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REF In this guide to the best films and TV series centered on superheroes, Ingle (film, Hollins Univ., Roanoke, VA) and Sutera (communications studies, Bridgewater State Univ., MA; Vaudeville on the Diamond: Minor League Baseball in Today's Entertainment World) list their picks alphabetically,...

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Published inLibrary journal (1976) Vol. 147; no. 2; p. 92
Main Author Knapp, Maggie
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published New York MSI Information Services 01.02.2022
Subjects
Aesthetic Education
Authors
Christie, Agatha (1890-1976)
Crime fiction
Diamonds
Ethics
Fiction
Food security
Glossaries
Handbooks
Hispanic Americans
Hunger
Immunization
Internship Programs
Jewelry
Legal research
Libraries
Literary Genres
Mexican Americans
Mysteries
Nonfiction
Photography
Professional Identity
Readers advisory work
Reference Materials
Resistance (Psychology)
Selection Criteria
Signs
Superheroes
Television
Television programs
Vaccines
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ISSN0363-0277

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Summary:REF In this guide to the best films and TV series centered on superheroes, Ingle (film, Hollins Univ., Roanoke, VA) and Sutera (communications studies, Bridgewater State Univ., MA; Vaudeville on the Diamond: Minor League Baseball in Today's Entertainment World) list their picks alphabetically, from Angel and Ant-Man to Wonder Woman (both the 2017 film and the 1970s series starring Lynda Carter) and five X-Men iterations. A brief history of the rise of comic book characters as film subjects precedes a discussion of iconographic superhero genre elements (urban settings; characters who fight crime or protect citizens; weapons; costumes) and a section where the authors lay out their selection criteria (such as aesthetics, historical significance, and unique thematic content). Newman mentions only briefly the social and environmental impacts of diamond mining, and in a generally positive light (for instance, she describes De Beers's GemFair program as connecting "artisanal and small-scale miners to the global market through digital technology and assurance of ethical working standards"). Alphabetically arranged entries cover Agatha Christie (author of dozens of mysteries, including those starring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple), Robert B. Parker (best remembered for his private eye Spenser), Michael Nava (whose books follow gay Mexican American lawyer/sleuth Harry Rios), and Barbara Ann Neely (creator of Blanche White, a Black domestic worker and amateur sleuth), among many others.
ISSN:0363-0277