| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Studies in popular culture |
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Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "New heroes" -- A milestone development -- Comic book fandom -- The readers -- Reading race and genre -- Reading comic book masculinity -- Drawing conclusions. |
| Summary |
Tells how success came to Milestone Comics in the 1990s. Focuses on the African American heroes in a town called Dakota. Represents an alternative model of black heroism. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Milestone Media Inc. -- History.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
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African American superheroes.
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Superheroes, Black.
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African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1578062810 (alk. paper) |
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1578062829 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781578062829 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781578062812 hardcover |
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9781578062829 paperback |
| Standard No. |
heb40095 hdl |
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