Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society
by Danny Fingeroth
from Continuum International Publishing Group
Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures "good" and others "evil"? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the 20th and early 21st centuries? And how might the myths be changing?
Why is it that the key superhero archetypes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the X-Men - touch primal needs and experiences in everyone? Why has the superhero moved beyond the pages of comics into other media?
All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superhero - in comic books, films, and TV - is such a potent myth for our times and culture.
Rampage: Doom's Day, Book One (Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk)
by Danny Fingeroth
from Berkley
X-Men: The Last Stand: The Junior Novel (X-Men)
by Danny Fingeroth
from HarperEntertainment
They Call Me The...Skull
FROM THE DEPTHS THE SKUL 1 DIGEST (Virtual Comics the Skul)
When the Creature Strikes the Skul 2 (Virtual Comics the Skul)
by Danny Fingeroth
from Byron Preiss
The Avengers: Deathtrap : The Vault (Marvel comics)
X Men: Animation Special (Marvel Graphic Novel)
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