Lone Heroes and the Myth of the American West in Comic Books, 1945-1962

• Main Author: Huxley, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
• Subjects: Popular Culture.; Communication.; United States-Study and teaching.; Culture.; Popular Culture .; Media and Communication.; American Culture.; Global/International Culture.

This book examines the role of comics in the perpetuation of the myth of the American West. In particular, it looks at the ways in which lone central characters, and their acts of violence, are posited as heroic. In doing so, the book raises questions both about the role of women in a supposedly mal...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Inventing and Selling "Buffalo Bill" in Comic Books, 1949-1957
• 3. Billy the Kid: The Outlaw as Lone Hero, 1952-1958
• 4. Roping n' Riding: Selling Western Stars, 1946-1962
• 5. Conclusion.