| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in popular culture |
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Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Introduction: ''New Heroes''; 2. A Milestone Development; 3. Comic Book Fandom; 4. The Readers; 5. Reading Race and Genre; 6. Reading Comic Book Masculinity; 7. Drawing Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
A history of the trailblazing comics that broke color barriers and portrayed African Americans in heroic storylines What do the comic book figures Static, Hardware, and Icon all have in common? Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans gives an answer that goes far beyond "tights and capes," an answer that lies within the mission Milestone Media, Inc., assumed in comic book culture. Milestone was the brainchild of four young black creators who wanted to part from the mainstream and do their stories their own way. This history of Milestone, a "creator-owned" publis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Milestone Media Inc. -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Milestone Media Inc. fast (OCoLC)fst00752995 |
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Milestone Media Inc. -- History. nli |
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism
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African American superheroes.
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African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc
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HUMOR -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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African American superheroes.
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African Americans.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comic
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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United States.
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Schwarze.
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USA.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Bandes dessinées.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781604737639 |
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1604737638 |
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128291734X |
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9781282917347 |
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9786612917349 |
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6612917342 |
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