Super Soldiers (eBook)

A Salute to the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Who Fought for Their Country

Jason Inman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
220 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-63353-995-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A military veteran and comic book expert explores the link between superhero legend and real-life combat in this fascinating book.Comic book superheroes have been influenced by the true heroes of our armed forces for decades. From Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw on his first cover, to The Punisher's tour of duty in Vietnam, there are countless instances when military history has crossed over to the pages of comic books.A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, author Jason Inman re-discovered his childhood love of comic books during long days at the Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. He started to wonder about the phenomenon of superhero service members. What kinds of soldiers were these fictional characters? And how were they changed by war?Super Soldiers looks at the intersection between war and pop culture to understand these questions and more. Each chapter revisits military comic book characters and compares them to personal stories from Inman's military career; describing superhero soldiers from DC comics and Marvel comics, including lesser-known characters lost to time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Across The Fence • Alone at Dawn • Captain America • Comic books • DC Comics • enlistment gift • gift for a soldier • gift for veterans • Marvel Comics • Military • military gift • Military Science Fiction • Saving Bravo • soldiers • superheroes • Superhero Soldiers • super soldiers movie • The Punisher • Villains
• ISBN-10: 1-63353-995-4 / 1633539954
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63353-995-2 / 9781633539952