Supergods
Subtitle: what masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human
By: Grant Morrison
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781400069125; 9780679603467
Subjects: Superheroes; Comic books, strips
Other titles: Super gods
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sun god and The dark knight; title: Lightning's childl; title: The superwarrior and the Amazon princess; title: The explosion and the extinction; title: Superman on the couch; title: Chemicals and lightening; title: The fab four and the birth of the marvelous; title: Superpop; title: Infinite earths; title: Shamans of Madison Avenue; title: Brightest day, blackest night; title: Feared and misunderstood; title: Fearful symmetry; title: Zenith; title: The hateful dead; title: Image versus substance; title: King Mob : my life as a superhero; title: Man of muscle mystery; title: What's so funny about truth, justice, and the American way?; title: Respecting authority; title: Hollywood sniffs blood; title: Nu marvel 9/11; title: The day evil won; title: Iron men and incredibles; title: Over the event horizon; title: Star, legend, superhero, supergod?; title: Outro: 'nuff said.