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OverviewComicsAlliance and ComicsBlend Best Comic Book of the Year BUST Magazine Lit Pick” Recommendation Certified Cool™ in PREVIEWS: The Comic Shop’s Catalog Mike Madrid gives these forgotten superheroines their due. These lost’ heroines are now foundto the delight of comic book lovers everywhere.” STAN LEE Wonder Woman, Mary Marvel, and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle ruled the pages of comic books in the 1940s, but many other heroines of the WWII era have been forgotten. Through twenty-eight full reproductions of vintage Golden Age comics, Divas, Dames & Daredevils reintroduces their ingenious abilities to mete out justice to Nazis, aliens, and evildoers of all kinds. Each spine-tingling chapter opens with Mike Madrid’s insightful commentary about heroines at the dawn of the comic book industry and reveals a universe populated by extraordinary womensuperheroes, reporters, galactic warriors, daring detectives, and ace fighter pilotswho protected America and the world with wit and guile. In these pages, fans will also meet heroines with striking similarities to more modern superheroes, including The Spider Queen, who deployed web shooters twenty years before Spider Man, and Marga the Panther Woman, whose feral instincts and sharp claws tore up the bad guys long before Wolverine. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but their influence on popular culture, and the heroes we’re passionate about today, is unmistakable. Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR Best Book To Share With Your Friends” and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. Madrid, a San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mike Madrid , Maria Elena BuszekPublisher: Exterminating Angel Press Imprint: Exterminating Angel Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9781935259237ISBN 10: 1935259237 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 October 2013 Recommended Age: From 12 years Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A CAST OF THOUSANDS Chapter 1: WOMEN AT WAR Chapter 2: MYSTERY WOMEN Chapter 3: 20TH CENTURY GODDESSES Chapter 4: DARING DAMES Chapter 5: WARRIORS & QUEENS AfterwordReviewsMike Madrid gives these forgotten superheroines their due. These 'lost' heroines are now found--to the delight of comic book lovers everywhere. --STAN LEE<br><br> In one beautifully designed collection, [Mike Madrid] reprints the blood-and-thunder stories of twenty-eight Golden Age comic book heroines. . . . Lovers of comics and strong women everywhere thank you, Mike Madrid! --TRINA ROBBINS, author of Pretty in Ink: Women Cartoonists 1896-2013 <br><br> Madrid's meticulous and passionate research provides a window into a seemingly lost herstory of patriotism, bravery, and progressive ways of thinking about female agency and adventure. This collection, and the engaging context provided throughout, ensure that these divas, dames, and daredevils will not be forgotten. --JENNIFER K. STULLER, author of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology <br><br> Author Information"Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics (forthcoming from Exterminating Angel Press in October 2013) and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR ""Best Book To Share With Your Friends"" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. Madrid, a San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. Foreword contributor Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver and author of Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture. Her writing has appeared in the Art Journal, Archives of American Art Journal, TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies, Bust magazine, and elsewhere." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |