num_pages: 444
description: From one of the most acclaimed and profound writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankinds great modern the superhero The first superhero comic ever published Action Comics no. 1 in 1938 introduced the world to something both unprecedented and Superman a caped god for the modern age. In a matter of years the skies of the imaginary world were filled with strange mutants aliens and Batman Wonder Woman the Fantastic Four Iron Man and the X-Menthe list of names as familiar as our own. In less than a century theyve gone from not existing at all to being everywhere we on our movie and television screens in our videogames and dreams. But what are they trying to tell us?For Grant Morrison arguably the greatest of contemporary chroniclers of the superworld these heroes are powerful archetypes whose ongoing decades-spanning story arcs reflect and predict the course of human Through them we tell the story of ourselves our troubled history and our starry aspirations. In this exhilarating work of a lifetime Morrison draws on art science mythology and his own astonishing journeys through this shadow universe to provide the first true history of the superherowhy they matter why they will always be with us and what they tell us about who we are . . . and what we may yet become.
language: English
title: Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
publisher: Spiegel & Grau