Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: THE GOLDEN AGE
CHAPTER 1: THE SUN GOD AND THE DARK KNIGHT
CHAPTER 2: LIGHTNING’S CHILD
CHAPTER 3: THE SUPERWARRIOR AND THE AMAZON PRINCESS
CHAPTER 4: THE EXPLOSION AND THE EXTINCTION
PART 2: THE SILVER AGE
CHAPTER 5: SUPERMAN ON THE COUCH
CHAPTER 6: CHEMICALS AND LIGHTNING
CHAPTER 7: THE FAB FOUR AND THE BIRTH OF THE MARVELOUS
CHAPTER 8: SUPERPOP
CHAPTER 9: INFINITE EARTHS
CHAPTER 10: SHAMANS OF MADISON AVENUE
PART 3: THE DARK AGE
CHAPTER 11: BRIGHTEST DAY, BLACKEST NIGHT
CHAPTER 12: FEARED AND MISUNDERSTOOD
CHAPTER 13: FEARFUL SYMMETRY
CHAPTER 14: ZENITH
CHAPTER 15: THE HATEFUL DEAD
CHAPTER 16: IMAGE VERSUS SUBSTANCE
CHAPTER 17: KING MOB—MY LIFE AS A SUPERHERO
PART 4: THE RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 18: MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY
CHAPTER 19: WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY?
CHAPTER 20: RESPECTING AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 21: HOLLYWOOD SNIFFS BLOOD
CHAPTER 22: NU MARVEL 9/11
CHAPTER 23: THE DAY EVIL WON
CHAPTER 24: IRON MEN AND INCREDIBLES
CHAPTER 25: OVER THE EVENT HORIZON
CHAPTER 26: STAR, LEGEND, SUPERHERO, SUPERGOD?
OUTRO: ’NUFF SAID
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
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