Superpower vs supernatural: Black superheroes and the quest for a mutant reality

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-314

  Scott, Anna Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; African traditional religion; Black; Blackness; Blacks in comics; Comics; Folk tales; Mutant; Ritual; Superhero

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049218933     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412906071364     Document Type: Article

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