Rough Guide To Superheroes

Description

Faster than a speeding bullet, this ROUGH GUIDE brings you the mind-bending truth about the fantasy world's bravest and baddest, telling you all you need to know about the superheroes who save us and their vile enemies. Awesome features include:

- SUPERHEROES AND HEROINES: The essential A-Z of the spandex-suited legends, including sidekicks, fatal weaknesses and implausible powers.
- THE VILLAINS: The Asbestos Lady to Violator...
- THE ORIGINS AND CREATORS: The artists who created the superheroes, and the key comics and publishers.
- THE INFLUENCES: How superheroes influenced such icons as Jerry Seinfeld, Elvis Presley and Donald Duck, inspired scientists and changed fashion.
- THE PLACES, THE CONTEXTS, AND THE EPHEMERA: The what, where and why of superhero lore on TV, in the movies, in print and on the Internet.
- THE BACKGROUND: All you need to know about the legends from Batman to Namor the Sub-Mariner and now The Incredibles.