Robert’s Reviews > Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre > Status Update

Interesting, but have to admit not seeing the overarching "newness" of his arguments. Seems pretty straightforward in terms of defining superheroes, but I guess the main interest is that he is applying genre theory, even if that means it gets lost in asides at times. Good so far but not personally seeing the critical raves this one has got.

Interesting, but have to admit not seeing the overarching "newness" of his arguments. Seems pretty straightforward in terms of defining superheroes, but I guess the main interest is that he is applying genre theory, even if that means it gets lost in asides at times.