Author: Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
With Wonder Woman transformed by the battle with Medousa, the World's Greatest Super Heroes worry that she's no longer fit to serve in their company. Will Diana have to defeat her friends to prove herself?
Wonder Woman (1986-) #212
Author: Greg Rucka
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
With Wonder Woman transformed by the battle with Medousa, the World's Greatest Super Heroes worry that she's no longer fit to serve in their company. Will Diana have to defeat her friends to prove herself?
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
With Wonder Woman transformed by the battle with Medousa, the World's Greatest Super Heroes worry that she's no longer fit to serve in their company. Will Diana have to defeat her friends to prove herself?
Justice League of America (1960-) #212
Author: Gerry Conway
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
With the help of the Phantom Stranger, the Justice League battles the invading War-Kohn on multiple fronts and frees George Arthur Stuart from captivity. Defeating the aliens, after the previously wounded Elongated Man and Red Tornado provide information vital to their downfall, the JLA heroes learn that StuartÕs unique genetic code contains the cure for the humans and animals transformed by the X-Element decay-reversal process. The cure is administered, David Dorman is reunited with his fiancŽe, and all is wellÉat least until the day when the X-Element will again begin to decay.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
With the help of the Phantom Stranger, the Justice League battles the invading War-Kohn on multiple fronts and frees George Arthur Stuart from captivity. Defeating the aliens, after the previously wounded Elongated Man and Red Tornado provide information vital to their downfall, the JLA heroes learn that StuartÕs unique genetic code contains the cure for the humans and animals transformed by the X-Element decay-reversal process. The cure is administered, David Dorman is reunited with his fiancŽe, and all is wellÉat least until the day when the X-Element will again begin to decay.
The Ages of Wonder Woman
Author: Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613613
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613613
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.
The American Superhero
Author: Richard A. Hall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This compilation of essential information on 100 superheroes from comic book issues, various print and online references, and scholarly analyses provides readers all of the relevant material on superheroes in one place. The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History covers the history of superheroes and superheroines in America from approximately 1938–2010 in an intentionally inclusive manner. The book features a chronology of important dates in superhero history, five thematic essays covering the overall history of superheroes, and 100 A–Z entries on various superheroes. Complementing the entries are sidebars of important figures or events and a glossary of terms in superhero research. Designed for anyone beginning to research superheroes and superheroines, The American Superhero contains a wide variety of facts, figures, and features about caped crusaders and shows their importance in American history. Further, it collects and verifies information that otherwise would require hours of looking through multiple books and websites to find.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This compilation of essential information on 100 superheroes from comic book issues, various print and online references, and scholarly analyses provides readers all of the relevant material on superheroes in one place. The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History covers the history of superheroes and superheroines in America from approximately 1938–2010 in an intentionally inclusive manner. The book features a chronology of important dates in superhero history, five thematic essays covering the overall history of superheroes, and 100 A–Z entries on various superheroes. Complementing the entries are sidebars of important figures or events and a glossary of terms in superhero research. Designed for anyone beginning to research superheroes and superheroines, The American Superhero contains a wide variety of facts, figures, and features about caped crusaders and shows their importance in American history. Further, it collects and verifies information that otherwise would require hours of looking through multiple books and websites to find.
Dramatists Sourcebook, 1985-86
Author: M. Elizabeth Osborne
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9780930452476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9780930452476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Wonder Woman (1942-1986) #204
Author: Bob Kanigher
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A mentally disturbed sniper kills several people, among whom is I-Ching, who dies in Diana Prince’s arms. Diana goes after the killer, but is struck in the head and knocked unconscious.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A mentally disturbed sniper kills several people, among whom is I-Ching, who dies in Diana Prince’s arms. Diana goes after the killer, but is struck in the head and knocked unconscious.
For Kids of All Ages
Author: Peter Keough
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538128594
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
In For Kids of All Ages,members of the National Society of Film Critics celebrate the wonder of childhood in cinema. In this volume, original essays commissioned especially for this collection stand alongside classic reviews from prominent film critics like Jay Carr and Roger Ebert. Each of the ten sections in this collection takes on a particular aspect of children’s cinema, from animated features to adaptations of beloved novels. The films discussed here range from the early 1890s to the present. The contributors draw on personal connections that make their insights more trenchant and compelling. The essays and reviews in For Kids of All Ages are not just a list of recommendations—though plenty are included—but an illuminating, often personal study of children’s movies, children in movies, and the childish wonder that is the essence of film. Contributors include John Anderson, Sheila Benson, Jay Carr, Justin Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Morris Dickstein, Roger Ebert, David Fear, Robert Horton, J. R. Jones, Peter Keough, Andy Klein, Nathan Lee, Emanuel Levy, Gerald Peary, Mary Pols, Peter Rainer, Carrie Rickey, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michael Sragow, David Sterritt, Charles Taylor, Peter Travers, Kenneth Turan, James Verniere, Michael Wilmington, and Stephanie Zacharek.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538128594
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
In For Kids of All Ages,members of the National Society of Film Critics celebrate the wonder of childhood in cinema. In this volume, original essays commissioned especially for this collection stand alongside classic reviews from prominent film critics like Jay Carr and Roger Ebert. Each of the ten sections in this collection takes on a particular aspect of children’s cinema, from animated features to adaptations of beloved novels. The films discussed here range from the early 1890s to the present. The contributors draw on personal connections that make their insights more trenchant and compelling. The essays and reviews in For Kids of All Ages are not just a list of recommendations—though plenty are included—but an illuminating, often personal study of children’s movies, children in movies, and the childish wonder that is the essence of film. Contributors include John Anderson, Sheila Benson, Jay Carr, Justin Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Morris Dickstein, Roger Ebert, David Fear, Robert Horton, J. R. Jones, Peter Keough, Andy Klein, Nathan Lee, Emanuel Levy, Gerald Peary, Mary Pols, Peter Rainer, Carrie Rickey, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Michael Sragow, David Sterritt, Charles Taylor, Peter Travers, Kenneth Turan, James Verniere, Michael Wilmington, and Stephanie Zacharek.
Social Postmodernism
Author: Linda Nicholson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521475716
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Social Postmodernism defends a postmodern perspective anchored in the politics of the new social movements. The volume preserves the focus on the politics of the body, race, gender, and sexuality as elaborated in postmodern approaches. But these essays push postmodern analysis in a particular direction: toward a social postmodernism which integrates the micro-social concerns of the new social movements with an institutional and cultural analysis in the service of a transformative political vision.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521475716
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Social Postmodernism defends a postmodern perspective anchored in the politics of the new social movements. The volume preserves the focus on the politics of the body, race, gender, and sexuality as elaborated in postmodern approaches. But these essays push postmodern analysis in a particular direction: toward a social postmodernism which integrates the micro-social concerns of the new social movements with an institutional and cultural analysis in the service of a transformative political vision.
The Sportswriter
Author: Richard Ford
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408835118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son. In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408835118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son. In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers.
Wonder Woman (1942-1986) #205
Author: Bob Kanigher
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A terrorist named Dr. Domino tries to force U.N. troubleshooter Morgan Tracy to spill his knowledge about a deadly weapon by tying Wonder Woman to a missile and launching it.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A terrorist named Dr. Domino tries to force U.N. troubleshooter Morgan Tracy to spill his knowledge about a deadly weapon by tying Wonder Woman to a missile and launching it.