Web-Spinning Heroics: Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man

This collection of twenty-three scholarly articles on Spider Man examines a wide variety of philosophical, psychological, and cultural perspectives on this enduring comic book icon. The essays cover subjects such as historical, cultural, and pedagogical discussions; analysis of specific volumes and graphic novels; J. Jonah Jameson as hero and villain; textural trauma; gender in the world of Spider-Man; and the analysis of sequential art characters. Contributors are academics in a variety of disciplines as well as fans and experts on comic book culture. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)