvador Allende's revolutionary socialism, the book examines how Disney comics not only reflect capitalist ideology, but are active agents working in this ideology's favour. Focusing on the hapless mice and ducks of Disney, curiously parentless, marginalised and always short of cash, Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart expose how these characters established hegemonic ideas about capital, race, gender and the relationship between developed countries and the Third World.A devastating indictment of a media giant, a document of twentieth-century political upheaval, and a reminder of the dark undercurrent of pop culture, How to Read Donald Duck is once again available, together with a new introduction by Ariel Dorfman.
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Super Bodies
An examination of the art in superhero comics and how
style influences comic narratives. For many, the idea of
comic book art implies simplistic four-color renderings of stiff
characters slugging it out. In fact, modern superhero comic books
showcase a range of complex artistic styles, with diverse
connotations. Leading comics scholar Jeffrey A. Brown assesses six
distinct approaches to superhero illustration-idealism, realism,
cute, retro, grotesque, and noir-examining how each visually
represents the superhero as a symbolic construct freighted with
meaning.
Whereas comic book studies tend to focus on text and narrative,
Super Bodies gives overdue credit to the artwork, which is
not only a principal source of the appeal of comic books but also
central to the values these works embody. Brown argues that
superheroes are to be taken not as representations of people but as
iconic types, and the art conveys this. Even the most realistic
comic illustrations are designed to suggest not persons but
ideas-ideas about bodies and societies. Thus the appearance of
superheroes both directly and indirectly influences the story being
told as well as the opinions readers form concerning justice,
authority, gender, puberty, sexuality, ethnicity, violence, and
other concepts central to political and cultural life.
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Super black : American pop culture and black superheroes
Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture, which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which futuristic expressions and fantastic visions of black racial identity and symbolic political meaning are presented. Adilifu Nama sees the value-and finds new avenues for exploring racial identity-in black superheroes who are often dismissed as sidekicks, imitators of established white heroes, or are accused of having no role outside of blaxploitation film contexts.Nama examines seminal black comic book superheroes such as Black Panther, Black Lightning, Storm, Luke Cage, Blade, the Falcon, Nubia, and others, some of whom also appear on the small and large screens, as well as how the imaginary black superhero has come to life in the image of President Barack Obama. Super Black explores how black superheroes are a powerful source of racial meaning, narrative, and imagination in American society that express a myriad of racial assumptions, political perspectives, and fantastic (re)imaginings of black identity. The book also demonstrates how these figures overtly represent or implicitly signify social discourse and accepted wisdom concerning notions of racial reciprocity, equality, forgiveness, and ultimately, racial justice.
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The Inhumans. Beware the Inhumans
\"From Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas and Neal Adams--the titans of the Marvel Age of Comics--come the Inhumans! For the first time, the stories that defined these regal outcasts are brought together in one collection. From rare exploits and appearances in Fantastic Four to their first solo series in Amazing Adventures, the adventures of Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Crystal and loveable Lockjaw are here. Their quest for peace will be threatened not just be a world that fears them, but by Black Bolt's own brother, Maximus the Mad, and his evil cohorts. The Inhumans is a family epic full of intrigue, as only comics' greatest creative talents could craft it--in the mighty Marvel manner!\"--Back cover.
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Hero Me Not
First introduced in the pages of X-Men , Storm is
probably the most recognized Black female superhero. She is also
one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, with
abilities that allow her to control the weather itself. Yet that
power is almost always deployed in the service of White characters,
and Storm is rarely treated as an authority figure. Hero Me
Not offers an in-depth look at this fascinating yet often
frustrating character through all her manifestations in comics,
animation, and films. Chesya Burke examines the coding of Storm as
racially \"exotic,\" an African woman who nonetheless has bright
white hair and blue eyes and was portrayed onscreen by biracial
actresses Halle Berry and Alexandra Shipp. She shows how Storm,
created by White writers and artists, was an amalgam of various
Black stereotypes, from the Mammy and the Jezebel to the Magical
Negro, resulting in a new stereotype she terms the Negro Spiritual
Woman. With chapters focusing on the history, transmedia
representation, and racial politics of Storm, Burke offers a very
personal account of what it means to be a Black female comics fan
searching popular culture for positive images of powerful women who
look like you.
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Uncanny Avengers. Unity. Vol. 5, Stars and garters
\"Wanda Maximoff has returned to the Avengers at last! But not everyone on the team is happy about it. Will the team be split down the middle by the arrival of the Scarlet Witch? And as the Unity Squad faces this challenge to group harmony head-on, an old enemy makes their explosive return at the worst possible time! The lives of our heroes will be turned upside down by friend and foe alike\"--Amazon.
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Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turnedDaredevilfrom a tepid-selling comic into an industry-wide success story, doubling its sales within three years. Lawyer by day and costumed vigilante by night, the character of Daredevil was the perfect vehicle for the explorations of heroic ideals and violence that would come to define Miller's work.
Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroismis both a rigorous study of Miller's artistic influences and innovations and a reflection on how his visionary work onDaredevilimpacted generations of comics publishers, creators, and fans. Paul Young explores the accomplishments of Miller the writer, who fused hardboiled crime stories with superhero comics, while reimagining Kingpin (a classic Spider-Man nemesis), recuperating the half-baked villain Bullseye, and inventing a completely new kind ofDaredevilvillain in Elektra. Yet, he also offers a vivid appreciation of the indelible panels drawn by Miller the artist, taking a fresh look at his distinctive page layouts and lines.
A childhood fan of Miller'sDaredevil, Young takes readers on a personal journey as he seeks to reconcile his love for the comic with his distaste for the fascistic overtones of Miller's controversial later work. What he finds will resonate not only with Daredevil fans, but with anyone who has contemplated what it means to be a hero in a heartless world.
Other titles in the Comics Culture series includeTwelve-Cent Archie,Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics,1941-1948, andConsidering Watchmen:
Poetics, Property, Politics.
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