Premium
Opening Credits
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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Preface
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Introduction
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Part 1. Building Blocks
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Chapter 1. Early Comic Origins
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Chapter 2. Comic Strips’ Legacy in Modern Storytelling
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Chapter 3. Comic Strips That Influenced Superheroes
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Chapter 4. From Pulp Fiction to Comic Books
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Chapter 5. Classic Hollywood Cinema and the Golden Age of Comic Books
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Chapter 6. Classic American Illustrators Intersect with Comic Books
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Chapter 7. Macfadden and Houdini, the Real-Life Superman and Batman
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Part 2. The Rise and Fall of Superheroes
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Chapter 8. Superman's Greatest Strength: Litigation
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Chapter 9. Cosmic Rays Create Superpowers
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Chapter 10. Golden Age Comic Book Artists Leave Superheroes
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Chapter 11. EC Comics versus Fredric Wertham
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Part 3. Flight of the Superheroes
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Chapter 12. Julius Schwartz' Silver Age
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Chapter 13. The Birth of the Marvel Comics Group
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Chapter 14. Golden Age to Marvel Age
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Chapter 15. When Monsters Became Superheroes
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Chapter 16. How Lee, Kirby, and Ditko Advanced Superheroes
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Chapter 17. The Marvel Method’s Credit Controversy
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Chapter 18. Stan Lee Expands Superheroes Beyond Comic Books
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Chapter 19. Jack Kirby’s Space Gods
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Part 4. Modern Superheroes
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Chapter 20. Jim Starlin and the Death of Superheroes
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Chapter 21. John Byrne and the Modernization of Superheroes
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Chapter 22. Alan Moore and Deconstructing the Superheroes
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Chapter 23. The Origin of the Superhero Graphic Novel
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Part 5. Diversity and Aftermath
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Chapter 24. Women in 20th Century Comic Books
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Chapter 25. African Americans in 20th Century Comic Books
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Chapter 26. The Death of the 20th Century Comic Book Greats
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Epilogue
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Ending Credits
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