Preface ...
Introduction - Paul Levitz
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Chapter 1: Defining Comic Books as
a Medium ... Details at book's website
Chapter 2: The History of Comic Books, Part
I: Developing a Medium ...
Chapter 3: The History of Comic Books, Part
II: The Maturation of the Medium ...
Chapter 4: The Comic Book Industry
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Chapter 5: The Comic Book Creators
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Chapter 6: Creating the Story
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Chapter 7: Experiencing the Story
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Chapter 8: The Comic Book Readers
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Chapter 9: Comic Book Genres: Classifying
Comics ...
Chapter 10: Comic Book Genres: The
Superhero Genre ...
Chapter 11: Comic Books and Ideology
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Chapter 12: Researching Comic Books
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Chapter 13: Comics Culture around the World
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Glossary
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Bibliography