Over the last several decades comic book superheroes have multiplied andin the process become more complicated. In this cutting edge anthology aninternational r... » 

Over the last several decades comic book superheroes have multiplied andin the process become more complicated. In this cutting edge anthology aninternational roster of contributors offer original research and writing on thecontemporary comic book superhero with occasional journeys into the film andtelevision variation. As superheroes and their stories have grown with theaudiences that consume them their formulas conventions and narrative worldshave altered to follow suit injecting new unpredictable and more challengingcharacterizations that engage ravenous readers who increasingly demand more. «