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A review by bryce_is_a_librarian
Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way by
4.0
A good book. While I've learned to like comics again superheroes are still kind of a mystery to me. Don't get me wrong I like a spot of Miller and Moore styler revisionism, or a bit of Bendis and Vaughn kickass story telling. But the majority of continuity swamped, staid superhero books just leave me cold. Due to the trillions years of back story I find them kind of incomprehensible at best, and just straight up goofy at worse.
Still this is a fun look at the potent myths and ideas that swarm under these titles (which for the record I'm not denying exist). Sometimes things get a bit self serious for there own good, such as when say you find yourself reading about Batman's relationships via Aristotle's views on Friendship. Which reads like a particularly desperate term paper.
But on the whole a fun and intelligent read.
Still this is a fun look at the potent myths and ideas that swarm under these titles (which for the record I'm not denying exist). Sometimes things get a bit self serious for there own good, such as when say you find yourself reading about Batman's relationships via Aristotle's views on Friendship. Which reads like a particularly desperate term paper.
But on the whole a fun and intelligent read.