The X Men Films

Author : Claudia Bucciferro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442265345
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The X-Men Films written by Claudia Bucciferro and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally appearing as a comic book in the 1960s, X-Men has been a cultural touchpoint for decades. Since the release of the first film in 2000, the series has enjoyed an even greater transnational presence. With each successive film, the franchise has secured its place within global popular culture, becoming one of the most profitable and complex superhero series to date. While much of the research that has been published on the X-Men focuses on the comics, the movies constitute their own cultural text and deserve special attention. In The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis, Claudia Bucciferro has assembled a collection of essays that draw from work in communication, cultural studies, and media studies. With contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the chapters analyze issues that include gender, sexuality, disability, class, and race. The contributors pose intriguing questions about the franchise, such as: What do “mutants” really represent? What role do women and people of color play in the narratives? Why does it matter that Professor X is disabled? Why is Mystique often shown naked? What facilitated Wolverine’s rise to prominence? And how do topics regarding identity, trauma, and bioethics, figure in the stories? Exploring issues relevant for a multicultural world and connecting thematic elements from the films to political debates and social struggles, the book seeks to make a thoughtful contribution to the scholarship of popular culture. The X-Men Films will appeal to media scholars and students, as well as to anyone interested in the X-Men series.

Author : Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Publisher : Random House Worlds
ISBN 13 : 0345464907
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novelization of the major motion picture! Outcasts from society, the X-MEN are genetic mutants, born with superhuman powers, who harness their special abilities for the greater good. But the human race they fight to protect rejects and fears—even hates—them. Not all mutants seek to protect mankind. One terrorist group—led by the supremely powerful Magneto—seeks to strike first. Battling against prejudice and agents of intolerance, the X-MEN must establish a peaceful coexistence between mutant and mankind or they will surely perish . . .

Author : Chris Claremont
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 078518001X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men written by Chris Claremont and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Uncanny X-Men #138-143. Re-live the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 - where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity's only hope...until they die! Also featuring the first appearance of Alpha Flight and the return of the Wendigo.

Author : Ralph Macchio
Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
ISBN 13 : 9780785107491
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men written by Ralph Macchio and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The X-Men, Professor X's team of mutant superheroes, races to stop Magneto and the Evil Brotherhood from destroying the human race. Also included are three classic X-Men stories. In the first, Magneto confronts the X-Men singlehandedly. In the second, Rogue asks Professor Xavier for his help dealing with the memories she accidently absorbed from Carol Danvers. The third story tells how Wolverine acquired his adamantium-laced skeleton.

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Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785157267
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides...in the name of God. The members of the Stryker Crusade are poised to cleanse the earth, no matter how much blood stains their hands. With Professor X as their enemy and Magneto as their ally, the X-Men undergo an apocalyptic ordeal ordained by a minister gone mad! Collecting: Marvel Graphic Novel 5: God Loves, Man Kills.

Author : Mark Millar
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 0785171258
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1 written by Mark Millar and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2019 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity now faces mutants, a mysterious sub-species that is gifted with strange and frightening powers. Hidden among the population. they are feared and hated by their human cousins. As rumors and urban myths about their existence spread across the world, the US government creates its own initiative to deal with this threat: the Sentinel Project. Meanwhile two men wage a secret war for the hearts and minds of young mutants everywhere. Charles Xavier has recruited a cadre of students including Cyclops, Jean Grey and Beast, that call themselves the X-Men. But there are others out there, living in fear, struggling to deal with what they are: Ororo Munroe, Bobby Drake and another, more dangerous mutant named Logan. Simultaneously, the terrorist known only as Magneto has assembled The Brotherhood, a militant group dedicated to the overthrow of human authority. A war is on the horizon and these amazing young men and women will decide the future of all humanity! Collects Ultimate X-Men (2000) #1-6.

Author : William Irwin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470730366
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men and Philosophy written by William Irwin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X-Men is one of the most popular comic book franchises ever, with successful spin-offs that include several feature films, cartoon series, bestselling video games, and merchandise. This is the first look at the deeper issues of the X-Men universe and the choices facing its powerful "mutants," such as identity, human ethics versus mutant morality, and self-sacrifice. J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Oneonta, NY) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hartwick College and the editor of Family Guy and Philosophy (978-1-4051-6316-3) and The Office and Philosophy (978-1-4051-7555-5). Rebecca Housel (Rochester, NY) is a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches about writing and pop culture. For William Irwin's biography, please see below.

Author : Neil Sharpson
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250784220
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Sparrow Falls written by Neil Sharpson and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the Caspian Republic has taught Agent Nikolai South two rules. Trust No One. And work just hard enough not to make enemies. Here, in the last sanctuary for the dying embers of the human race in a world run by artificial intelligence, if you stray from the path—your life is forfeit. But when a Party propagandist is killed—and is discovered as a “machine”—he’s given a new mission: chaperone the widow, Lily, who has arrived to claim her husband’s remains. But when South sees that she, the first “machine” ever allowed into the country, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, he’s thrown into a maelstrom of betrayal, murder, and conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good. WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS illuminates authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a page turning, darkly-funny, frightening and touching story that recalls Philip K. Dick, John le Carré and Kurt Vonnegut in equal measure. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Marjorie M. Liu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141651063X
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Mirror written by Marjorie M. Liu and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original novel based on Marvel Comics' popular superhero team. Jean Grey discovers she's been stripped of her telekinetic powers and is trapped in someone else's body. So are Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, and Nightcrawler--their minds held hostage within the bodies of strangers. Who is behind this, and for what purpose? Original.

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Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785123767
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential X-Men - Volume 1 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2006-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of black-and-white reprints of "X-Men" comics from the 1970s, in which the superhero team faces off against Magneto, the Juggernaut, the Sentinels, and other villains.