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Marvel legacy
\"The past, present and future of the Marvel universe! At the dawn of humanity, they assemble. Odin. The Phoenix. The Starbrand. The Spirit of Vengeance. The Black Panther. The Iron Fist. Agamotto, Sorcerer Supreme. Together, these prehistoric Avengers fell a cosmic giant - and for one million years, it lays buried. But when the Ghost Rider and the Starbrand of today are drawn to South Africa, a battle begins - and something terrible awakens. As Earth's heroes find their place in a brave new world, one of the very best makes a triumphant return. And at the far reaches of space, a child shares her hope for tomorrow. This is the epic tale that sets the stage for the next great era of Marvel! Plus: A complete collection of Primer Pages reveal everything you need to know about the world's greatest heroes, super-team, vigilantes - and the occasional villain! And the feature-packed FOOM Magazine completes this ultimate celebration of the Legacy of Marvel Comics!\"--Back cover.
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LGBT Inclusion in American Life
A compelling explanation of the American public's
acceptance of LGBT freedoms through the lens of pop
culture How did gay people go from being characterized as
dangerous perverts to military heroes and respectable parents? How
did the interests of the LGBT movement and the state converge to
transform mainstream political and legal norms in these areas?
Using civil rights narratives, pop culture, and critical theory,
LGBT Inclusion in American Life tells the story of how
exclusion was transformed into inclusion in US politics and
society, as pop culture changed mainstream Americans thinking about
\"non-gay\" issues, namely privacy, sex and gender norms, and family.
Susan Burgess explores films such as Casablanca , various
James Bond movies, and Julie and Julia , and television
shows such as thirtysomething and The Americans ,
as well as the Broadway sensation Hamilton , as sources of
growing popular support for LGBT rights. By drawing on popular
culture as a rich source of public understanding, Burgess explains
how the greater public came to accept and even support the three
central pillars of LGBT freedoms in the post-World War II era: to
have consensual adult sex without fear of criminal penalty, to
serve openly in the military, and to marry legally. LGBT
Inclusion in American Life argues that pop culture can help us
to imagine unknown futures that lead beyond what we currently
desire from contemporary politics, and in return asks now that the
mainstream public has come to accept LGBT freedoms, where might the
popular imagination be headed in the future?
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Captain Cold and the blizzard battle
When Icicle, another supervillain with wintry powers, invades Central City and starts taking credit for all the evil-doing, Captain Cold is seriously annoyed--will he actually help the Flash defeat this competitor to regain his status as the city's main supervillain?
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Supervillains and philosophy : sometimes, evil is its own reward
The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details -- and deeper meanings -- lurking behind today's most popular comic book monsters. Whether it's their moral justification for world domination or the wavering boundaries they share with the modern anti-hero everyone's favorite villains generate as much attention as their heroic counterparts. The 20 essays in this accessible book explore the nature of supervillainy examine the boundaries of good and evil offer helpful advice to prospective supervillains and untangle diabolical puzzles of identity and consciousness. All the legends are here from Dr. Doom and the Spectre to the Joker and the Watchmen reconsidered through the lens of classic and modern philosophy.
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Batman undercover
The Cosmic Annihilator, a weapon capable of destroying entire planets, is missing, and it is up to Batman to defeat his enemies and recover it.
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Gender and Sexual Dissidence on Catalan and Spanish Television Series
Taking as a starting point an interpretation of the television medium as an Ideological State Apparatus, this book examines how gender roles and non-heteronormative sexualities are constructed in Spanish and Catalan television series. In the first part, which focuses on the construction of gender roles in Catalan soap operas, it applies the analytical paradigms founded by Anglo-Saxon feminist scholars for the content of soap operas to a corpus of material which has rarely been analysed through this perspective. In the second part, which focuses on the construction of non-heteronormative sexualities in Spanish and Catalan television series, the book challenges the rhetoric of \"normalisation\" and the \"essentialist\" paradigms which have so far dominated the examination of the construction of sexuality in television series.As such, this book addresses the role performed by television in the construction of meanings which surround gender issues and non-heteronormative sexualities. This is a timely exercise because gender studies and studies of sexual dissidence are fairly recent fields in Spanish and Catalan academia and television has been largely disregarded, especially as far as the analysis of characters and storylines is concerned. As a result, this book represents a major contribution to these fields in the Spanish and Catalan contexts.
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Demons of deep space
The evil lord Darkseid is seeking the Infinity Particle--an object that will allow him to create, destroy, or reshape entire universes--and Superman, with the help of the New Gods, must stop him before it is too late.
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The superhero symbol : media, culture, and politics
\"As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting\". In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon. It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously guarded by media conglomerates, icons co-opted by grassroots groups as a four-color rebuttal to social inequities, masks people wear to more confidently walk convention floors and city streets, and bulletproof banners that embody regional and national identities. From activism to cosplay, this collection unmasks the symbolic function of superheroes. Bringing together superhero scholars from a range of disciplines, alongside key industry figures such as Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini, The Superhero Symbol provides fresh perspectives on how characters like Captain America, Iron Man, and Wonder Woman have engaged with media, culture, and politics, to become the \"everlasting\" symbols to which a young Bruce Wayne once aspired.
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Supergirl vs. Brainiac
Brainiac the evil android and clones have tricked Superman into straying far from Earth, leaving the planet unprotected--so it is up to Supergirl to save Metropolis from the super villain's army.
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The Fox. Volume two, Fox hunt
The Fox: Fox Hunt is the clever, darkly humorous story of The Fox, a father and vigilante hero trying to keep his family alive and together. Plotted and illustrated by acclaimed, Emmy-winning artist Dean Haspiel, and scripted by Eisner Award-winning comics legend Mark Waid, The Fox is similar in tone to Waid's Daredevil. Paul Patton, Jr. dealing with the reality that his son wants to be like his father: a superhero, the very thing Paul no longer wishes to be himself. However, a psychopathic philanthropist won't let Paul end his duel identity when he puts a million dollar bounty on The Fox's head for messing with his business plans. Attracting a slew of super-villains, The Fox has to find a way to survive their attacks and save his son from a life fighting crime while coming to except his true calling. The stories, characters, and incidents in the publication are entirely fictional. Many of these stories are also products of another time, and may be found to be dated or objectionable in some cases by today’s standards. The stories are represented in the publication without alteration for the purposes of historical reference and research only, and were added to your library at the discretion of your local or institution administrator. Any questions or concerns about the content contained herein should be addressed to them.
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