The Comic Book Heroes: From the Silver Age to the Present #[nn]

This volume is a comprehensive survey of the superhero genre in American comics, tracing its evolution from the Silver Age of the 1950s and 1960s through the modern era up to the mid-1980s. Published by Crown Publishers in 1985, it offers a critical and historical overview of key characters, creators, and trends that defined and reshaped the superhero archetype over several decades.