The Superhero Reader

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The Superhero reader This page intentionally left blank The Superhero reader Edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester University Press of MississiPPi • Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the association of american University Presses. Copyright © 2013 by University Press of Mississippi all rights reserved Manufactured in the United states of america First printing 2013 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The superhero reader / edited by Charles Hatfield, Jeet Heer, and Kent Worcester. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-802-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-806-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-803-7 (ebook) 1. Comic books, strips, etc.—History and criticism. 2. Superheroes in literature. 3. Superheroes. I. Hatfield, Charles, 1965– editor of compilation. II. Heer, Jeet, editor of compilation . III. Worcester, Kent, 1959– editor of compilation. PN6710.S87 2013 741.5’9—dc23 2013004069 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ...