Full Description
The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original chapters but also includes images, new chapters and new contributions from the Batman writers and editors. Spanning 75 years and multiple incarnations, this is the definitive history of Batman.
Contents
Acknowledgments.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction: Revisiting the Batman; Roberta Pearson, William Uricchio, Will Brooker.- PART I: CREATING THE BATMAN.- 1. Man, Myth and Cultural Icon; Paul Levitz.- 2. Notes from the Batcave: An Interview with Dennis O'Neil; Robert Pearson and William Uricchio.- 3. Batman and the Twilight of the Idols: An Interview with Frank Miller; Christopher Sharrett.- 4. Fifth Dimensional Batman: An Interview with Grant Morrison; Will Brooker.- 5. History Left Unsaid: Implied Continuity in Batman's Contemporary Comic-Book Narratives; Anthony N. Smith.- PART II: CIRCULATING THE BATMAN.- 6. 'Holy Commodity Fetish, Batman!': The Political Economy of a Commercial Intertext; Eileen Meehan.- 7. Batman in East Asia; Mark Gallagher.- 8. Batsploitation: Parodies, Fan-Films and Remakes; Iain Robert Smith.- PART III: READING THE BATMAN.- 9. Batman Versus Superman: A Conversation; Phillip Bevin.- 10. Batgirl: Continuity, Crisis and Feminism; Will Brooker.- 11. Batman: The Movie, Narrative: The Hyperconscious; Jim Collins.- 12. Same Bat Channel, Different Bat Times: Mass Culture and Popular Memory; Lynn Spigel and Henry Jenkins.- PART IV: MULTIPLYING THE BATMAN.- 13. I'm Not Fooled by that Cheap Disguise; Wiliam Uricchio and Roberta Pearson.- Bibliography.- Index.
