Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: An Unruly Medium 1
6. 1. Incorporating Comics: A Brief Transmedia History of the U.S. Comic Book Industry 18
7. 2. Comic Book Crisis: Public Relations, Regulation, and Distribution in the 1950s 46
8. 3. Super Origins: Authorship, Creative Labor, and Copyright in the 1960s–1970s 91
9. 4. Tales of the Comic Book Cult: Quality Demographics and Insider Fans in the 1970s–1980s 136
10. 5. Mutant Risk: Speculation and Comic Book Films in the 1990s–2000s 180
11. Epilogue: A Powerful Medium 230
12. Appendix A: Comic Book Adaptations for Film and Television 235
13. Appendix B: Comic Book Film Adaptations, 1955–2010 243
14. Notes 249
15. Index 303