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Icons of the American comic book : from Captain America to Wonder Woman

This book explores how the heroes and villains of popular comic books and the creators of these icons of our culture reflect the American experience out of which they sprang, and how they have achieved relevance by adapting to, and perhaps influencing, the evolving American character
Print Book, English, ©2013
Greenwood, Santa Barbara, Calif., ©2013
Criticism, interpretation, etc
2 volumes (xv, 920 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm.
9780313399237, 9780313399244, 0313399239, 0313399247
780481186
Volume one A-K
Volume two L-Z