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Fingeroth's book is an easy, intriguing read, exploring the histories of superheroes and their creators. This is clearly a topic in which Fingeroth is eminently well-versed. -- Jewish Book World Looking back at the gold and silver era of comics, [Fingeroth] uses close reading and artist testimony...to explore parallels between Superman and Moses, Spider-Man's morality tales and the Torah, Fantastic Four arch-nemesis Hate Monger and Hitler, and others. Fingeroth's theories can seem far-fetched...[but] there's nothing here that wouldn't be at home (or much appreciated) in a spirited debate among hard core fans. -- Publishers Weekly

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DANNY FINGEROTH was the editorial director of Marvel's Spider-Man comics line and writer of many comics featuring Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman and other iconic characters. He is the author of Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society and Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews Comics and the Creation of the Superhero and an upcoming biography of Stan Lee, co-creator of the Marvel Universe. Fingeroth is a consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comic Conventions, and has spoken on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, The New York Historical Society, the Society of Illustrators and many other venues. For more info: www.dannyfingeroth.com DANNY FINGEROTH was the editorial director of Marvel's Spider-Man comics line and writer of many comics featuring Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman and other iconic characters. He is the author of Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society and Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews Comics and the Creation of the Superhero and an upcoming biography of Stan Lee, co-creator of the Marvel Universe. Fingeroth is a consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comic Conventions, and has spoken on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, The New York Historical Society, the Society of Illustrators and many other venues. For more info: www.dannyfingeroth.com

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