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What is a Superhero? Cover

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Created in 2013, the book What is a Superhero? explores the identity and history of superheroes in an American context. The publication compiles a multitude of perspectives relating to the nature of superheroes from various writers, comic scholars and more. This book was published by the Oxford University Press and  edited by psychologist Robin Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan. Despite extensive research, the designer responsible for creating the book's cover remains unknown. 

"What is a Superhero?" Cover
"What is a Superhero?" Cover