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From the publisher

"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak[ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure." --ComicsAlliance

"Sharp and lively . . . [Madrid] clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex."--Entertainment Weekly

"A long overdue tribute to [those] fabulous fighting females." --Stan Lee

Mike Madrid has become known as a champion of women in comics and as the expert in Golden Age female characters. And now here is where it all began, as informative and entertaining as ever, in a revised and updated edition, including new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as an afterword bringing us up-to-date on what's happening with women in comics now.

Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics; Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics; and the original The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of two of The History of Arcadia books: Lily the Silent and The Lizard Princess.

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Comic book superheroines bend steel, travel across time and space, and wield the mighty forces of nature. These powerful females do everything that male heroes do. But they have to work their wonders in skirts and high heels. The Supergirls, a cultural history of comic book heroines, asks whether their world of fantasy is that different from our own. Are the stories of Wonder Woman's search for an identity or Batwoman's battle for equality also an alternative saga of modern American women?

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Title The Supergirls: Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines (Revised and Updated)
Author Mike Madrid
Binding Paperback
Edition REV UPD
Pages 336
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Exterminating Angel Press
Publication date 2016-10-11
Features Index
ISBN 9781935259336 / 1935259334
Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
Dimensions 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (18.80 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
Library of Congress subjects Comic books, strips, etc - United States -, Comic strip characters
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016948972
Dewey Decimal Code 741.597

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Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0

About the author

Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics, Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics, and the original The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of two of The History of Arcadia books: Lily the Silent and The Lizard Princess.

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