Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero Nonfiction
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All New, All Different?: A History of Race and the American Superhero (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series)
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Allan W. Austin
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine
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Tim Hanley
3.75 avg rating — 960 ratings 5. 
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History
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Hope Nicholson
3.97 avg rating — 462 ratings 6. 
Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
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Rick Bowers
3.70 avg rating — 782 ratings 7. 
Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics
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Mike Madrid
4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings 
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Bending Steel: Modernity and the American Superhero
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Aldo J. Regalado
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 10. 
Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes
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Tim Hanley
4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings 10. 
The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther
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Ruth E. Carter
4.47 avg rating — 92 ratings 12. 
Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter
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Tim Hanley
3.85 avg rating — 243 ratings 13. 
The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
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Mike Madrid
3.79 avg rating — 1,252 ratings 13. 
The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: Heroic Helpers from Comic Book History!
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Jon Morris
3.77 avg rating — 239 ratings 15. 
Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics
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Mike Madrid
3.77 avg rating — 127 ratings 15. 
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The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History
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Jon Morris
3.71 avg rating — 519 ratings 
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Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code (Studies in Popular Culture
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Amy Kiste Nyberg
3.88 avg rating — 58 ratings 23. 
The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present
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Gerard Jones
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 73 ratings 25. 
Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series)
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Anna F. Peppard
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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Magic, Monsters, and MakeBelieve Heroes: How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture
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Douglas E. Cowan
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings 27. 
Up, Up, and Oy Vey! How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero
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Simcha Weinstein
3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings 29. 
Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age
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Peyton Brunet
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings 29. 
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History
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Glen Berger
3.91 avg rating — 2,374 ratings 31. 
The Many Lives of Catwoman: The Felonious History of a Feline Fatale
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Tim Hanley
4.02 avg rating — 182 ratings 32. 
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
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David Hajdu
3.86 avg rating — 3,682 ratings 
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All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
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Douglas Wolk
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,972 ratings 36. 
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The Ages of Wonder Woman: Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing Times 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
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War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
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Marc DiPaolo
3.91 avg rating — 112 ratings 40. 
The Supergirls: Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
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Mike Madrid
3.79 avg rating — 1,252 ratings 
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Superman Is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
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Harry Brod
3.81 avg rating — 149 ratings 42. 
Batman, Defender of Gotham City: The Incredible Story of the Dark Knight (Superhero Sagas)
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Dean King
3.39 avg rating — 44 ratings 45. 
Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
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Laurence Maslon
4.09 avg rating — 467 ratings 
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Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology 3.92 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Dauntless Dames: High-Heeled Heroes of the Comics
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Various
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 52. 
According to Jack Kirby: Insights drawn from interviews with comics' greatest creator
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Michael Hill
3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings 
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your Head
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Eliot Borenstein
3.64 avg rating — 73 ratings 56. 
Comic Book Historians Presents...: Neal Adams, Master Illustrator
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Alex Grand
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 57. 
Comic Book Historians Presents...: Frank Thorne the Blue, Wizard of the Comic Arts
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Alex Grand
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 58. 
Comic Book Historians Presents...: David Anthony Kraft, Mad Genius Comics Journalist
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Alex Grand
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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Insider Histories of Cartooning: Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators
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Robert C. Harvey
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 61. 
Horror Comics: The Illustrated History (Taylor History of Comics #1)
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Mike Benton
3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings 62. 
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Timely Confidential: When the Golden Age of Comic Books Was Young
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Allen Bellman
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 65. 
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Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series)
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Peyton Brunet
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings 
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American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason
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Brett Dakin
3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings 69. 
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Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity (Great Comics Artists Series)
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Zack Kruse
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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Brain Bats of Venus: The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton Vol. 2 (1942-1952)
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Greg Sadowski
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 
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The Bill Schelly Reader: Collected Essays about Comic Books, Comic Fandom & James Bond
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Bill Schelly
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 75. 
Super Duper Supermen!: Comic Book Heroes from the Forties and Fifties
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Denis Gifford
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire--And Both Lost
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Dan Raviv
3.68 avg rating — 287 ratings 78. 
DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books Of The Second World War
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Mark Fertig
4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings 80. 
Sparring With Gil Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics
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Gil Kane
4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings 81. 
Demanding Respect: The Evolution of the American Comic Book
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Paul Lopes
3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings 82. 
Hero-A-Go-Go: Campy Comic Books, Crimefighters, & Culture of the Swinging Sixties
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Michael Eury
4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings 
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Kirby Five-Oh!: Celebrating 50 Years Of The "King" Of Comics
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John Morrow
4.16 avg rating — 45 ratings 
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She Changed Comics: The Untold Story of the Women Who Changed Free Expression in Comics
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Betsy Gomez
4.14 avg rating — 166 ratings 
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The 10 Cent War: Comic Books, Propaganda, and World War II
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Trischa Goodnow
3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings 91. 
Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay (Tom Inge Series on Comics Artists)
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Katherine Roeder
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 92. 
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Ideology and Power in Pre-Code Comic Books: Struggles for Cultural Space, Audience, and Meaning
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Jan Philipzig
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 94. 
Silver Age: The Second Generation of Comic Artists
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Daniel Herman
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 95. 
More Heroes Of The Comics: Portaits Of The Legends Of Comic Books
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Drew Friedman
4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings 
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Popular Skullture: The Skull Motif in Pulps, Paperbacks, and Comics
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Monte Beauchamp
3.70 avg rating — 40 ratings 98. 
Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary
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Bill Schelly
4.25 avg rating — 61 ratings 
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Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books
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Michael Barrier
4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings