The Bat and the Spider: A Folkloristic Analysis of Comic Book Narratives
This thesis examines and argues that superhero narratives, beginning with their comic book origins in the early twentieth century, exhibit many of the qualities found in folklore. Furthermore, these narratives not only demonstrate a folkloric evolution across multi-media formats, including printed w...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2016
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4870 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5940&context=etd |