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Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl

Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl - Hardcover

by Tim Hanley
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tim HanleyPublish date:2024-12-17Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538192429ISBN-10:153819242XUPC:9781538192429Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Popular Culture, FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCR75TW607

Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl

Explores the history of Batgirl from her groundbreaking comics debut to her disappointing live-action appearances and beyond in an "appealing, comprehensive, and enjoyable tour of Batgirl's many iterations." (Booklist)

For over sixty years, every woman who took on the mantle of Batgirl has been a powerful, independent heroine, each belying the sidekick status the name implies and connecting with a...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13:9781538192429ISBN-10:153819242XUPC:9781538192429Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Comics & Graphic Novels, Popular Culture, FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCR75TW607

Tim Hanley is a comic book historian and the author of Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020), Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), and more. His work has appeared in the Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Comics Journal. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia,...

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