Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index.
Contents:
Coda : born again (and again and again ... and again and again. . .). 7. "World's finest?" : the wartime superhero and race, 1941-1945 -- 2. Struggling for social relevance : DC, Marvel, and the Cold War, 1945-1965 -- 3. "We're all brothers!" : the ideal of liberal brotherhood in the 1960s & 1970s -- 4. Guess who's coming to save you? : the rise of the ethnic superhero in the 1960s & 1970s -- 5. "Something for everyone:" the super team in the age of multiculturalism, 1975-1996 -- 6. Replacement heroes and the quest for inclusion, 1985-2011 -- 7. Something old, something new: heroes reborn and reimagined, 1990-2015 -- Coda : born again (and again and again ... and again and again. . .).
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