Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America by Matthew J. Costello
English | 21 May 2009 | ISBN: 0826429971, 082642998X | 302 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 21 May 2009 | ISBN: 0826429971, 082642998X | 302 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
"Secret Identity Crisis" follows the trajectory of the breakdown of the Cold War consensus after 1960 through the lens of superhero comic books. The superhero comic books developed by Marvel, because of their conscious setting in the contemporary world, and because of attempts to maintain a continuous story line across and within books, constitute a system of signs that reflect, comment upon, and at times have interacted with the American political economy.