Superheroes category: 3124 books

Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture.   Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic...

Anyone who can hold the pencil can start drawing amazing Superheroes. Learn to draw Various Superheroes drawing Using this special Step by Step techniques. Using this Step by Step tutorial you can learn to draw different types of Superheroes. This book teaches you to draw Superheroes. By the end of this book an artist is developed within you to draw varieties of things from Superheroes.

From the perspectives of positive psychology and positive communication, superheroes are often depicted as possessing virtues and serving as inspirational exemplars. However, many of the virtues enumerated as characterizing the superhero (e.g., courage, teamwork, creativity) could just as easily be...

Meet one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. You know about Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but have you heard of Doll Man, Doctor Hormone, or Spider Queen? So prepare yourself for such not-ready-for-prime-time...

An intriguing and entertaining look at how America’s legal system would work using the world of comic books. The dynamic duo behind the popular website LawAndTheMultiverse.com breaks down even the most advanced legal concepts for every self-proclaimed nerd. James Daily and Ryan Davidson—attorneys...

Was Superman's arch nemesis Lex Luthor based on Aleister Crowley? Can Captain Marvel be linked to the Sun gods on antiquity? In Our Gods Wear Spandex, Christopher Knowles answers these questions and brings to light many other intriguing links between superheroes and the enchanted world of estoerica....

Part 1 Zack Powers is a teenaged, superpower, covert agent for a clandestine global organization who are trying to build a New World Order. The only problem… Zack doesn’t agree with the Order. Circumstance has locked him into this job, as he becomes the prototype superhero, for a new line of human...

Superheroes have been the major genre to emerge from comics and graphic novels, saturating popular culture with images of muscular men and sexy women. A major aspect of this genre is identity in the roles played by individuals, the development of identities through extended stories and in the ways...

From a brilliant and witty comic book aficionado, this “scholarly but lively narrative” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the links between Jews and the iconic superheroes of Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby. Many of us know that thesuperheroes at the heart of the American comic...

ComicsAlliance and ComicsBlend Best Comic Book of the Year BUST Magazine “Lit Pick” Recommendation Certified Cool™ in PREVIEWS: The Comic Shop’s Catalog “Mike Madrid gives these forgotten superheroines their due. These ‘lost’ heroines are now found-to the delight of comic book lovers...

The world of the Marvel Comics superheroes began in 1961 thanks to talented creators such as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Over time, their work became more than just a collection of comic book stories for kids; the characters, and the fictional universe they inhabited, evolved into...

Megalopolis is a vitually crime-free city.  That's great for the citizens of Megalopolis, but not for its superheroes.  Now superheroes must compete against each other for work and no one is more affected by this plight than The Justice Purveyors.  Led by Electrolyte, The Justice Purveyors'...

I was five when the saucers first attacked Earth, tearing up mountains and cities for reasons that we still don’t understand. There was nothing our military could do to break the aliens’ shields, and millions of people died. We thought it was the end for Earth. The superheroes saved us, fighting...

After helping create countless characters that saturate pop culture, Stan Lee has left behind a legacy bigger than them all combined. His indelible mark made on the comic industry in the silver age expanded to memorable stories on television and movies in the twentieth century, telling tales about...