Who needs a superhero? : finding virtue, vice, and what's holy in the comics /
Brewer, H. Michael, 1954-
Who needs a superhero? : finding virtue, vice, and what's holy in the comics / H. Michael Brewer. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2004. - 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Superman : the saving son from above -- The Hulk : the monster within -- Batman : guilt and grace in Gotham City -- Iron Man : salvation by success -- Superman revisited : death, resurrection, and doomsday -- Wonder Woman : the power of truth -- Thor : transformation -- Spider-Man : saved for service -- Daredevil : discernment -- X-Men : in the world but not of it -- The fantastic four : the ties that bind -- The Punisher versus Green arrow : what is God like? -- Captain America : shielded from sorrow -- The spirit : the Gospel in a nutshell.
0801065100 (pbk.)
2004013963
Comic books, strips, etc.--Religious aspects.
PN 6712 / .B74 2004
Who needs a superhero? : finding virtue, vice, and what's holy in the comics / H. Michael Brewer. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2004. - 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Superman : the saving son from above -- The Hulk : the monster within -- Batman : guilt and grace in Gotham City -- Iron Man : salvation by success -- Superman revisited : death, resurrection, and doomsday -- Wonder Woman : the power of truth -- Thor : transformation -- Spider-Man : saved for service -- Daredevil : discernment -- X-Men : in the world but not of it -- The fantastic four : the ties that bind -- The Punisher versus Green arrow : what is God like? -- Captain America : shielded from sorrow -- The spirit : the Gospel in a nutshell.
0801065100 (pbk.)
2004013963
Comic books, strips, etc.--Religious aspects.
PN 6712 / .B74 2004