Many More Lives of the Batman

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Author(s):	Brooker, Will Pearson, Roberta
ISBN No.:	9781844577651
Pages:	248
Year:	201508
Format:	Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price:	$ 160.45
Dispatch delay:	Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
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Acknowledgments.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction: Revisiting the Batman; Roberta Pearson, William Uricchio, Will Brooker.- PART I: CREATING THE BATMAN.- 1. Man, Myth and Cultural Icon; Paul Levitz.- 2. Notes from the Batcave: An Interview with Dennis O'Neil; Robert Pearson and William Uricchio.

- 3. Batman and the Twilight of the Idols: An Interview with Frank Miller; Christopher Sharrett.- 4. Fifth Dimensional Batman: An Interview with Grant Morrison; Will Brooker.- 5. History Left Unsaid: Implied Continuity in Batman's Contemporary Comic-Book Narratives; Anthony N. Smith.- PART II: CIRCULATING THE BATMAN.

- 6. 'Holy Commodity Fetish, Batman!': The Political Economy of a Commercial Intertext; Eileen Meehan.- 7. Batman in East Asia; Mark Gallagher.- 8. Batsploitation: Parodies, Fan-Films and Remakes; Iain Robert Smith.- PART III: READING THE BATMAN.- 9.

Batman Versus Superman: A Conversation; Phillip Bevin.- 10. Batgirl: Continuity, Crisis and Feminism; Will Brooker.- 11. Batman: The Movie, Narrative: The Hyperconscious; Jim Collins.- 12. Same Bat Channel, Different Bat Times: Mass Culture and Popular Memory; Lynn Spigel and Henry Jenkins.- PART IV: MULTIPLYING THE BATMAN.

- 13. I'm Not Fooled by that Cheap Disguise; Wiliam Uricchio and Roberta Pearson.- Bibliography.- Index.

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