20 Of The Most Unusual Superheroes

Author : K.J. Mackay
Publisher : Kirby Mackay
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780473696733

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20 of the Most Unusual Superheroes by K.J. Mackay Pdf

Dive into a world of whimsy, wonder, and downright wackiness with 20 of the Most Unusual Superheroes! This enchanting children’s book introduces young readers to an extraordinary cast of characters that will have them laughing, cheering, and discovering the power of being unique. Feast your eyes on stunning watercolor illustrations that bring to life superheroes like the unforgettable Captain Booger Nose, the incredible Mr. Stink Butt, and many more. Each page bursts with color and charm, offering a delightful visual journey into a world of unexpected heroes. But that’s not all! You’ll uncover the secrets behind each superhero. Learn about their likes, their dislikes, and even their quirky day jobs when they’re not saving the day. This book is not just about heroes; it’s also about those who walk on the wild side. Meet four bonus supervillains, including the elusive Doctor Fart, and discover what makes them tick, or should we say, toot? 20 of the Most Unusual Superheroes is an enchanting and comical adventure that celebrates individuality, humor, and the power of being yourself. Get ready to laugh, learn, and explore a world where the quirkiest characters are the true champions!

Author : K. J. Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Superheroes
ISBN : 0473696754

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20 of the Most Unusual Superheroes by K. J. Mackay Pdf

Author : Jon Morris
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781594747830

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The League of Regrettable Superheroes by Jon Morris Pdf

Meet one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. You know about Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but have you heard of Doll Man, Doctor Hormone, or Spider Queen? So prepare yourself for such not-ready-for-prime-time heroes as Bee Man (Batman, but with bees), the Clown (circus-themed crimebuster), the Eye (a giant, floating eyeball; just accept it), and many other oddballs and oddities. Drawing on the entire history of the medium, The League of Regrettable Superheroes will appeal to die-hard comics fans, casual comics readers, and anyone who enjoys peering into the stranger corners of pop culture.

Author : James N. Gilmore,Matthias Stork
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442232129

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Superhero Synergies by James N. Gilmore,Matthias Stork Pdf

In the age of digital media, superheroes are no longer confined to comic books and graphic novels. Their stories are now featured in films, video games, digital comics, television programs, and more. In a single year alone, films featuring Batman, Spider-Man, and the Avengers have appeared on the big screen. Popular media no longer exists in isolation, but converges into complex multidimensional entities. As a result, traditional ideas about the relationship between varying media have come under striking revision. Although this convergence is apparent in many genres, perhaps nowhere is it more persistent, more creative, or more varied than in the superhero genre. Superhero Synergies: Comic Book Characters Go Digital explores this developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium, has been developed into so many more. Essays in this volume engage with several of the most iconic heroes—including Batman, Hulk, and Iron Man—through a variety of academic disciplines such as industry studies, gender studies, and aesthetic analysis to develop an expansive view of the genre’s potency. The contributors to this volume engage cinema, comics, video games, and even live stage shows to instill readers with new ways of looking at, thinking about, and experiencing some of contemporary media’s most popular texts. This unique approach to the examination of digital media and superhero studies provides new and valuable readings of well-known texts and practices. Intended for both academics and fans of the superhero genre, this anthology introduces the innovative and growing synergy between traditional comic books and digital media.

Author : John Kenneth Muir
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786437559

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The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed. by John Kenneth Muir Pdf

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments in the popular genre; adds new shows such as Heroes and Zoom; includes the latest films featuring icons like Superman, Spiderman and Batman; and covers even more types of superheroes. Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries, and data on arch-villains, gadgets, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context. Appendices list common superhero conventions and cliches; incarnations; memorable ad lines; and the best, worst, and most influential productions from 1951 to 2008.

Author : Brian McKenzie
Publisher : Hyperink Inc
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781614645771

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Learning to Write Superhero Stories: Using the Best and Worst Superhero Movies to Write Better Novels, Comics, and Screenplays by Brian McKenzie Pdf

Many writers suffer from the depressing misconception that popularity and critical acclaim are mutually exclusive. Encouragingly, from 2000-2012, 20 superhero movies scored above 70 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 17 of them grossed more than $200 million at the box office. Hopefully, the enclosed reviews of four great superhero movies and two of the genre’s most notorious disasters will help you identify ways to distinguish your writing, sharpen your skills, and broaden the appeal of your work. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK The Amazing Spider-Man 1. To the extent that you cover a superhero origin story, I’d recommend focusing on things and approaches we haven’t seen much of before. I think it would have helped to either spend less time covering the origin story or make it more different than Spider-Man 1. That said, I thought ASM’s approach to the death of Uncle Ben was smoother and more thematically effective–when Peter has the opportunity to stop the robber, there’s a plausible and immediate threat to bystanders. Peter declines and Ben gets killed seconds thereafter. This makes Peter’s motivation for a life-changing decision (becoming a superhero) more plausible. In contrast, in Spider-Man 1, Peter gets torn up because he doesn’t get involved in a relatively minor situation with a police officer present, with only a faint connection between Peter Parker letting the robber go and the robber killing a civilian. 1.1. Peter plays a more active role acquiring superpowers. He was only in the laboratory because he stole an ID and figured out how to thwart a keypad. I think the scene develops him more than just getting lucky at the science fair in Spider-Man 1. (Likewise, he makes his own webslingers instead of getting them from the spider-bite). 2. Beware the idiot ball – make sure there are believable consequences to actions. Peter Parker displayed his superpowers in public so many times that I think his classmates would have to be idiots not to notice something was amiss. (For example, the NBA-caliber dunk? Or breaking a goalpost with a football? Or lifting enormous Flash Thompson by the neck?) When characters make decisions, there should be consequences. For example, if the character is reckless with his powers, maybe other characters come closer to figuring out what’s going on. Or at least start asking difficult questions. 3. Speaking of consequences, I thought the crane scene was kind of cute. (Peter saves a construction worker’s kid and the construction worker later pulls in favors at the climax to help Spider-Man). It helps build a contrast between Spider-Man’s decidedly limited means and, say, the lavishly-funded Avengers or X-Men. I think it’s also a more subtle and effective way of showing he’s more of an everyman hero than we saw in previous Spider-Man movies (e.g. subway passengers throwing themselves between Dr. Octopus and a crippled Spidey felt sort of hokey to me). Buy the Book to Read More!

Author : Jason Tondro
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786488766

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Superheroes of the Round Table by Jason Tondro Pdf

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.

Author : Christine Simonotti
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781291252927

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The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume II by Christine Simonotti Pdf

An invaluable resource for any wrestling fan of the era.The second in the series. This is the complete guide to every WWF VHS release from 1990-1993, with full reviews of every tape, alternative wrestler bios, exclusive artwork by Bob Dahlstrom, awards, match ratings, and much, much more.

Author : Richard A. Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440861246

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The American Superhero by Richard A. Hall Pdf

This compilation of essential information on 100 superheroes from comic book issues, various print and online references, and scholarly analyses provides readers all of the relevant material on superheroes in one place. The American Superhero: Encyclopedia of Caped Crusaders in History covers the history of superheroes and superheroines in America from approximately 1938–2010 in an intentionally inclusive manner. The book features a chronology of important dates in superhero history, five thematic essays covering the overall history of superheroes, and 100 A–Z entries on various superheroes. Complementing the entries are sidebars of important figures or events and a glossary of terms in superhero research. Designed for anyone beginning to research superheroes and superheroines, The American Superhero contains a wide variety of facts, figures, and features about caped crusaders and shows their importance in American history. Further, it collects and verifies information that otherwise would require hours of looking through multiple books and websites to find.

Author : Heather Wolpert-Gawron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317486381

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DIY Project Based Learning for ELA and History by Heather Wolpert-Gawron Pdf

Are you interested in using Project Based Learning to revamp your lessons, but aren’t sure how to get started? In DIY Project Based Learning in ELA and History, award-winning teacher and Edutopia blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron makes it fun and easy! Project Based Learning encourages students and teachers alike to abandon their dusty textbooks, and instead embrace a form of curriculum design focused on student engagement, innovation, and creative problem-solving. A leading name in this field, Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares some of her most popular units for ELA and Social Studies in this exciting new collection. This book is an essential resource for teachers looking to: Create their own Project Based Learning units. Engage student in their education by grounding lessons in real-world problems and encouraging them to develop creative solutions. Incorporate role-playing into everyday learning. Develop real-world lessons to get students to understand the life-long relevance of what they are learning. Assess multiple skills and subject areas in an integrated way. Collaborate with teachers across subject areas. Test authentic skills and set authentic goals for their students to grow as individuals. Part I of the book features six full units, complete with student samples, targeted rubrics, a checklist to keep students on track, and even "Homework Hints." Part II is a mix-and-match section of tools you can use to create your own PBL-aligned lessons. The tools are available as eResources on our website, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138891623, so you can print and use them in your classroom immediately.

Author : Scott Bukatman
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822384892

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Matters of Gravity by Scott Bukatman Pdf

The headlong rush, the rapid montage, the soaring superhero, the plunging roller coaster—Matters of Gravity focuses on the experience of technological spectacle in American popular culture over the past century. In these essays, leading media and cultural theorist Scott Bukatman reveals how popular culture tames the threats posed by technology and urban modernity by immersing people in delirious kinetic environments like those traversed by Plastic Man, Superman, and the careening astronauts of 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Right Stuff. He argues that as advanced technologies have proliferated, popular culture has turned the attendant fear of instability into the thrill of topsy-turvydom, often by presenting images and experiences of weightless escape from controlled space. Considering theme parks, cyberspace, cinematic special effects, superhero comics, and musical films, Matters of Gravity highlights phenomena that make technology spectacular, permit unfettered flights of fantasy, and free us momentarily from the weight of gravity and history, of past and present. Bukatman delves into the dynamic ways pop culture imagines that apotheosis of modernity: the urban metropolis. He points to two genres, musical films and superhero comics, that turn the city into a unique site of transformative power. Leaping in single bounds from lively descriptions to sharp theoretical insights, Matters of Gravity is a deft, exhilarating celebration of the liberatory effects of popular culture.

Author : Frank Miller
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302942069

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Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 16 by Frank Miller Pdf

Collects Daredevil (1964) #173-181 - plus material from What If? (1977) #28 and #35, Bizarre Adventures #28 and Marvel Fanfare (1982) #1. In issue after issue, Frank Miller redefined the Man Without Fear with work that stands atop the peak of comic book storytelling. When Miller introduced Elektra, readers could not get enough of the assassin from Matt Murdock's past. In this volume, her saga ratchets up as she and Daredevil fight the unstoppable ninjas of The Hand. Miller also introduces Stick, the gruff mentor who trained a young Murdock and who now must help him regain his radar sense before the Kingpin closes in. Also featuring a deadly reckoning for Ben Urich and a double-sized battle with Bullseye that ends in one of the most scintillating moments in comics history. Plus: A pair of essential WHAT IF? rarities and an Elektra solo mission!

Author : Frank Miller
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302479435

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Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Volume 2 by Frank Miller Pdf

Collects Daredevil #173-184. Daredevil got a new lease on life in a landmark 1979-1983 run by writer-penciler Frank Miller and inker-penciler Klaus Janson, whose daring reinvention of the character quickly made Miller one of the biggest and most influential stars in the comic-book industry. Miller puts his own stamp on established cast member such as reporter Ben Urich, femme fatale Black Widow, mad assassin Bullseye, the saw-fisted Gladiator, and monstrous crime boss Kingpin. Miller also introduced Daredevil's mysterious mentor Stick, deadly ninja foes the Hand, and Matt's long-lost love Elektra, a beautiful assassin who would become one of Marvel's most memorable characters.

Author : George Pérez,Marv Wolfman
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401271855

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New Teen Titans Vol. 5 by George Pérez,Marv Wolfman Pdf

TITANS FOREVER! The original Teen Titans always stood in the shadows of their larger-than-life mentors - young heroes like Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash saw plenty of action, but it was Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash who ultimately called the shots. All that changed, however, with the arrival of THE NEW TEEN TITANS in 1980 - and the lives of DC’s adolescent adventurers would never be the same! Crafted by comics legends Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, this all-new super-team featured greater dangers, fiercer emotions and more tangled relationships than any that had come before. The Titans’ celebrated stories have ensured that the names of Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Changeling will be passed down through history alongside those famous aliases employed by Dick Grayson, Donna Troy and Wally West. Now, for the first time, all of Wolfman and Pérez’s NEW TEEN TITANS tales are available in a comprehensive series of trade paperback editions. THE NEW TEEN TITANS VOLUME FIVE collects issues #28-34 of the classic title as well as the fateful THE NEW TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #2, and features the team’s historic first adventure with Tara Markov-a.k.a. Terra!TITANS FOREVER! The original Teen Titans always stood in the shadows of their larger-than-life mentors - young heroes like Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash saw plenty of action, but it was Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash who ultimately called the shots. All that changed, however, with the arrival of THE NEW TEEN TITANS in 1980 - and the lives of DC’s adolescent adventurers would never be the same! Crafted by comics legends Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, this all-new super-team featured greater dangers, fiercer emotions and more tangled relationships than any that had come before. The Titans’ celebrated stories have ensured that the names of Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Changeling will be passed down through history alongside those famous aliases employed by Dick Grayson, Donna Troy and Wally West. Now, for the first time, all of Wolfman and Pérez’s NEW TEEN TITANS tales are available in a comprehensive series of trade paperback editions. THE NEW TEEN TITANS VOLUME FIVE collects issues #28-34 of the classic title as well as the fateful THE NEW TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #2, and features the team’s historic first adventure with Tara Markov-a.k.a. Terra!

Author : Kari Therrian,Fox Syndicate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548335665

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Weird Comics #20 by Kari Therrian,Fox Syndicate Pdf

WEIRD COMICS #20Weird Comics was published from 1940 - 1942 running for 20 issues. Many different genres were included.Featuring:The Eagle and Buddy (Superhero)The Sorceress of Zoom (Fantasy)Black Rider (Superhero)DartMarga (Jungle)Rapier (Adventure)Swoop Curtis (Aviation War)and more...You can enjoy again - or for the first time -WEIRD COMICS #20 with this public domain reprint from GOLDEN AGE REPRINTS. Check out the full line - new titles every week! The classic comic reprints from GOLDEN AGE REPRINTS and UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available. For our complete classic comics library catalog contact [email protected] OR VISIT OUR WEB STORE AT www.goldenagereprints.com