![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Sex and the Superman, I argue that the superhero fantasy is in truth more than myth the superhero fantasy is the monomyth. Still others, including Umberto Eco and Marco Arnaudo, have asserted that the superhero is not so much a genre and as it is the evolution of mythology. Peter Coogan, Kurt Busiek and many other scholars have discussed the prominence and relevance of the superhero fantasy as a genre. Indeed, with the modern preponderance of comic book movies dominating the American cinematic box-office, superhero fantasy is arguably the most important genre of fiction being produced in the contemporary moment. Since the 1938 introduction of Superman, superheroes have been ever-present in American popular culture. ![]()
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