Jacobs, Will, xix, 70–71
Jack Kirby Collector, The, 147
James Bond, 79, 85, 91, 96, 244, 297
Jane Foster, 143
Janson, Klaus, 134
Jean Grey, 236, 264
Jenkins, Henry, 70, 199, 202
Jewett, Robert, xiv, 74–75
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, xiv
John Carter of Mars, 18
Johns, Geoff, 297
Johnson-Laird, Philip, 159–60, 165
Joker, 85, 90, 112, 114, 116, 122–24, 140, 177, 182, 189–90, 242, 248, 281, 298
Jones, Gerard, xix, 3–4, 61–63, 66, 70–71
Journal of Graphic Novel and Comics, xv
Journey into Mystery, 114
Jowett, Lorna, 219, 221, 232, 236
Joyce, James, 246
Judge, 56
Judge Dredd, 164, 168, 195
Justice League of America/Justice League of America, 68, 114, 127, 150, 226, 263, 298
Justice Society of America/Justice Society of America, 61–62, 140
Kane, Bob, 61, 63–66, 70, 109, 113, 115, 120, 131
Kane, Gil, 196
Kant, Immanuel, 158
Katsuhiro, Otomo, 176
Katzenjammer Kids, The, 40–41
Kaveney, Roz, xvi
Keaton, Michael, 249
Keen Detective Funnies, 113
Kennedy, Robert F., 256, 299
Kermit the Frog, 254
Kerouac, Jack, 256
Kidd, Chip, 196
Killing Joke, The, 248
King, Martin Luther, 256, 259
Kingdom Come, 9, 127, 167
Kingpin (character), 197
Kirby, Jack, xvi, 65–66, 136–54, 176, 255, 302
Kirk, James T., 74, 82
Klock, Geoff, 75–76
Koerner, William H. D., 7
Komix Illustrated, 62
Koolhaas, Rem, 172, 174, 190, 195–96
Krazy Kat, 195
Kristiansen, Teddy, xvii
Krypton/Kryptonian, 119, 138, 177, 179, 253, 290
Kubert, Joe, 62
Kukkonen, Karin, 76–77
Kung Fu, 230
Kurtzman, Harvey, xvii, 195
Ladd, Alan, 171
Lana Lang, 126, 129
Lang, Fritz, 179
Lassie, 82
Lawrence, John Shelton, xiv, 74–75
Lee, Jim, 69
Lee, Stan, 101, 103, 109, 139–48, 152, 197, 213, 255
Leone, Sergio, 279
Lensmen, 9
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 158
Letterman, David, 124
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 108, 115, 282
Lewis, C. S., 122
Lewis, Jerry, 250
Lewis, Sinclair, 16, 40
Lex Luthor, 112, 140, 161, 181–82, 184, 190
Lichtenstein, Roy, 85, 244
Li’l Abner, 40, 43
Little Nemo in Slumberland/Little Nemo, 10, 173, 177–78, 195
Little Orphan Annie, 43
Loeb, Jeph, 164, 196
Lois and Clark, 9
Lois Lane, 56, 95, 103, 105, 121, 156, 161, 164, 167, 175, 177
Loki, 140, 143
Lone Ranger, The/The Lone Ranger, 4, 82, 86, 91, 100, 189
Lord of the Rings, The, 230
Lorrah, Jean, 231, 236
Luke Cage, 269
Lupoff, Dick, xix
MacFadden, Bernarr, 18
MacKinnon, Kenneth, 280, 288
MacLean, Alistair, 79
Mad, xvii, 300
Mad Hatter, 123
Magneto, 112, 140–43
Mailer, Norman, 192–93
Majestic Studios, 12
Man and Superman, 18
Man from U.N.C.L.E., The, 96, 244
Man-Bat, 123
Mandrake the Magician, 15, 40, 190
Manhunter, 176
Many Lives of the Batman, The, 134, 237–51
Mark of Zorro, The, 120
Marlowe, Philip, 108
Marschall, Rick, 197
Marston, Elizabeth Holloway, 55
Marston, William Mouton/Charles Moulton, 5, 54–55, 59, 200, 206–8, 216, 232–33, 236
Martian Manhunter, 64
Marvel Comics/Marvel Comics/Marvel universe, xiii, 65, 68, 80, 101–2, 106, 109, 113–15, 118, 134, 136–54, 170, 183, 197, 200, 255, 279–94
Marvel Family, 140
Mary Marvel, 168
Mary Poppins, 82
Masculinity/masculine, 36, 55, 59, 60, 105, 191, 201, 205, 207, 216, 237–51, 269–78, 288
Masked Marvel, 100, 113
Maus, xiv, xvii, xxii, 274, 276
Max Guevara, 200, 217, 219–21, 226–27, 229, 233–34
McCabe, James, 187, 197
McCay, Winsor, 173, 177
McCloud, Scott, xix, 196
McCoy, Leonard, 112
McCue, Greg S., 134
McDuffie, Dwayne, 264, 271
McLuhan, Marshall, xiv, 5, 87
Medhurst, Andy, 200–201
Melly, George, 244–45, 251
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, 4, 16–22
Mencken, H. L., 4, 16
Mesmer, Olga, 12–13, 15
Metropolis, 109, 161, 170, 178–86, 262
Mighty Mouse, 175
Milestone Comics, 201, 269–78
Millar, Mark, xvii, 167
Miller, Frank, 67, 70, 76, 116–35, 164, 182, 197–98, 249, 251, 263, 296
Mills, Tarpé, 5
Milne, A. A., 56
Milton, John, 74, 84, 86, 90, 93, 98
Miss Fury, 5
Mission Impossible, 84, 91
Mitchell, Margaret, 43
Modesty Blaise, 244
Monitor (character), 165
Moore, Alan, xvi, 67, 76, 109, 116–17, 125, 133, 156, 159, 164–65, 168, 170, 175, 188, 190, 194–98
More Fun Comics, 10–11, 15
Morrison, Grant, xvii, 68, 198
Moses, Robert, 181
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, 80
Mr. and Mrs., 43
Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, 211–15, 264
Mr. Freeze, 123, 237
Mr. Miracle, 190
Mr. X/Mr. X, 186–87, 195, 197
Murray, Will, 12, 15
Mussolini, Benito, 35, 38
Mutt and Jeff, 41
Mysterio, 190
Mystery in Space, 62
Myth/mythology/mythos, xii, xiv, 3, 55, 58, 70, 74, 75, 78, 80, 88–91, 99–100, 104, 106–7, 109, 112, 116, 131, 136–37, 143–44, 148–49, 151–52, 162, 175, 197, 208, 210, 216–17, 227, 229, 265, 279, 281–82, 291, 296
Myth of the American Superhero, The, xiv, 74, 80–83
Mythologies, 115
Nama, Adilifu, xvi, 201
Nancy, 41
Nazis/Nazism, 35, 37–38, 43, 48, 52, 107–8, 135, 204, 212, 256
Ndalianis, Angela, xvi
Negative Zone, 148
Neutrino, The, 168
New Comics, The, 113
New 52, The, 68
New Fun Comics, 10, 15
New York City, 68, 108–13, 118, 145, 172–73, 175, 177–80, 183, 194–97, 252
Newton, Don, 67
Nicholson, Jack, 249
Nick Carter, 35
Nietzsche, Friedrich, xi, 17, 35, 38, 48, 120, 178, 193–94, 198
Nightcrawler, 190
Nightingale, Florence, 57
Nixon, Richard, 255
Noble, Kathleen D., 232, 236
Noir, 201, 280, 283–84, 288, 291–92, 294
Nolan, Christopher, 69–70
Novelty Press, 80
Nyberg, Amy Kiste, 135
Ods Bodkin, 10
Odysseus, 83
O’Neil, Dennis, xvii, 67–68, 121, 196, 201, 255, 259, 261–63, 266
Ong, Walter, xiv, 5, 74, 76
Outsiders, The, 263
Ozymandias, 112
Palmer, Lorrie, 200–201
Panofsky, Erwin, 163
Paradise Lost, 84, 87–90, 94, 98
Pearson, Roberta E., xvi, 134
Peckinpah, Sam, 279, 290
Peggy Allen, 54
Pekar, Harvey, xv
Penguin (character), 123, 140
Penn, Arthur, 290
Persepolis, xiv
Peter, Harry G., 56
Phantom, The/The Phantom, 11, 15, 41
Phantom Magician, 10, 15
Planetary/Planetary, xvii, 156–57, 162–66
Plastic Man, 38–39, 80, 114, 175, 188, 196
Poe, Edgar Allan, 135, 188
Poison Ivy, 123
Polly and Her Pals, 195
Popeye, 8, 14
Pound, Louise, 42
Presley, Elvis, 250
Price, Vincent, 249
Prince Valiant, 195
Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X, 142–43
Promethea, 159–60, 162–63, 194–95
Psycho, 66
Punisher, The/The Punisher/Frank Castle, 201, 279–94
Raban, Jonathan, 190
Race/racial/racism, 18, 35, 142, 201, 207, 252–68, 269–78
Ralph Dibney, 64
Rambo, 74, 80
Raymond, Alex, 31
Reagan, Ronald/Reaganism, 117–18, 123, 125, 128–30, 135, 248
Red Skull, 140
Reeve, Christopher, 100
Reiss, Jana, 225, 232, 235–36
Reitberger, Reinhold, 15
Reynolds, Richard, xvi, 58, 75–77, 123, 134, 136, 233, 268, 281
Riddler, The, 123
Ringmaster, 190
Ro, Ronin, 148
Road Warrior, The, 182
Robbins, Trina, 5, 213
Roberson, Chris, 153
Robin/Dick Grayson/Jason Todd/Carrie Kelly, 97, 110–13, 117, 120–24, 130, 177, 190–91, 196–97, 239–42, 244–51
Robin Hood, 12, 190
Robinson, James, 194, 198
Robinson, Lillian, 200
Robinson, W. R., 85–86, 98
Rocket’s Blast, The, 62
Rollin, Roger B., 73
Romance Comics, xii, xx, 78, 137, 143, 150
Romero, Cesar, 249
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 21, 53, 132, 135
Ross, Alex, 198
Roth, Werner, 142
Rozakis, Bob, 67
Rucka, Greg, 297
Rusty Riley, 56
Ryan, Marie-Laure, 155–56, 167
Sale, Tim, 175–76, 196
Salisbury, Mark, 134
Samson, 102
San Diego Comic Con, 63
Sandman (DC character), 80, 143
Sandman, The (DC series), 276
Sandman, The (Marvel character), 141
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 192
Saturday Evening Post, 33, 34
Saunders, Ben, xii, xvi
Scarecrow (character), 123
Scarlet Witch, 264
Schatz, Thomas, 281–86, 289
Schrader, Paul, 291–92
Schumacher, Joel, 69
Schwartz, Julius, 61–63, 65–66
Science Fiction, 19, 21
Science Fiction Audiences, 70
Scorsese, Martin, 291
Scott-Heron, Gil, 252–53
Seagal, Steven, 74
Seagle, Steven T., xvii
Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America, xvi
Seduction of the Innocent, xix, 5, 46–52, 58, 100, 114, 120, 122, 128, 134, 238–39
Segar, E. C., 8
Sensation Comics, 54, 56–57
Sentinels, 142
Sexuality, 58, 190, 201, 237–51
Shadow, The/The Shadow, 21, 182, 187
Shakespeare, William, 13, 69, 122, 131, 250, 279, 282, 286
Shaw, Bernard, 18, 35
Sheena, 50
Shepard, Ernest H., 56
Sheridan, Martin, xix
Sherlock Holmes, 182
Shock Gibson, 100, 113
Shooter, Jim, 109
Showcase, 114
Shuster, Joe, 4, 10, 12, 15, 17–22, 53, 102, 178–79
Siegel, Jerry, 4, 10, 12, 15, 17–22, 53, 102, 178–79
Silver Surfer, 144–48
Simmel, Georg, 174, 186, 197
Simon, Joe, 143
Simonson, Walt, 176
Simpsons, The, 199
Singer, Marc, xvi, 69
Skrulls, 145, 211, 215
Slam Bradley/Slam Bradley, 11, 15, 102
Slotkin, Richard, 74
Smith, E. E., 83
Smith, Sidney, 40
Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics, The, 114
Son of Origin of Marvel Comics, 145
Sontag, Susan, 237, 244, 251
Spark Man, 41
Spectre, The/Jim Corrigan, 175, 190
Speed Comics, 113
Spenser, Edmund, 74, 84–87, 90, 93–98
Spicy Mystery Stories, 12–13
Spider, The, 182
Spider Jerusalem, 185–87
Spider-Man/Spider-Man/Peter Parker, 10, 63, 101, 114, 134, 140–41, 150, 175, 183–84, 197, 219, 227, 234, 281, 293, 297, 302–3
Spiegelman, Art, xv, xvii, 196
Spirit, The/The Spirit/Denny Colt, 4, 80, 187–88
Spock, 74, 82, 112
Sprang, Dick, 124, 131
Squadron Supreme/Squadron Supreme, 127, 178, 197
Star Trek, 84, 112, 265, 268, 297
Star Wars/Star Wars, 130, 170, 279
Starman/Starman/Jack Knight, 170, 194, 196
Static/Static, 271–74
Steinberg, Flo, 66
Steinem, Gloria, 60, 200, 216, 235
Stephanie Brown, 68–69
Steranko, James, xix, 58, 195
Steranko History of Comics, The, 58
Steve Canyon/Steve Canyon, 84–86, 88–89, 93, 95
Steve Trevor, 55–56
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 79
Stewart, Susan, 177–78, 196, 299
Stillman, Whit, 135
Street and Smith, 21, 115
Stuller, Jennifer, 201
Sturm, James, xvii
Sub-Mariner, The/Namor, 53, 80, 100–101, 107, 113, 139, 214
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes, xvi, 201, 252–68
Super Friends, 264
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology, 58, 99–115, 134, 136, 233, 268, 281
Superboy, 48
Supergirl, 101, 114
Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre, 3–4, 7–15
Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Film, xvi
Superman: Red Son, xvii, 167
Superman/Superman/Clark Kent, xvii, 4, 9–12, 15, 20–21, 35–39, 48–49, 54, 56, 61, 63, 74–75, 88, 93, 95, 97, 99–108, 113, 119, 121, 125–30, 133, 137–40, 143, 155–56, 161–62, 164, 167, 171, 175–85, 187, 189–97, 204, 227, 253, 259–61, 270, 274, 277, 290–91, 293, 296–98, 301
Superman at Fifty! The Persistence of a Legend, 114
Superman for All Seasons, 175, 196
Supreme/Supreme, 195, 198
Swamp Thing, 190
Swan, Curt, 196
Tales from the Crypt, 100, 114
Tales of the Unexpected, 143
Target Comics, 80
Tarzan/Tarzan, 18, 22, 37, 40–41, 54, 164, 195, 267
Taubin, Amy, 291
Tawky Tawny, 9
Tenniel, John, 56
Terminal City, 178
Thackeray, William, 17
Thimble Theatre, 8
Thing, The/Ben Grimm, 144, 150, 176, 190, 211–15
Thomas, Roy, 62–63, 142
Thompson, Don, xix
Thompson, Hunter S., 185
Thor/The Mighty Thor/Thor/Don Blake, 101, 106, 114, 136–37, 140, 143–44, 148–49
Thrilling Comics, 54
Thunderbirds, 244
Tick, The, 197
Tim Tyler, 40
Time Warner/Warner Brothers, xiii, 20, 68
Timely C
omics, 53
Time2, 176
Titanium Man, 141
Toland, Gregg, 66
Tom Strong, 156–57, 162, 164–66
Tonto, 91
Top 10, 170
Transmetropolitan, 185–87
Trickster (character), 9
Trotsky, Leon, 18
Tulloch, John, 70
2000AD, 168
Two-Face, 112, 116, 123–24, 189
UKCAC (United Kingdom Comic Art Convention), 63
Ultraman, 161
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, xix, 196
Unstable Molecules (Fantastic Four Legends Volume 1), xvii
Uricchio, William, xvi, 134
Varley, Lynn, 134
Vault of Horror, 100, 114
Vaz, Mark Cotta, 240, 250–51
Venom (character), 141
Ventriloquist (character), 123
Vietnam War, The, 84, 255, 261, 279, 281
Vigilante/vigilantism, xxi, 5, 82, 123, 125, 132, 134, 148, 171, 183, 190–91, 201, 217, 242, 250, 279–94
Villains/supervillains, 9, 13, 56, 59, 78, 95–96, 112, 122–26, 131–32, 137, 139–44, 149, 161, 165, 181, 205, 211, 246, 255–56, 271, 273, 279–94
Virginian, The, 82
Vision (character), 264
Vixen (character), 264
Voight, Jon, 247
Wagner, Richard, 43
Waid, Mark, 167, 297
Wallace, Edgar, 111
Wandtke, Terrence R., xvi
Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, 139
Warhol, Andy, 244
Washington, Robert L., 271
Wasp (character), 264
Watcher (character), 144–45
Watchmen, xvii, xxi, 76, 101, 109, 125, 133, 188, 194–95, 197
Watterson, Bill, 177
Waugh, Coulton, xix
Wayne, John, 279–80, 282, 291
Weiner, Robert G., xvi
Weisinger, Mort, 61, 63, 138–39
Welles, Orson, 31
Wells, H. G., 17
Wertham, Fredric, xiv, xix, 5, 58–59, 74, 76, 100, 120, 122, 124, 127–28, 133–34, 237–45, 247, 249–51, 253, 267
West, Adam, 117, 120, 124, 201, 246–47, 249–50
Westerns/Western Comics, 78, 90–95, 100, 164, 200–202, 255, 279–94
Whedon, Joss/Whedonverse, 217–18, 222, 224–26, 230, 233, 235–36
White, David Manning, 98
White Streak, 80
Williams, J. H., III, 159
Williams, Martin, 114
Williamson, Jack, 18
Winnie the Pooh, 56
Wirth, Louis, 195
Witek, Joseph, 196
Wolfman, Marv, 156–57, 161, 163
Wolverine, 190
Woman in Red, 54
Wonder Boy, 37
Wonder Woman/Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, xvii, 5, 36–39, 41, 48, 54–60, 80, 99–101, 107, 113, 127, 155, 175, 200, 203–11, 216–17, 229, 232, 234, 236, 241, 297
Wonder Women, 200, 211–15
Wonderman, 37, 107
Wood, Wallace, xvii
World War II, 32–33, 44, 47, 100, 166, 178, 204, 206, 212
World’s Fair Comics, 115, 178
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 180
Wylie, Philip, xi, xxii, 4, 13, 149
Xena: Warrior Princess/Xena, 13, 200, 216–19, 221–22, 224, 227–29, 233–34
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