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Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero

Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero


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In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators--largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Will Eisner, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Jewish Identity has historically been about the push and pull toward and away from that very identity. As immigrants with a history of persecution, Jews came to America with their heads down but their eyes open, finding themselves presented with unprecedented freedom and opportunity. Still, there were limits, spoken and unspoken, which often pushed Jews into fields with a hint of "second-class-ness" to them. Among these was the comic-book industry, until then minus the breakout hit that would put the medium on the map. That phenomenon would be the superhero--specifically Superman--and the flood of others that followed, including Batman and Spider-Man. In Disguised as Clark Kent, Fingeroth explores how the creators' Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar popular-culture icons of all, far beyond the comic books that spawned them--on TV, in movies, in electronic media--and in our very ideas about what it means to be a hero. Drawn in part from original interviews with legendary creators as they reflect on their Jewish backgrounds--religious, ethnic, and cultural--Disguised as Clark Kent brings valuable insights into the fantasies that fuel our imaginations, and raises significant questions about the relationship of individual and group identity to the content of our collective dreams.

About the Author :
Danny Fingeroth was the editorial director of Marvel's Spider-Man comics line and writer of many comics featuring Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, and other iconic characters. He is a consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comic Conventions, and has spoken on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Historical Society, the Society of Illustrators, and many other venues. For more info: www.DannyFingeroth.com Danny Fingeroth was the editorial director of Marvel's Spider-Man comics line and writer of many comics featuring Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, and other iconic characters. He is a consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comic Conventions, and has spoken on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Historical Society, the Society of Illustrators, and many other venues. For more info: www.DannyFingeroth.com

Review :
"Fingeroth's book is an easy, intriguing read, exploring the histories of superheroes and their creators. This is clearly a topic in which Fingeroth is eminently well-versed." -- "Jewish Book World" "Looking back at the gold and silver era of comics, [Fingeroth] uses close reading and artist testimony...to explore parallels between Superman and Moses, Spider-Man's morality tales and the Torah, Fantastic Four arch-nemesis Hate Monger and Hitler, and others. Fingeroth's theories can seem far-fetched...[but] there's nothing here that wouldn't be at home (or much appreciated) in a spirited debate among hard core fans." -- "Publishers Weekly"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798200964130
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero
  • ISBN-10: 8200964132
  • Publisher Date: 27 Aug 2022
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 191 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 135 mm


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