Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Guy, Wonder Girl, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the partner volume towards the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular tradition.

Together once again for the very first time, here come the greatest comic reserve superheroes ever assembled between two addresses: down from your heavens-Superman and the Mighty Thor-or swinging more than rooftops-the Batman and Spider-Man; star-spangled, like Captain about Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Lifestyle America and Question Female, or clad in darkness, just like the Darkness and Spawn; facing down super-villains on their own, like the Display and the Punisher or gathered together inside a group of champions, just like the Avengers and the X-Men!

Predicated on the three-part PBS documentary series Superheroes, this partner volume chronicles the never-ending battle of the comic book industry, its biggest creators, and its own most significant creations. Covering the effect of superheroes on American culture-in printing, on film and tv, and in digital media-and the result of American lifestyle on its superheroes, Superheroes: Capes, Cowls, as well as the Creation of Comic Reserve Culture attracts readers of most ages, from the casual observer from the phenomenon to the most exacting fan from the genre.

Drawing from a lot more than 50 new interviews executed expressly for Superheroes!-creators from Stan Lee to Give Morrison, commentators from Michael Chabon to Jules Feiffer, actors from Adam Western world to Lynda Carter, and filmmakers such as Zach Snyder-this can be an up-to-the-minute narrative background of the superhero, from the comic remove adventurers of the fantastic Melancholy, up to the blockbuster CGI movie superstars from the 21st Century. Superheroes! is the definitive story of this effective existence in pop culture.

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive first-hand commentary from a number of the greatest makers in comic book history, from Golden Age artists and writers (Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Stan Lee) to the superstars from the Metallic Age group (Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Denny O’Neil)–all just how up to the movers and shakers from the 21st Hundred years (Todd McFarlane, Joe Quesada); plus luminaries such as for example Adam Western, Jules Feiffer and Michael Chabon.