{"product_id":"the-british-superhero-9781496820266","title":"The British Superhero","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReveals 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurray writes in an engaging, fluid manner and from a clearly evident base of knowledge and experience. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe British Superhero\u003c\/i\u003e is an easy book to recommend for those interested in gaining a somewhat different perspective on superhero comic history.\"\"- Bill Capossere, \u003ci\u003eFantasy Literature\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Chris Murray’s \u003ci\u003eThe British Superhero\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003ePopular Culture Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040604979543,"sku":"9781496820266","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496820266.jpg?v=1750947253","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-british-superhero-9781496820266","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}