AGES OF X-MEN ESSAYS ON CHILDREN OF ATOM IN CHANGING TIMES
MC FARLAND & COMPANY INC.
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(W) Joseph J. Darowski
With storylines that often contain overt social messages within its "mutant metaphor,"
X-Men is often credited with having more depth than the average superhero property. In this collection, each essay examines a specific era of the X-Men franchise in relationship to contemporary social concerns. The essays range from an analysis of popular science at the time of the first
X-Men comic book in 1963 to an interpretation of a storyline in light of rhetoric of President Obama's first presidential campaign.
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