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Fingeroth, Danny.
2007. Disguised as
Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero.
Foreword by Stan Lee. Popular Culture and Television series. New York
& London: Continuum. 192pp. ISBN-10: 0826417671; ISBN13:
978-0826417671 (hardcover).
Find in a Library with WorldCat - Publisher's On-Line Information -
- Foreword by Stan Lee
... 9
- List of Illustations
... 13
- Introduction: The
American (Jewish) Dream ... 17
- Secret Identities:
What's So Jewish about Superheroes, Anyway? ... 23
- Genesis of the
Superhero: Who He Is and How He Came to Be ... 32
- A Stranger among Us:
The Birth of Superman ... 39
- A Great Multitude:
Batman and Beyond ... 51
- The Perplexing Guide:
Fredric Wertham's Superhero Complex ... 68
- Rebuilding the Temple:
The Silver Age of Comics ... 78
- Why Are These Heroes
Different?: The Marvel Revolution ... 92
- Love Thy Neighbor as
Thyself: The X-Men and the Seventies ... 113
- As a Matter of Fact, I
Am
Jewish: The Modern Age ... 130
- Unto the Next
Generation: The Jewish Superhero Future ... 148
- Notes ... 157
- Select Bibliography
... 162
- Books ... 162
- Magazines ... 166
- Web Sources ... 169
- Comics and Graphic
Novels ... 172
- Acknowledgments ... 177
- Index ... 179
Reviews:
- Sanderson, Peter. 2007. "Comics in Context #203: Paradise Lost," posted November 19, 2007. [read on-line]
- Wolk, Douglas. "Just Plain Super: Two Books Scratch Too Hard at Superheroes' Identities." Nextbook 01.15.08. [read on-line] (Also discusses Weinstein's Up, Up, and Oy Vey!)
Features:
- Contino, Jennifer M. "Fingeroth's Disguised as Clark Kent." Comicon.com, posted February 4, 2008. [read on-line]
- Michael and Richard Hyfler. "Drawn In Disguise." Forbes.com, posted January 4, 2008. [read on-line]
- Manning, Shaun. "Disguised as
Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero." Comic Book Resoureces, posted: February 8, 2008. [read on-line]
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