Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews Comics and the Creation of the Superhero

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p"Fingeroths 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." br/-emJewish Book World/em/pbr/p "Like a Yiddish theater play on the old Jewish Second Avenue or like a really good comic book Danny will make you laugh cry and best of all hell make you think."br/--From the foreword by Stan Lee/pbr/pIn Disguised as Clark Kent Danny Fingeroth--a long-time executive in the comics business who wrote and edited Spider-Man as well as other famous lines for Marvel--reflects on the phenomenon of the heavily Jewish elements that consciously or not went into the creation of the superhero. br/Centering on questions of Jewish identity which is historically about the push and pull toward and away from that very identity emDisguised as Clark Kent/em brings valuable insight into the fantasies that fuel our imaginations and entertainment industry as well as many significant and often hidden aspects of our society.br//p