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Gen Z : the superhero generation / by Luttrell, Regina,1975-author.; McGrath, Karen,1965-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-179) and index."From the authors of The Millennial Mindset: Unraveling Fact from Fiction, comes this thought-provoking in-depth consideration of the next generation. In their book, Gen Z: The Superhero Generation, Regina Luttrell and Karen McGrath explain who this generation is, how they came to be, and the impact they will have on society. Superheroes are often defined as courageous, powerful, virtuous, and strong. Equipped with unique superpowers, these individuals stand up for what is right, battling supervillains to ensure that good prevails and all is well in the world. With a worldwide fascination surrounding superheroes, it should come as no surprise that the next generation, GenZ, display many of the characteristics found within the pages of the most popular hero-centric comic books. The Superhero Generation is making its mark and gaining recognition as the generation that is willing to once again assemble, march, speak, and defy in ways previous generations have not. In this book learn the characteristics of Gen-Zers to understand how to reach them in positive productive ways. Parents, educators, and employers will learn how to tap into the endless potential of this generation, preparing them for home, school, and workplace environments that will play to their strengths and impact the world for years to come"--Part I: Characterizing Gen-Z: The Superhero Generation -- 1. The Generations: Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen-X, and Millennials -- 2. Introducing the Superhero Generation: Characteristics and Importance -- 3. Generation Z: Superheroes Rise! -- Part II: Masked Crusaders: Generation Z In Action. 4. Double Identity: Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Independence -- 5. Fighting For a Cause: Understanding Gen-Z's Purpose -- 6. Know Your Superheroes: Teaching and Learning in a Gen-Z Environment -- Part III: Perceptions of Generation Z: Superheroes Unmasked. 7. Perceptions of These Super Beings -- Part IV. Preparing Superheroes: The Future. 8. Supreme Guidance: Interacting with Gen-Z -- 9. Generation Alpha-The Adaptables.

Subjects: Generation Z.; Generation Z; Generation Z; Intergenerational relations.;

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The encyclopedia of superheroes on film and television / by Muir, John Kenneth,1969-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-684) and index."This updated edition of 2004's award-winning encyclopedia traces developments in the popular genre; new shows; latest films; and covers more superheroes. Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries, and data on arch-villains, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Superhero films; Superhero television programs;

© c2008., McFarland & Co.,

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Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures / by DiCamillo, Kate,author.; Campbell, K. G.(Keith Gordon),1966-illustrator.;

Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.Newbery Medal, 2014.A Junior Library Guild selection.

Subjects: Adventure stories.; Newberry Medal: Winner; Dust jackets (Bindings); Fantasy fiction; Humorous stories; Squirrels; Girls; Superheroes; Squirrels; Superheroes; Humorous stories.;

© [2013], Candlewick Press,

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The amazing adventures of Bumblebee Boy / by Soman, David.; Davis, Jacky,1966-;

As imaginary superhero Bumblebee Boy, Sam rejects his pesky little brother's help in defeating pirates, dragons, and saber-toothed lions, but when Sam comes up against some scary aliens, he discovers the advantage of having a sidekick.

Subjects: Play; Imagination; Superheroes; Brothers; Play; Imagination; Superheroes; Brothers;

© c2011., Dial Books for Young Readers,

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Critical survey of graphic novels : heroes & superheroes / by Beaty, Bart,editor.; Weiner, Stephen,1955-editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.V. 1. A-L, 100%-Lucifer -- v. 2. M-Z, Madman-Y: The Last Man.VOLUME 1 : Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 100 -- 100 Bullets -- Alias -- All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder -- All-Star Superman -- Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, The -- American Flagg! -- Amulet: The Stonekeeper: Book 1 -- Animal Man -- Astonishing X-Men -- Astro City -- Authority, The -- B.P.R.D.: Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense -- Batman: Arkham Asylum A Serious House on Serious Earth -- Batman: Black and White, Volume 1 -- Batman: Dark Victory -- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again -- Batman: The Killing Joke -- Batman: The Long Halloween -- Batman: Year One -- Batman: Year 100 -- Battling Boy -- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, The -- Bitch Planet -- Black Panther -- Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet -- Blacksad -- Blood: A Tale -- Bloodstar -- Bone -- Books of Magic, The -- Boys, The -- Brat Pack -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 -- Camelot 3000 -- Cerebus -- Conan -- Concrete -- Cosmic Odyssey -- Criminal -- Crisis on Infinite Earths -- Daredevil -- Daredevil: Born Again -- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear -- Death of Captain America, The -- Death of Captain Marvel, The -- Death: The High Cost of Living -- Demo -- DMZ -- Doom Patrol -- Dylan Dog Case Files, The -- Earth X -- East of West -- Elektra: Assassin -- Elektra Lives Again -- ElfQuest -- Ex Machina -- Fables -- Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America -- Filth, The -- Give Me Liberty: An American Dream -- Goon, The -- Green Arrow: Year One -- Green Lantern-Green Arrow, the Collection: Hard Traveling Heroes -- Green Lantern: Secret Origin -- Grendel -- Groo the Wanderer -- Hawkeye -- Hellblazer - Hellboy -- His Name Is . . . Savage! -- Hitman -- Human Target -- Identity Crisis -- Infinite Crisis -- Infinity Gauntlet, The -- Invincible -- Invisibles, The -- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus -- Joker -- Jon Sable, Freelance -- Judge Dredd -- Just a Pilgrim -- Justice League of America: The Nail -- Kick-Ass -- Kingdom Come -- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The -- Life and Times of Martha Washington, The: In the Twenty-First Century -- Light Brigade -- Losers, The -- Lucifer / VOLUME 2 : Contents -- Master List of Contents -- Madman -- Mage: The Hero Discovered -- Marvel 1602 -- Marvel 1985 -- Marvels -- Marvel Zombies -- Mask, The: Omnibus, Volume 1 -- Miracleman -- Monstress -- Moonshadow -- Ms. Marvel: No Normal -- Nameless City, The -- New Frontier, The -- Nexus -- Omega the Unknown -- Originals, The -- Paper Girls Volume 1 -- Planetary -- Plastic Man: On the Lam -- Powers -- Preacher -- Promethea -- Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection -- RASL -- Rocketeer, The -- Ronin -- Rose: Prequel to Bone -- Runaways -- Saga -- Sandman, The -- Sandman Mystery Theatre -- Savage Dragon -- Secret Wars -- Silver Surfer, The -- Spawn -- Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt -- Spirit Archives, The -- Superman for All Seasons -- Superman: Red Son -- Superman: The Man of Steel -- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? -- Swamp Thing -- Sword of the Atom -- Teen Titans, The New: The Judas Contract -- Thor -- Tom Strong -- Top 10 -- Transmetropolitan -- Ultimates, The -- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The: Squirrel Power -- Uncle Sam -- V for Vendetta -- Wanted -- Watchmen -- We3 -- Wolverine -- Wolverine: Origin -- Wonder Woman: Love and Murder -- Wonder Woman: The Circle -- X-Men: Days of Future Past -- X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills -- X-Men: Riot at Xavier's -- X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga -- Y: The Last Man -- Bibliography -- Guide to Online Resources -- Time Line -- Major Awards -- Works by Artist -- Works by Author -- Works by Publisher -- Index.Heroes and superheroes provides insight into more than 150 of the most popular and studied graphic novels. These essays look beyond the pop culture aspects of the medium to show the wide range of literary themes and artistic styles used to convey beliefs and conflicts, some harking back to ancient times. They challenge the researcher to see beyond the panels of a comic book, and show readers how the themes of ancient literary tradition are still alive in the literature of graphic novels.

Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Superheroes in literature.; Heroes in literature.;

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Critical Survey of Graphic Novels : Heroes & Superheroes / by Beaty, Bart,editor.; Weiner, Stephen,1955-editor.;

10-A.Provides in-depth insight into over 140 of the most popular and studied graphic novels.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.V. 1. A-L, 100%-Lucifer -- v. 2. M-Z, Madman-Y: The Last Man.VOLUME 1 : Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 100 -- 100 Bullets -- Alias -- All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder -- All-Star Superman -- Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, The -- American Flagg! -- Amulet: The Stonekeeper: Book 1 -- Animal Man -- Astonishing X-Men -- Astro City -- Authority, The -- B.P.R.D.: Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense -- Batman: Arkham Asylum A Serious House on Serious Earth -- Batman: Black and White, Volume 1 -- Batman: Dark Victory -- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -- Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again -- Batman: The Killing Joke -- Batman: The Long Halloween -- Batman: Year One -- Batman: Year 100 -- Battling Boy -- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, The -- Bitch Planet -- Black Panther -- Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet -- Blacksad -- Blood: A Tale -- Bloodstar -- Bone -- Books of Magic, The -- Boys, The -- Brat Pack -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 -- Camelot 3000 -- Cerebus -- Conan -- Concrete -- Cosmic Odyssey -- Criminal -- Crisis on Infinite Earths -- Daredevil -- Daredevil: Born Again -- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear -- Death of Captain America, The -- Death of Captain Marvel, The -- Death: The High Cost of Living -- Demo -- DMZ -- Doom Patrol -- Dylan Dog Case Files, The -- Earth X -- East of West -- Elektra: Assassin -- Elektra Lives Again -- ElfQuest -- Ex Machina -- Fables -- Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America -- Filth, The -- Give Me Liberty: An American Dream -- Goon, The -- Green Arrow: Year One -- Green Lantern-Green Arrow, the Collection: Hard Traveling Heroes -- Green Lantern: Secret Origin -- Grendel -- Groo the Wanderer -- Hawkeye -- Hellblazer - Hellboy -- His Name Is . . . Savage! -- Hitman -- Human Target -- Identity Crisis -- Infinite Crisis -- Infinity Gauntlet, The -- Invincible -- Invisibles, The -- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus -- Joker -- Jon Sable, Freelance -- Judge Dredd -- Just a Pilgrim -- Justice League of America: The Nail -- Kick-Ass -- Kingdom Come -- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The -- Life and Times of Martha Washington, The: In the Twenty-First Century -- Light Brigade -- Losers, The -- Lucifer / VOLUME 2 : Contents -- Master List of Contents -- Madman -- Mage: The Hero Discovered -- Marvel 1602 -- Marvel 1985 -- Marvels -- Marvel Zombies -- Mask, The: Omnibus, Volume 1 -- Miracleman -- Monstress -- Moonshadow -- Ms. Marvel: No Normal -- Nameless City, The -- New Frontier, The -- Nexus -- Omega the Unknown -- Originals, The -- Paper Girls Volume 1 -- Planetary -- Plastic Man: On the Lam -- Powers -- Preacher -- Promethea -- Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection -- RASL -- Rocketeer, The -- Ronin -- Rose: Prequel to Bone -- Runaways -- Saga -- Sandman, The -- Sandman Mystery Theatre -- Savage Dragon -- Secret Wars -- Silver Surfer, The -- Spawn -- Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt -- Spirit Archives, The -- Superman for All Seasons -- Superman: Red Son -- Superman: The Man of Steel -- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? -- Swamp Thing -- Sword of the Atom -- Teen Titans, The New: The Judas Contract -- Thor -- Tom Strong -- Top 10 -- Transmetropolitan -- Ultimates, The -- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, The: Squirrel Power -- Uncle Sam -- V for Vendetta -- Wanted -- Watchmen -- We3 -- Wolverine -- Wolverine: Origin -- Wonder Woman: Love and Murder -- Wonder Woman: The Circle -- X-Men: Days of Future Past -- X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills -- X-Men: Riot at Xavier's -- X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga -- Y: The Last Man -- Bibliography -- Guide to Online Resources -- Time Line -- Major Awards -- Works by Artist -- Works by Author -- Works by Publisher -- Index.Heroes and superheroes provides insight into more than 150 of the most popular and studied graphic novels. These essays look beyond the pop culture aspects of the medium to show the wide range of literary themes and artistic styles used to convey beliefs and conflicts, some harking back to ancient times. They challenge the researcher to see beyond the panels of a comic book, and show readers how the themes of ancient literary tradition are still alive in the literature of graphic novels.

Subjects: Graphic novels; Comic books, strips, etc.; Heroes in literature.; Superheroes in literature.;

On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/CSHero2E -- Available online. Click here to access.;

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Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal / by Kripal, Jeffrey J.(Jeffrey John),1962-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-353) and index.Orientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.

Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Superheroes in literature.; Occultism in literature.; Science fiction, American; Fantasy fiction, American; Myth in literature.; Literature and myth.;

© 2011., University of Chicago Press,

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The falling machine / by Mayer, Andrew P.;

In an alternate 1880 New York City nineteen-year-old socialite Sarah Stanton dreams of becoming one of the Paragons, the city's greatest team of gentlemen superheroes. She seizes an opportunity in tragedy when Dennis Darby, her mentor and leader of the Paragons, is murdered and she investigates the circumstances behind his death--only to discover a conspiracy among the heroes.

Subjects: Steampunk fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Alternative histories (Fiction); Superheroes; Murder; Socialites;

© 2011., Pyr,

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Spider-Man. by Zdarsky, Chip,author.; Bagley, Mark,artist.; Dell, John(Comic book artist),artist.; Hennessy, Andrew,artist.; D'Armata, Frank,colorist.; Lanham, Travis,letterer.;

Rated T.In 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15, fifteen-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the Amazing Spider-Man! 57 years have passed in the real world since that event -- so what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter as well? To celebrate Marvel's 80th anniversary, Chip Zdarsky and Spider-Man legend Mark Bagley unite to spin a unique Spidey tale -- telling an entire history of Spider-Man from beginning to end, set against the key events of the decades through which he lived! Prepare to watch Peter Parker age through 57 years of groundbreaking history -- and find out what happens to him, and those he loves the most!Chip Zdarsky, writer & cover artist ; Mark Bagley, penciler ; John Dell (#1, #3, #5), Andrew Hennessy (#2, #4, #6), inkers ; Frank D'Armata, colorist ; VC's Travis Lanham, letterer.

Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Spider-Man (Fictitious character); Superheroes;

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Wonder Woman / by Jenkins, Patty,film director.; Roven, Charles,film producer.; Suckle, Richard,film producer.; Snyder, Deborah,film producer.; Snyder, Zack,1966-screenwriter,film producer,author.; Heinberg, Allan,author,screenwriter.; Fuchs, Jason,1986-author.; Gadot, Gal,1985-actor.; Pine, Chris,1980-actor.; Wright, Robin,1966-actor.; Huston, Danny,1962-actor.; Nielsen, Connie,1965-actor.; Thewlis, David,1963-actor.; Anaya, Elena,actor.; Gregson-Williams, Rupert,composer (expression); Bonetto, Aline,production designer.; Hemming, Lindy,costume designer.; Motion picture adaptation of (work).Marston, William Moulton,1893-1947.Wonder Woman.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.; RatPac-Dune Entertainment (Firm),presenter.; Tencent Pictures,presenter.; Wanda Pictures (Firm),presenter.; Atlas Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Cruel and Unusual Films,production company.; DC Comics, Inc.,copyright holder.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner.Director of photography, Matthew Jensen ; editor, Martin Walsh ; music, Rupert Gregson-Williams ; production designer, Aline Bonetto ; costume designer, Lindy Hemming.[Disc 1]: Feature film -- [Disc 2]. Special features.Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.MPAA rating: PG-13: For sequences of violence and action, and some suggestive content; Bones material/trailer not rated.Disc 1: [Feature film] Wonder Woman -- disc 2. Special features.

Subjects: Superhero films.; Action and adventure films.; Fantasy films.; War films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Wonder Woman (Fictitious character); Women superheroes; Amazons; World War, 1914-1918;

For private home use only, no copying or public performances allowed.

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