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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Chera KeePublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press ISBN: 9780472076857ISBN 10: 047207685 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 31 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note Introduction: A Brief (and Heroic) History of the Zombie in Comics Part 1: Mission Chapter One: The Purple Zombie: Superheroes and Strong-Man Zombies Chapter Two: Vengeance and Villains: From the Horror Comics of the 1950s to Deadworld Part 2: Identity Chapter Three: Tales of the Zombie and Xombi: Or, the Curious Case of the Suffering Zombie Hardbodies Chapter Four: Gwen Dylan is Not the Girl She Used to Be: iZombie and Female Zombies in Comics Part 3: Powers Conclusion: Blackest Night and Marvel Zombies: The Hero as Zombie BibliographyReviews"""Corpse Crusaders is a thrilling and thoughtful study of comic book zombies that examines the boundaries between the horrific and the heroic. Kee unearths the intersections between zombies and superheroes while exploring issues of justice, genre and culture. A must-read for horror and comics fans alike.""--Blair Davis, author of Christianity and Comics, Comic Book Women, Movie Comics and The Battle for the Bs." “Corpse Crusaders is a thrilling and thoughtful study of comic book zombies that examines the boundaries between the horrific and the heroic. Kee unearths the intersections between zombies and superheroes while exploring issues of justice, genre and culture. A must-read for horror and comics fans alike.” - Blair Davis, author of Christianity and Comics, Comic Book Women, Movie Comics and The Battle for the Bs. Author InformationChera Kee is Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies in the English Department at Wayne State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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