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The Great Comic Book Heroes
Jules Feiffer
Book Summary
The editorial cartoonist examines the American art form which produced comic book heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel in the nineteen-thirties and forties.
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This book is about:
- History and criticism,
- Comic books, strips, etc,
- United States
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Summer Books 2008: Excerpts
Excerpt: 'The Great Comic Book Heroes'
July 3, 2008 Jules Feiffer offers a critical history of comic books. He labels comics "junk" — only to vigorously defend our need for them.
Critics' Lists: Summer 2008
Holy Bookworms! Superheroes Take To The Page
July 3, 2008 Quake in fear, puny humans! Spandex-clad superbeings have engineered a mass escape. From big screens and billboards to bus ads and even bookshelves: this summer, nowhere is safe from superheroes.
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