Webslinger : Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man.
Title:
Webslinger : Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man.
Author:
Conway, Gerry.
ISBN:
9781935251521
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Horror in Long Underwear -- Peter Parker's Penance -- Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man -- Raimi vs. Bendis -- The Tangled Web We Weave -- The Perfectibility of Spider-Man -- Spider-Man: Class Straddler as Superhero -- The Friendly Neighborhood of Peter Parker -- Spinning a Web of Shame -- Spider-Man: Ultimate Loner-Ultimate Partner -- Spider-Man No More -- The Absent Father and Spider-Man's Unfulfilled Potential -- J. Jonah Jameson -- Power, Responsibility, and Pain -- Secrets and Secret-Keepers -- Spider-Man Saves the World -- Inner Demons, Outer Heroes, Outer Villains -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
The tangled web of vengeance, love, and loss woven by Spider-Man comics and films is explored in this collection of insightful essays by acclaimed writers of comics and science fiction and edited by Spider-Man comic writer Gerry Conway. A variety of topicsfrom the superhero's sarcasm to the science behind radioactive spidersare discussed in essays on Turning Rage into Responsibility: A Psychology of Loss," Love Is Selfish: Can a Hero Afford Personal Attachments?," and Self Identity and Costume Design." The popular rival Green Goblin, the bumbling-yet-influential media, and the part New York City itself plays in stories are skillfully explored, as well as the overall philosophy of mild-mannered Peter Parker and Spidey's relationship with the rest of the characters in the Marvel universe.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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