{"product_id":"the-world-of-dc-comics","title":"The World of DC Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first sustained study of the DC Comics Multiverse, this book explores its history, meanings, and lasting influence. The multiverse is a unique exercise in world-building: a series of parallel and interactive worlds with a cohesive cosmology, developed by various creators over more than 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn examining DC's unique worlds and characters, the book illustrates the expansive potential of a multiverse, full of characters, histories, geographies, religions, ethnographies, and more, and allowing for expressions of legacy, multiplicity, and play that have defined much of DC Comics' output. It shows how a multiverse can be a vital, energizing part of any imaginary world, and argues that students and creators of such worlds would do well to explore the implications and complexities of this world-building technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew J. Friedenthal has crafted a groundbreaking, engaging, and thoughtful examination of the multiverse, of interest to scholars and enthusiasts of not just comics studies, but also the fields of media studies and imaginary world studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Friedenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42965342388301,"sku":"BS-6W3-092706","price":37.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/5252\/5389\/files\/9781032092706-HD.jpg?v=1778070772","url":"https:\/\/ishookcomics.com\/products\/the-world-of-dc-comics","provider":"iShook Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}