Ages of the Justice League

Joseph J. Darowski

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English

McFarland & Co Inc
06 March 2017

Comic book & cartoon art; Literary essays; Fiction-related items; DC Universe

The first superhero team from the Silver Age of comics, DC's Justice League has seen many iterations since its first appearance in 1960. As the original comic book continued and spin-off titles proliferated, talented writers, artists and editors adapted the team to appeal to changing audience tastes.

This collection of new essays examines more than five decades of Justice League comics and related titles. Each essay considers a storyline or era of the franchise in its historical and social contexts. Exploring both the popular culture and relevant events of the day, the contributors discuss how the Vietnam War was addressed in Justice League comics, how the Cold War transformed the roles of superheroes in the DC universe and how the post-9/11 political climate affected a crossover character.

Edited by: Joseph J. Darowski
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781476662251
ISBN 10: 1476662258
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 06 March 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Preface The Brave and Bold Beginning of the Silver Age Superteam (John Darowski) A League of Orphans and Single Parents: Making a Family in an Era of Father Knows Best (Louie Dean Valencia-García)18 The Caged Bird Sings: The Justice League of America and the Domestic Containment of Black Canary (Thomas C. Donaldson) Social Justice and Silver Age Superheroes (W.C. Bamberger) Relevance in Wonderland: The Mixed Success of Gardner Fox’s Message Comic Books (Gene Phillips) A Crisis of Infinite Dearth: Winning Vietnam via the Never-Ending War on Earth-X (Peter W. Lee) The Benefits of Doubts: Steve Englehart’s Radical Take Tradition (Jason Sacks) The Not-So-Golden Age: Gender, Race and Nostalgia All-Star Squadron 1981–1987 (Ruth McClelland-Nugent) Gritty Levity: The Giffen/DeMatteis Era of the Justice League (Charles Henebry) “I’m Batman! Bwah ha ha!” Comedy in the Grim ’n’ Gritty Eighties (Brian Cogan) Lacking Leadership: The Justice League Europe’s Place the DC Universe (Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Leonardo Acosta Lando) Extreme Transitions: Trends and Trepidations from 1992 to 1996 (D.R. Hammontree) What We’ve Got Here Is Failure to Communicate: Trust, Technology and Fear in “The Tower of Babel” (Nicole Freim) “Whether we fear we do too much—or not enough”: JLA/Avengers and the Cross-Universe Causes of Conflict (Joseph J. Darowski) Madwomen: Sexism as Nostalgia, or Feminism in The New Frontier (Jennifer Swartz-Levine) Absolute Secrets Kept Absolutely: Public Memory and Forgetting in Identity Crisis (Daniel J. O’Rourke) The Good, the Bad and the Reboot: Justice League in the New (Cathy Leogrande) About the Contributors Index

Joseph J. Darowski, a professor of English at Brigham Young University-Idaho, USA has published work on comic book superheroes such as the X-Men, Green Lantern, and Superman and is the author or coeditor of several books.

Reviews for Ages of the Justice League

These essays provide an insightful and entertaining exploration of how a superhero team, spearheaded by America s most iconic pop culture creations, reflects, and sometimes critiques, American attitudes toward justice, morality and the use of power. Randy Duncan, director of Henderson State University s Comics Studies program, co-author of <i>The Power of Comics</i>; Joseph J. Darowski s <i>The Ages of the Justice League: Essays on America s Greatest Superheroes in Changing Times</i> is an exceptional study that is highly informative, critically brilliant, and fun to read. It cements his already outstanding reputation as one of the foremost comics scholars in America. Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University.