I "That’s the Problem with You Readers, You Know All the Plots": Genre and Narration 1. Introduction: Men in Tights - Angela Ndalianis 2. ‘Just Men in Tights’: Rewriting Silver Age Comics in an Era of Multiplicity — Henry Jenkins 3. The Time of Heroes: Narrative, Progress and Eternity in Miracleman — Paul Atkinson 4. ‘Worlds Within Worlds’: The Role of Superheroes in the Marvel and DC Universes — Jason Bainbridge 5. Baroque Mutants in the 21st Century? Re-thinking Genre through the Superhero — Saige Walton II "We act normal, mom! I want to be normal!": Superbodies, Identity and Meaning Production 6. Secret Identity Politics — Scott Bukatman 7. The Superhero as Labor: The Secret Corporate Identity — Greg M. Smith 8. The Mild-Mannered Reporter: How Clark Kent Surpassed Superman — Vanessa Russell 9. Recruiting an Amazon: The Collision of Old World Ideology and New World Identity — Clare Pitkethly 10. ‘Oy Gevalt!’: A Peek at the Development of Jewish Superheroines — Jennifer Dowling III "I’m Just a Puppet Who Can See the Strings": Revisions, Auteurs and Anti-Superheroes 11. Entering the Green: Imaginal Space in Black Orchid — Sallye Sheppeard 12. It’s a Jungle in Here: Animal Man, Continuity Issues and the Authorial Death Drive — Steven Zani 13. Morrison’s Muscle Mystery versus Everyday Reality... and Other Parallel Worlds! — Martyn Pedler 14. Painted Bodies of Page and Screen: Alex Ross and the Renaissance of Cinematic Superheroes – Bob Rehak 15. Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime Realities — Angela Ndalianis
Biography
Angela Ndalianis is the Head of Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her publications include Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment (MIT Press 2004) and the co-edited books Super/Heroes: from Hercules to Superman (New Academia 2006) and Stars in Our Eyes (Praeger 2002).
'Angela Ndalianis's collection leaves no cape unfurled.' - M/C Reviews
'[A] genre-warping collection of essays... plenty of fanlike enthusiasm fuels these writers as they explore fascinating notions of time, space, identity, and colonialism inspired by superhero comics' colorful and disposable delights.' - The Village Voice, Sound of the City blog
