Book the amazing transforming superhero!: essays on the revision of characters in comic books, film and television ISBN 078643189X

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Thud! from Terry Pratchett
KoomValley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.

But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution.And darkness is following him....

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Title: The Amazing Transforming Superhero!: Essays on the Revision of Characters in Comic Books, Film and Television
Author: Terrence R. Wandtke
ISBN: 078643189X
EAN: 9780786431892
254 Pages
Publisher: Co Inc
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 2007-11-15

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This collection analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture. Among many topics covered are the jingoistic origin of Captain America in the wake of the McCarthy hearings, the post - World War II fantasy-feminist role of Wonder Woman, and the Nietzschean influences on the "sidekick revolt" in the 2004 film "The Incredibles".