Batman/Superman (2013-) #13

Batman/Superman (2013-) #13

Author: Greg Pak

Publisher: DC

Published:

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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Forgotten Heroes part 1! The worlds of Batman and Superman come to an explosive clash as something terrible happens to the World's Finest team, and a Dark Knight who is not quite himself must team up with Lois Lane to find a missing Man of Steel.


Batman’s Villains and Villainesses

Batman’s Villains and Villainesses

Author: Justin F. Martin

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1666930849

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While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, the essays in this collection highlight how the villains’ multifaceted backgrounds, experiences, motivations, and behaviors allow for in-depth character analysis across varying levels of social life. Through investigating their cultural and scholarly relevance across the humanities and social sciences, the volume encourages both thoughtful reflection on the relationship between individuals and their social contexts and the use of villains (inside and outside of Gotham) as subjects of pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.


The Architecture of Survival

The Architecture of Survival

Author: Erik Trump

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-05

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1666908215

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The Architecture of Survival: Setting and Politics in Apocalypse Films offers a compelling exploration of how popular films and TV series from the past two decades use architectural spaces to comment on socio-political issues. The authors harness varied theoretical perspectives to demonstrate how, through set design, these works suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible. The clean lines of modernist design serve in films such as Contagion and Ex Machina as a metaphor for the sanitized, sterile politics that drive disaster. In The Walking Dead apocalypse survivors favor traditional architectural styles when rebuilding society, a choice that symbolically affirms their democratic principles. The massive walls and super-gentrification as seen in Elysium and Army of the Dead divide humanity, with those on one side wielding illegitimate power. Empty streetscapes intensify loneliness, alienation, and the destruction of civil norms. "Smart cities," offering a blend of high-tech surveillance and big data, erode social capital and community in Her and Transcendence. The book concludes with a somewhat hopeful glimpse into architecture’s potential to mitigate the catastrophic adverse effects of climate change, as seen in films like Zootopia.


LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0744038871

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This awesome LEGO book features all your favorite LEGO DC ComicsTM Super Heroes minifigures, including LEGO Batman, LEGO Superman and all their friends and foes. Plus the book comes with an exclusive LEGO Batman minifigure! Be wowed by incredible facts and figures about all the characters from the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes universe including Green Lantern, The Joker, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Bane, The Flash, Wonder Woman and more. Did you know that Harley Quinn's Hammer Truck has "whack-a-bat" scrawled on it? Or that the Batboat can float, drive on land and fly? Discover all the incredible details in the LEGO DC Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia sets, as well as the minifigures' special weapons, cool gadgets and amazing vehicles. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2016 The LEGO Group. Produced by Dorling Kindersley under licence from the LEGO Group. Copyright © 2016 DC Comics. All related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s16)


Superman and Comic Book Brand Continuity

Superman and Comic Book Brand Continuity

Author: Phillip Bevin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1351254286

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Superman and Comic Book Brand Continuity traces the development of comic book continuity through the case study of Superman, examining the character’s own evolution across several media, including comics, radio, television, and film. Superman’s relationship with continuity illustrates a key feature of the way in which people in western societies construct stories about themselves. In this respect, the book is a study of narrative and how comic book continuity reflects the way that, in wider western post-enlightenment culture, storytelling shapes the common sense and received wisdoms that influence how we perceive "reality." The scope of the analysis extends from Superman’s creation in the late 1930s to the recent films Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), as well as the current comic book reboot Rebirth (2016).


Adapting Superman

Adapting Superman

Author: John Darowski

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-05-29

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1476642397

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Almost immediately after his first appearance in comic books in June 1938, Superman began to be adapted to other media. The subsequent decades have brought even more adaptations of the Man of Steel, his friends, family, and enemies in film, television, comic strip, radio, novels, video games, and even a musical. The rapid adaptation of the Man of Steel occurred before the character and storyworld were fully developed on the comic book page, allowing the adaptations an unprecedented level of freedom and adaptability. The essays in this collection provide specific insight into the practice of adapting Superman from comic books to other media and cultural contexts through a variety of methods, including social, economic, and political contexts. Authors touch on subjects such as the different international receptions to the characters, the evolution of both Clark Kent's character and Superman's powers, the importance of the radio, how the adaptations interact with issues such as racism and Cold War paranoia, and the role of fan fiction in the franchise. By applying a wide range of critical approaches to adaption and Superman, this collection offers new insights into our popular entertainment and our cultural history.


Batman and Psychology

Batman and Psychology

Author: Travis Langley

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1684428572

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Batman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with “bad girls” he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal, green-haired clown? Combining psychological theory with the latest in psychological research, Batman and Psychology takes you on an unprecedented journey behind the mask and into the dark mind of your favorite Caped Crusader and his never-ending war on crime.