The Ages of The Flash

Essays on the Fastest Man Alive

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7444-5 (ISBN)

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While many superheroes have multiple powers and complex gadgets, the Flash is simply fast. This simplicity makes his character easily comprehendible. This collection of essays serves as a stepping-stone to a greater understanding of the Flash, examining iterations of his character and what they reveal about the era in which they were written.

While many American superheroes have multiple powers and complex gadgets, the Flash is simply fast. This simplicity makes his character easily comprehendible for all audiences, whether they are avid comic fans or newcomers to the genre, and in turn he has become one of the most iconic figures in the comic-book industry. This collection of new essays serves as a stepping-stone to an even greater understanding of the Flash, examining various iterations of his character--including those of Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen--and what they reveal about the era in which they were written.

Joseph J. Darowski teaches English at Brigham Young University and has published on comic book superheroes such as the X-Men, Wonder Woman, and Superman as well as on television series such as Chuck and Frasier.

Table of Contents

Preface

Politically Incorrect Humor: Examining the Three Dimwits Through a Disability Studies Lens

Cathy Leogrande

The Birth of the Silver Age Flash: Reasons and Influences

Liam T. Webb

“I’m Covering the Story! Wait Here for Me”: The Two- Career Couple in the Pages of The Flash

Charles W. Henebry

Barry Allen’s Social Awakening in the 1970s

Peter W.Y. Lee

From Riches to Rags: The Rise and Fall of Wally West

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns

Wrestling with Legacy: How “The Return of Barry Allen”Shaped DC Superheroes in the 1990s

Tom Shapira

Flash Back to the Future: Mark Waid’s Counter- Narrative to the Superhero Dark

John Darowski

Impulsive Students, Speedster Teachers and Education in the 1990s

Daniel J. Bergman

An Impulsive Teen from the Future: Imagining Youth, Virtual Reality and the Digital Future at the Turn of the Millennium

Louie Dean Valencia- García

Restraining Deconstruction: Geoff Johns’ Reframing of The Flash

Christian Jimenez

Profiling the Rogues: Seeking Criminal Intent in The Flash of Geoff Johns

Matthew J. Smith and Tod W. Burke

Minds in the Gutter: The Persistence of Vision and the New

Sara K. Ellis

About the Contributors

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2019
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	263 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4766-7444-2 / 1476674442
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7444-5 / 9781476674445
Zustand	Neuware