Latinx superheroes in mainstream comics
By: Frederick Luis Aldama ; foreword by John Jennings ; afterword by Javier Hernandez
Contributors: Jennings, John, 1970- writer of foreword; Hernandez, Javier, 1966- writer of afterword
Series: Latinx pop culture; Latinx pop culture
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780816537082
Subjects: Hispanic Americans in literature; Popular culture; History and criticism; Hispanic Americans in popular culture; Superheroes; Comic books, strips
Description: Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics offers the first thorough exploration of Latino/a superheroes in mainstream comic books, TV shows, and movies--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: It's hard being invisible : a foreword / by John Jennings; title: Prologue : kicking some Culo!; title: Excavating a Latinx superhero print-comic archive; title: Toward a theory of Latinx comic book superheroes; title: Multimediated Latinx superheroes; title: Epilogue : up, up...and away!; title: Looking at the mainstream from the independent trenches : an afterword / by Javier Hernandez; title: Appendix : select creators of mainstream comics.