"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Clearly and passionately written, this insightful and at times exhilarating book should delight all readers who believe in the redemptive capacity of the imagination, regardless of whether they consider themselves comic book fans. He concludes that comic book fantasies of the superhuman ironically reveal more than we might care to admit about our human limitations, even as they expose the falsehood of the characteristically modern opposition between religion and science. Sell on Amazon Add to book club Not in a club Learn more See this image Follow the Author Ben Saunders Do The Gods Wear Capes: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes by Saunders, Ben Bloomsbury Academic, 2011 (Paperback) Paperback Paperback by Saunders (Author) 21 ratings 4. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man, Saunders explores a number of complex philosophical and theological issues, including: the problem of evil the will-to-power the tension between intimacy and vulnerability and the challenge of love, in the face of mortality. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless.
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