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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409040262
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 480

Supergods

Our World in the Age of the Superhero




The mind-bending history of superheroes by comics legend Grant Morrison.

In 1938 Action Comics #1 introduced the world to Superman. In a matter of years, the skies of our imaginations were filled with mutants, aliens and vigilantes. Batman, Wonder Woman and the X-Men - in less than a century they've gone from not existing at all to being everywhere we look. But why?

For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes whose ongoing story arcs reflect and predict the lives we live. In this exhilarating book, Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journey to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409040262
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 480

About the author

Grant Morrison

Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, and WE3. Grant has also written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and New X-Men, and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin and Batman, Inc.

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