Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature / Jason Tondro.

Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature / Jason Tondro.

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2011.

viii, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

"Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction
Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man
Kirby's masque
"By my so potent art"
Arthur, the four-color king
Grant Morrison's Grail quest.

PN6714 .T66 2011