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The British Superhero

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

The British Superhero

By Chris Murray

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About the book

Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Sometimes they emulated the style of American comics, but they also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural hegemony, drawing upon...Show more

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9781496820266

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Published year

2018

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The British Superhero

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Paperback

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