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  I Liked the Movie, So What Comic Should I Read?

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  Greg M. Smith Georgia State University

  August 01, 2011

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  for example, at two pages from artist J.H. Williams’s spectacular run in Detective Comics. Williams’s ... it hard for a new reader to plop down in the long-running narratives of superhero comics, but the ... learn that language when entering the comics world. Click on the images for a higher resolution view ...
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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

  8 comments

  of Hiro running through Manhattan? Hiro also enjoys the power to cross media borders. NBC chose this ...
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  Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?

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  Michael Lecker George Mason University

  September 28, 2007

  Catwoman (in issue #60, where we learn Catwoman’s greatest fear is relying too heavily on Batman because ...
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  Sudsy Superheroes and Transmedia Storytelling, or, Why Comic Book Heroes Do It Better

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 04, 2007

  extraordinary beings are the norm, but often the emotional scars run far deeper than the bruises incurred in ...