![]() ![]() Pulitzer Prize winning-novelist Michael Chabon had gleefully praised the genre. ![]() Comic books had inspired successful films aimed at adult audiences. By 2000, many a scholar and graduate student had pontificated on the significance of Captains America, Marvel, and Canuck. And he understood the cultural and historical significance of the genre, and was willing to say so, in public, in print. He remained a fan, despite his later success as a writer. Feiffer had been a child when Superman and Batman made their debuts, and as a young man he had worked in the business. He was in an excellent position to do so. In 1965, Jules Feiffer published the first serious examination of superhero comic books. ![]()
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