{"product_id":"9781933360867","title":"The Dark Night Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Crime Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrime comic books in the 1950s caused controversy leading to their suppression and near extinction. Twenty-five years later, the dark hero, \u003ci\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/i\u003e, and bleak outlook of crime story comic books are even more striking and subversive. Terrence Wandtke traces the history of crime comics from their beginnings to the current resurgence and analyzes the cultural forces that give rise to influential works like Frank Miller's \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Azzarello's \u003ci\u003e100 Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ed Brubaker's \u003ci\u003eCriminal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Night Returns\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book published in the RIT Press' Comics Studies Monograph Series. The series editor is Dr. Gary Hoppenstand, Professor of English at Michigan State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTERRENCE WANDTKE is a professor at Judson University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Superhero Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (McFarland) and \u003ci\u003eEd Brubaker: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming from the University Press of Mississippi). He is the founder of the Imago Film Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ellen Kay Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48155627487472,"sku":"9781933360867","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933360867_p0.jpg?v=1763642628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933360867","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}