Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed Taschenbuch von Brian Cronin Online-Verkauf

Fascinating and often bizarre true stories behind more than 130 urban legends about comic book culture.

Was Superman a Spy? demystifies all of the interesting stories, unbelievable anecdotes, wacky rumors, and persistent myths that have piled up like priceless back issues in the seventy-plus years of the comic book industry, including:

• Elvis Presley’s trademark hairstyle was based on a comic book character (True)
• Stan Lee featured a gay character in one of Marvel’s 1960s war comics (False)
• Wolverine of the X-Men was originally meant to be an actual wolverine! (True)
• What would have been DC’s first black superhero was changed at the last moment to a white hero (True)
• A Dutch inventor was blocked from getting a patent on a process because it had been used previously in a Donald Duck comic book (True)

With many more legends resolved, Was Superman a Spy? is a must-have for the legions of comic book fans and all seekers of „truth, justice, and the American way.“ Über den Autor Brian Cronin is a retired professor of philosophy from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He did his doctorate at Boston College and was later awarded four post-doctoral Lonergan Fellowships. He has worked as a missionary in Kenya and Tanzania and has been teaching philosophy since 1980. He has authored two books, Value Ethics (2006) and Phenomenology of Human Understanding (2006).