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Book SynopsisReveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America.
Trade ReviewMurray writes in an engaging, fluid manner and from a clearly evident base of knowledge and experience. . . .
The British Superhero is an easy book to recommend for those interested in gaining a somewhat different perspective on superhero comic history.""- Bill Capossere,
Fantasy Literature;
""Chris Murray’s
The British Superhero does a superb job of chronicling the surprisingly compelling history of comics in England and defining the industry’s origins in nineteenth-century pop culture (boys’ weeklies, penny dreadfuls) and in the sci-fi/fantasy ‘protosuperheroes’ of 1930s pulp-fiction protagonists: the Scarlet Bat, the Black Whip, the Flaming Avenger, and Karga the Clutcher.""- Jarret Keene,
Popular Culture Review
