Black superheroes, Milestone comics, and their fans / Jeffrey A. Brown.
A history of the trailblazing comics that broke color barriers and portrayed African Americans in heroic storylines What do the comic book figures Static, Hardware, and Icon all have in common? Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans gives an answer that goes far beyond "tights and...
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Introduction: ''New Heroes''; 2. A Milestone Development; 3. Comic Book Fandom; 4. The Readers; 5. Reading Race and Genre; 6. Reading Comic Book Masculinity; 7. Drawing Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index.