Origin Stories
Fans, Scholars, and the Superhero Comics That Shaped Their Identities
$54.39
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2026
Summary
Contributions by José Alaniz, Michelle Bumatay, Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Michael Kobre, Samantha Langsdale, Sheng-mei Ma, John Edward Martin, Peter Nagy, Anna F. Peppard, and Alison Wellford
Origin Stories: Fans, Scholars, and the Superhero Comics That Shaped Their Identities brings together a diverse group of scholars, writers, and comics fans to explore how superhero comics intersect with questions of identity, belonging, and difference. Blending personal narrative with criti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496864932 |
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| ISBN-10: | 149686493X |
| Author: | Michael Kobre, Peter Nagy |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Michael Kobre
Michael Kobre is Dana Professor of English at Queens University of Charlotte. His essays and stories have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review; Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society; South Atlantic Review; Tin House; TriQuarterly; The International Journal of Comic Art; West Branch; and other journals. He is author of Walker Percy’s Voices, and his writing has also been featured in the collections Reading the Boss: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Works of Bruce Springsteen; Walker Percy’s “The Moviegoer” at Fifty: New Takes on an Iconic American Novel; and Superhero Bodies: Identity, Materiality, Transformation.
Peter Nagy is associate professor of English at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in publications like Modern Fiction Studies, College Literature, The Journal of Men’s Studies, The Atlantic, Ms., and Bitch Magazine.
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