Supervillains
The Significance of Evil in Superhero Comics
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2025
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3937-3 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3937-3 (ISBN)
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This book provides a savvy investigation of the supervillains that appear in superhero comics. Exploring villainous archetypes and Otherness in relation to the notion of evil, the book investigates how supervillains uphold and solidify but also trouble hegemonic ideals expressed by the heroism of superheroes.
Alongside superheroes, supervillains, too, have become one of today’s most popular and globally recognizable figures. However, it is not merely their popularity that marks their significance. Supervillains are also central to superhero storytelling to the extent that the superhero genre cannot survive without supervillains.
Bringing together different approaches and critical perspectives across disciplines, author Nao Tomabechi troubles overly hero-centered works in comics studies to reconsider the modern American myths of the superheroes. Considering the likes of Lex Luthor, the Joker, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Loki, Venom and more, Supervillians explores themes such as gender and sexuality, disability, and many forms of Otherness in relation to the notion of evil as it appears in the superhero genre. The book investigates how supervillains uphold and, at times, trouble dominant ideals expressed by the heroism of our superheroes.
Alongside superheroes, supervillains, too, have become one of today’s most popular and globally recognizable figures. However, it is not merely their popularity that marks their significance. Supervillains are also central to superhero storytelling to the extent that the superhero genre cannot survive without supervillains.
Bringing together different approaches and critical perspectives across disciplines, author Nao Tomabechi troubles overly hero-centered works in comics studies to reconsider the modern American myths of the superheroes. Considering the likes of Lex Luthor, the Joker, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Loki, Venom and more, Supervillians explores themes such as gender and sexuality, disability, and many forms of Otherness in relation to the notion of evil as it appears in the superhero genre. The book investigates how supervillains uphold and, at times, trouble dominant ideals expressed by the heroism of our superheroes.
NAO TOMABECHI received their PhD in American Studies from the University of Siegen in Siegen, Germany. They are based in Okayama, Japan. This will be their first book.
Introduction
1 Superheroes, Supervillains, and Their Multipurpose Violence
2 Looks Matter: The Visual Signs of Supervillainy
3 Supervillains, or: The Devious Monsters of Contemporary America
4 Female Supervillains’ Complicated Gender Battles
To Be Continued…: Towards the Future of Supervillain Studies
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.1.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 color illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-3937-5 / 1978839375 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-3937-3 / 9781978839373 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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