Best Books About Superheroes
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Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine
by:
Tim Hanley
3.75 avg rating β 960 ratings 5. 
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
by:
Gerard Jones
4.07 avg rating β 1,660 ratings 6. 
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Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
by:
Grant Morrison
3.85 avg rating β 8,514 ratings 8. 
The Many Lives of Catwoman: The Felonious History of a Feline Fatale
by:
Tim Hanley
4.02 avg rating β 182 ratings 
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Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman 4.09 avg rating β 45 ratings
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Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
by:
Jordan Raphael
3.67 avg rating β 177 ratings 
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Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
by:
Rick Bowers
3.70 avg rating β 782 ratings 
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Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed
by:
Brian Cronin
3.67 avg rating β 589 ratings 
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Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond
by:
Andrew Farago
4.79 avg rating β 117 ratings 25. 
Tales of the Dark Knight: Batman's First Fifty Years 1939-1989
by:
Mark Cotta Vaz
3.84 avg rating β 109 ratings 
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Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul
by:
Mark D. White
3.76 avg rating β 2,095 ratings 28. 
Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
by:
Art Spiegelman
3.94 avg rating β 415 ratings 29. 
Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal 4.08 avg rating β 287 ratings
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The Supergirls: Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
by:
Mike Madrid
3.79 avg rating β 1,252 ratings 
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The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
by:
Glen Weldon
4.12 avg rating β 2,631 ratings 34. 
Superheroes! Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
by:
Laurence Maslon
4.09 avg rating β 467 ratings 36. 
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The Shocking Adventures of Jewish Lightning #1 The San Francisco Snatch
by:
Kitty Knish
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 6 ratings 44. 
Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman
by:
Thomas Andrae
3.52 avg rating β 31 ratings 
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The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer
by:
Greg Carpenter
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 68 ratings 47. 
Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter
by:
Tim Hanley
3.85 avg rating β 243 ratings 47. 
Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books 1938-1950
by:
Jerry Robinson
4.75 avg rating β 4 ratings 
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Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society
by:
Danny Fingeroth
3.50 avg rating β 225 ratings 
55. 
Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee
by:
Stan Lee
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 607 ratings 
60. 
The Great Comic Book Heroes: The Origins and Early Adventures of the Classic Super-Heroes of the Comic Books
by:
Jules Feiffer
4.12 avg rating β 273 ratings 
62. 
Stan Lee & Jack Kirby: The Wonder Years (Jack Kirby Collector / Presents, 58)
by:
Mark Alexander
3.96 avg rating β 24 ratings 62. 
The Wisdom of Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman Book, Superhero Book, Pop Culture Books)
by:
Signe Bergstrom
4.21 avg rating β 108 ratings 
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Superman: The High-Flying History of the Man of Steel
by:
Larry Tye
3.91 avg rating β 1,325 ratings 68. 
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The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess
by:
Phil Jimenez
4.32 avg rating β 114 ratings 73. 
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Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to The Amazon Princess
by:
Scott Beatty
4.05 avg rating β 142 ratings 75. 
Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
by:
Tim Leong
3.96 avg rating β 1,490 ratings 
81. 
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shusterβthe Creators of Superman
by:
Brad Ricca
3.84 avg rating β 317 ratings 
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Superman Is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
by:
Harry Brod
3.81 avg rating β 149 ratings 
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DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
by:
Les Daniels
3.84 avg rating β 120 ratings 
98. 
Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics
by:
Les Daniels
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 264 ratings 
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The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman
by:
Cody Walker
3.63 avg rating β 87 ratings