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  • Supergods

    Supergods
    What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human

    by Grant Morrison

    • Hardcover, 444 pages

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Comic Books' Secret Identity Revealed In 'Supergods'

Action Comics #1, published on April 18, 1938, featured the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman.

August 14, 2011 Bounding tall buildings but grounded in the times, superheroes provide a snapshot of human anxiety and aspiration. Comic book writer Grant Morrison discusses the human side of the superhuman in his new book, Supergods.

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In 'Supergods,' Grant Morrison Lovingly Dissects Do-Gooders and Their Derring-Do

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August 10, 2011 Comic book writer Grant Morrison offers up a treat of a treatise on what superheroes represent: A trippy, hyperarticulate and occasionally pointed cultural history of the spandex set.

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Critics' Lists: Summer 2011

Books Preview: Spotting Summer's High Fliers

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May 31, 2011 The season of pleasure reading is upon us, and the publishing world has readied a handful of thrilling titles to be released just in time for the summer heat. After surveying the crop, here are our picks for fun reading in the sun.

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