CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945

Allan W. Austin; Patrick L. Hamilton

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Austin, Allan W. and Hamilton, Patrick L.. "CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945". All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2019, pp. 19-49. https://doi.org/10.7560/318966-005

Austin, A. & Hamilton, P. (2019). CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945. In All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero (pp. 19-49). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/318966-005

Austin, A. and Hamilton, P. 2019. CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945. All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 19-49. https://doi.org/10.7560/318966-005

Austin, Allan W. and Hamilton, Patrick L.. "CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945" In All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero, 19-49. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7560/318966-005

Austin A, Hamilton P. CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945. In: All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2019. p.19-49. https://doi.org/10.7560/318966-005

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Into the “Gutters” 1
CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945 19
CHAPTER 2 Struggling for Social Relevance: DC, Marvel, and the Cold War, 1945–1965 50
CHAPTER 3 “We’re All Brothers!”: The Ideal of Liberal Brotherhood in the 1960s and 1970s 88
CHAPTER 4 Guess Who’s Coming to Save You? The Rise of the Ethnic Superhero in the 1960s and 1970s 126
CHAPTER 5 “Something for Everyone”: The Superteam in the Age of Multiculturalism, 1975–1996 176
CHAPTER 6 Replacement Heroes and the Quest for Inclusion, 1985–2011 216
CHAPTER 7 Something Old, Something New: Heroes Reborn and Reimagined, 1990–2015 255
Coda: Born Again (and Again and Again . . . and Again and Again . . .) 293
Notes 311
Bibliography 343
Index 362

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Into the “Gutters” 1
CHAPTER 1 “World’s Finest”? The Wartime Superhero and Race, 1941–1945 19
CHAPTER 2 Struggling for Social Relevance: DC, Marvel, and the Cold War, 1945–1965 50
CHAPTER 3 “We’re All Brothers!”: The Ideal of Liberal Brotherhood in the 1960s and 1970s 88
CHAPTER 4 Guess Who’s Coming to Save You? The Rise of the Ethnic Superhero in the 1960s and 1970s 126
CHAPTER 5 “Something for Everyone”: The Superteam in the Age of Multiculturalism, 1975–1996 176
CHAPTER 6 Replacement Heroes and the Quest for Inclusion, 1985–2011 216
CHAPTER 7 Something Old, Something New: Heroes Reborn and Reimagined, 1990–2015 255
Coda: Born Again (and Again and Again . . . and Again and Again . . .) 293
Notes 311
Bibliography 343
Index 362

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