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Dooley, Dennis and Gary Engle, eds. Superman at Fifty: The Persistence of a Legend. Cleveland: Octavia, 1987. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:29 AM) Last edited by: joachim (11/29/21, 7:05 PM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 940601001 BibTeX citation key: Dooley1987 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "Superman", Collection of essays, Superhero, USA Creators: Dooley, Engle Publisher: Octavia (Cleveland) |
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Preface 11 The Origins Dennis Dooley: The Man of Tomorrow and the Boys of Yesterday 19 The Evolution Curt Swan: Drawing Superman 37 Dennis O'Neil: The Man of Steel and Me 46 Harvey Pekar: The Man Who Changed the Comics (cartoon panel, illustrated by R. Crumb and Gary Dumm) 59 Philip Skerry/Chris Lamber: From Panel to Panavison 62 The Persistence of a Legend Gary Engel: What Makes Superman So Darned American? 79 Patrick L. Eagan: A Flag with a Human Face 88 Frederik N. Smith: Reading Superman 96 David B. Guralnik: Superstar, Supermom, Super Glue, Superdooper, Superman 103 Joanna Connors: Female Meets Supermale 108 David Galloway: Pop Goes the Hero 116 Edward Mehok: St. Clark of Krypton 123 John D. McGervey: The Art and Science of Leaping Tall Buildings 130 Jane W. Kessler: Superman and the Dreams of Childhood 137 Lester Roebuck: The Good, the Bad and the Oedipal 143 Lee K. Abbott: Necessary Heroes 153 The Unanswered Questions Lighthearted Meditations and Trivial Speculations (Arvydas Berkopec, John J. Boyle, Rosa Maria DelVecchio, Dick Feagler, Tim Gorman, Mary Grimm, Buster Jackson, Stuart Kollar, Scott Raab, Melissa Spirek and John H. Tidyman) 161 Contributors Notes 183 Index 186 |