TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saunders,Ben
TI  - Do the gods wear capes?: spirituality, fantasy, and superheroes 
T2  - New directions in religion and literature
SN  - 9780826441980
AV  - BL 325 .H46 S28 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Superheroes
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
N1  - "First published in 2011 by the Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic 2013"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-174) and index; Introduction : The power of love -- Superman : truth, justice, and all that stuff -- Wonder Woman : bondage and liberation -- Spider-Man : heroic failure and spiritual triumph -- Iron Man : techno-faith -- Coda : modern gods -- Appendix : On the place of superhero studies within comics studies
N2  - "Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man, Saunders explores a number of complex philosophical and theological issues, including: the problem of evil; the will-to-power; the tension between intimacy and vulnerability; and the challenge of love, in the face of mortality"--Page [4] of cover
ER  -