Description: Analyzes the evolution of the superhero genre by looking not only at the genre but also its reception.
Review Quotes: "Authorizing Superhero Comics is a truly fascinating piece of innovative scholarship that approaches a salient part of comics history and culture from the perspective of actor-network theory, offering important insights into the (para)textual construction of authorship in superhero comics and beyond." --Jan-Noël Thon, author of Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture