The World of DC Comics

The first sustained study of the DC Comics Multiverse this book explores its history meanings and lasting influence. The multiverse is a unique exercise in world-building: a series of parallel and interactive worlds with a cohesive cosmology developed by various creators over more than 50 years. In examining DC's unique worlds and characters the book illustrates the expansive potential of a multiverse full of characters histories geographies religions ethnographies and more and allowing for expressions of legacy multiplicity and play that have defined much of DC Comics' output. It shows how a multiverse can be a vital energizing part of any imaginary world and argues that students and creators of such worlds would do well to explore the implications and complexities of this world-building technique. Andrew J. Friedenthal has crafted a groundbreaking engaging and thoughtful examination of the multiverse of interest to scholars and enthusiasts of not just comics studies but also the fields of media studies and imaginary world studies. . Language: English