Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal /
Kripal, Jeffrey J.(Jeffrey John),1962-author.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Orientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Superheroes in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Science fiction, American
Fantasy fiction, American
Myth in literature.
Literature and myth.