The Amazing Transforming
Superhero! Essays on the Revision of Characters in Comic Books, Film
and Television. Edited by Terrence R. Wandtke. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 2007. 244pp.
Paperback: ISBN-10: 078643189X ||
ISBN-13: 978-0786431892
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Acknowledgments ... vii
Preface ... 1
Introduction: Once Upon a Time Once Again ... 5
PART I: SUPERHEROES IN THE GOLDEN AND SILVER AGES
Retconning
America: Captain America in the Wake of World War II and the McCarthy
Hearings - Jason Dittmer
... 33
Super-Girls and Mild Mannered Men:
Gender Trouble in Metropolis
- Gerard F. Beritela
... 52
From Jimmy Durante to Michael
Chiklis: The Thing Comes Full Circle - Jeff McClelland ...
70
PART II: SUPERHEROES IN THE MODERN AGE
Frank
Miller Strikes Again and Batman Becomes a Postmodern Anti-Hero: The
Tragi (Comic) Reformulation of the Dark Knight - Terrence R. Wandtke
... 87
The
“Transcreation” of a Mediated Myth: Spider-Man in
India - Dan O'Rourke
and Pravin A. Rodrigues ... 112
Warren Ellis Is the Future of
Superhero Comics: How to Write Superhero Stories That Aren’t
Superhero Stories - Brendan
Riley ... 129
PART III: SUPERHEROES IN THE MULTI-MEDIA AGE
Wonder
Woman as World War II Veteran, Camp Feminist Icon, and Male Sex Fantasy
- Marc Edward DiPaolo
... 151
Smallville as a
Rhetorical Means of Moral Value Education - Robert M. McManus and Grace R.
Waitman ... 174
“Le Western
Noir”: The
Punisher as Revisionist Superhero Western - Lorrie Palmer ...
192
The Nietzschean Influence in The Incredibles and
the Sidekick Revolt - Audrey
Anton ... 209
Afterword: Conclusion to the Never-Ending Story(s) - Terrence
R. Wandtke ... 231
About the
Contributors ... 237
Index
... 241
Reviews
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Brazil, Nathan. 2007.
"The SF Site Featured Review." The SF Site. [read
online]
Pyle, Christian L. 2008.
[review.] Reconstruction
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Russell, Benjamin. 2007.
[review.] School
Library Journal 53.10: 192.
Wright, Frederick A.
2009. [review.] Journal
of Popular Culture 42.1 (February): 209-210.