Gerard Jones draws on exhaustive research to portray how the immigrant experience and an outsider mentality shaped the vision of the make-believe hero, while a bizarre melting-pot of left-wing politics, mob money and the worlds of soft-porn and detective magazines contributed to the publishing world that produced the comics that brought them to millions. Within a few years their creations had spawned a new genre that still dominates youth entertainment seventy years later. Out of a mix of geekiness, science fiction, and outsider yearning, a crew of young men from working-class Jewish neighbourhoods and shady backgrounds created a series of blue-eyed, chisel-nosed crime fighters and adventurers who quickly captured the imaginations of young and old. In the depths of the Depression, out of the crowded tenements of New York and Chicago, the comic book superhero leapt into being. īefore the Incredibles, there were Batman and Superman, Spiderman and Captain America.Gerard Jones' book tells the fascinating inside story of the comic superheroes.

Out of a mix of geekiness, science fiction, and outsider yearning, a crew of young men from working-class Jewish neighbourhoods and shady backgrounds created a series of blue-eyed, chisel-nosed crime fighters and adventurers who.

Before the Incredibles, there were Batman and Superman, Spiderman and Captain America.Gerard Jones' book tells the fascinating inside story of the comic superheroes.

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