Supergods what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human

Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe as a comic book writer to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, Grant
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The sun god and The dark knight
  • Lightning's childl
  • The superwarrior and the Amazon princess
  • The explosion and the extinction
  • Superman on the couch
  • Chemicals and lightening
  • The fab four and the birth of the marvelous
  • Superpop
  • Infinite earths
  • Shamans of Madison Avenue
  • Brightest day, blackest night
  • Feared and misunderstood
  • Fearful symmetry
  • Zenith
  • The hateful dead
  • Image versus substance
  • King Mob : my life as a superhero
  • Man of muscle mystery
  • What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?
  • Respecting authority
  • Hollywood sniffs blood
  • Nu marvel 9/11
  • The day evil won
  • Iron men and incredibles
  • Over the event horizon
  • Star, legend, superhero, supergod?
  • Outro: 'nuff said.