Supergods : what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human / Grant Morrison.
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and the X-Men -- the list of names as familiar as our own. They are on our movie and television screens, in our videogames and in our dreams. But what are they trying to tell us? For Grant Morrison, one of the most acclaimed writers in the world of comics, t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Spiegel & Grau,
[2012]
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| Edition: | Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and the X-Men -- the list of names as familiar as our own. They are on our movie and television screens, in our videogames and in our dreams. But what are they trying to tell us? For Grant Morrison, one of the most acclaimed writers in the world of comics, these heroes are powerful archetypes who reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them we tell the story of ourselves. |
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| Item Description: | "Now with a new afterword"--Back cover. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812981384 0812981383 |