{"product_id":"9781935259336","title":"The Supergirls: Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines (Revised and Updated)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak[ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure.\" —\u003ci\u003eComicsAlliance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharp and lively . . . [Madrid] clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex.\"—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A long overdue tribute to [those] fabulous fighting females.\" —Stan Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Madrid has become known as a champion of women in comics and as the expert in Golden Age female characters. And now here is where it all began, as informative and entertaining as ever, in a revised and updated edition, including new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as an afterword bringing us up-to-date on what's happening with women in comics now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Madrid \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eDivas, Dames \u0026amp; Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVixens, Vamps \u0026amp; Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics\u003c\/i\u003e; and the original \u003ci\u003eThe Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines\u003c\/i\u003e, an NPR \"Best Book To Share With Your Friends\" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary \u003ci\u003eWonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines \u003c\/i\u003eand is the illustrator of two of The History of Arcadia books: \u003ci\u003eLily the Silent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lizard Princess\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exterminating Angel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040313884912,"sku":"9781935259336","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935259336_p0.jpg?v=1763656390","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935259336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}