WANDTKE, Terrence R. (ed.)
Essays on the revision of characters in comic books, film and television. Discussion of the ways comic book and film heroes are rewritten in response to changing real-world politics, cultural shifts, and social trends. Topics include Captain America in the wake of WWII, Batman as anti-hero, Spiderman in India, Wonder Woman as feminist icon and male fantasy, Smallville as moral value education, Nietzschean influence in The Incredibles, etc. Index.
