Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.

Companion volume to the PBS documentary series: Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle.

Introduction -- PART ONE Truth, Justice, and the American Way (1938-1954) -- Chapter One Next Week: Into the Jaws of Death! Evolution of the Superhero -- Chapter Two 64 Pages of Thrill-Packed Action! Explosion of an Industry -- Chapter Three Okay, Axis, Here we come! Comic Books at War -- PART TWO Great Power, Great Responsibility (1955-1987) -- Chapter Four The Superhero who could be - You! Superheroes Come to Earth -- Chapter Five Worlds will Live, Worlds with Die! The Expansion of a Universe -- PART THREE A Hero can be an Anyone (1988 - 2013) -- Chapter Six Creatures of the Night Reign of the Dark Superhero -- Chapter SevenHeroes we can Believe in Again Champions of the New Millennium -- Selected Bibliography -- Image and Film Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index.