Grant Morrison
From one of the most acclaimed and profound writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankindâ€™s great modern myth: the superhero,Â ,The first superhero comic ever published, ,Action Comics no. 1, in 1938, introduced the world to something both unprecedented and timeless: Superman, a caped god for the modern age. In a matter of years, the skies of the imaginary world were filled with strange mutants, aliens, and vigilantes: Batman, Wonder Woman, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the X-Menâ€”the list of names as familiar as our own. In less than a century, theyâ€™ve gone from not existing at all to being everywhere we look: on our movie and television screens, in our videogames and dreams. But what are they trying to tell us?,For Grant Morrison, arguably the greatest of contemporary chroniclers of the â€œsuperworld,â€ these heroes are powerful archetypes whose ongoing, decades-spanning story arcs reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them we tell the story of ourselves, our troubled history, and our starry aspirations. In this exhilarating work of a lifetime, Morrison draws on art, science, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this shadow universe to provide the first true history of the superheroâ€”why they matter, why they will always be with us, and what they tell us about who we are . . . and what we may yet become.
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Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human