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Author: Travis Langley ,
Alex Langley
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781684429332
ISBN 10: 1684429331
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 July 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“Friendly neighborhood psychologist Travis Langley and his fantastic team explore the amazing minds of Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and many more in this spectacular edition of all things Spider-Man!” —E. Paul Zehr, PhD, author of Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman “Travis Langley has put together an amazing (see what I did there?) collection of essays about Spider-Man. If you’re a fan of Spider-Man, this book will fascinate you, as the essays illuminate our understanding of exactly what makes Peter Parker and the people around him tick. Highly recommended.” —Michael A. Burstein, winner of the Astounding Award, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, author of “The Friendly Neighborhood of Peter Parker” in Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
From across the Spider-verse, friendly neighborhood psychologist Travis Langley pulls together his amazing team to unravel the fantastic webs of Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and many more in this spectacular edition of all things Spider-Man! -E. Paul Zehr, PhD, author of Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman
Author Information
Travis Langley, PhD, is a distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University. He has been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and popular keynote speaker. Author and editor of fourteen books, he speaks regularly at events throughout the world, discussing the psychology of heroism and the power of story in people’s lives. The New York Times, LA Times, Saturday Evening Post, CNN, MTV, and hundreds of other outlets have covered Langley’s work. He has also given interviews for several documentaries, including AMC Visionaries: Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, Superheroes Decoded, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, Legends of the Knight, and Hulu’s Batman & Bill. Follow Travis Langley as @Superherologist on Instagram and Twitter. Join him as he investigates the best and worst in human nature through his Psychology Today blog, “Beyond Heroes and Villains,” and through the Batman and Psychology page at Facebook.com/BatmanBelfry. Alex Langley, MS, is the author of Make a Nerdy Living, 100 Greatest Graphic Novels, and The Geek Handbook series as well as the graphic novel Kill the Freshman. He also wrote chapters for several Popular Culture Psychology books, most recently Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down. Online, he has covered retro and modern gaming for Arcade Sushi, edited content for web celebrity @ActionChick Katrina Hill at ActionFlickChick.com, served as gaming editor at Nerdspan.com, and co-created the YouTube web series Geeks and Gamers Anonymous. He regularly speaks on nerdy topics and shares writing advice at fan conventions such as Wonder-Con, Fan Expo, and San Diego Comic-Con International. His published works also include academic papers, and he likes your hair like that.
