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Captain America and the American Journey, 1940–2022 (2024)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Superheroes Smash the Box Office (2023)
A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters
by Shawn Conner
Publisher: McFarland & Co
With Great Power (2022)
How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood During the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters
Publisher: Applause Books
Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway (2022)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Cheap Tricks and Class Acts (2009)
Special Effects, Makeup and Stunts from the Fantastic Fifties
Publisher: McFarland & Co
The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film (2007)
by Susan D. Cowie and Tom Johnson
Publisher: McFarland & Co
> Other books on the subject of Fantasy:
Mutants, Androids, and Aliens (2025)
On Being Human in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Thrills Untapped 2 (2025)
More Discoveries for Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movie Fans, 1928–1936
The Superhero Blockbuster (2025)
Adaptation, Style, and Meaning
Altered States of Consciousness in the Movies (2024)
Portrayals of Hypnosis, Brainwashing, Spirit Possession, Dreams and Visions Since the 1940s
Entering the Multiverse (2024)
Perspectives on Alternate Universes and Parallel Worlds
Dir. Paul Booth
The Cinema Coven (2024)
Witches, Witchcraft and Women's Filmmaking
Analyzing the Marvel Universe (2024)
Critical Essays on the Comics and Film Adaptations
Dir. Douglas Brode
Thinking through High-Tech Hell (2024)
A Theory of the New Media Dystopia
Marveling Religion (2024)
Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Dir. Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge
World Construction via Networking (2024)
The Storytelling Mechanics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen (2024)
Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish Pasts
Superheroes (2024)
A scientist and a historian debate the biggest movie genre of today
21st Century Kaiju (2023)
The Resurgence of Giant Monster Movies
Screening the Posthuman (2023)
by Missy Molloy, Pansy Duncan and Claire Henry
A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema (2023)
Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law
Disability in Wonderland (2023)
Health and Normativity in Speculative Utopias
The Superpowers and the Glory (2023)
A Viewer's Guide to the Theology of Superhero Movies
by Joe George
Encountering the Impossible (2022)
The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema
Ancient Epic in Film and Television (2021)
Dir. Amanda Potter and Hunter Gardner
Retcon Game (2021)
Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America
Sino-Enchantment (2021)
The Fantastic in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas
Dir. Kenneth Chan and Andrew Stuckey
The Enduring Fantastic (2021)
Essays on Imagination and Western Culture
Dir. Anna Höglund and Cecilia Trenter
Is Superman Circumcised? (2021)
The Complete Jewish History of the World's Greatest Hero
by Roy Schwartz
The Truths of Monsters (2021)
Coming of Age with Fantastic Media
Reality, Magic, and Other Lies (2020)
Fairy-Tale Film Truths
Empires of the Imagination (2020)
A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Melies to The Lord of the Rings
by Alec Worley and Brian Sibley
Welcome to Arkham Asylum (2020)
Essays on Psychiatry and the Gotham City Institution
Dir. Sharon Packer and Daniel R. Fredrick
Comics and Pop Culture (2019)
Adaptation from Panel to Frame
Dir. Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson
The Modern Superhero in Film and Television (2019)
Popular Genre and American Culture
Suburban Fantastic Cinema (2019)
Growing Up in the Late Twentieth Century
Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes (2019)
How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture
Assembling the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2018)
Essays on the Social, Cultural and Geopolitical Domains
Dir. Julian C. Chambliss, William L. Svitavsky and Daniel Fandino
Japan's Green Monsters (2018)
Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema
by Sean Rhoads and Brooke McCorkle
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes (2018)
An Illustrated Filmography, Volume II (1996–2016)
by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester
American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema (2018)
The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre
Giant Creatures in Our World (2017)
Essays on Kaiju and American Popular Culture
Dir. Camille D.G. Mustachio and Jason Barr
Altermundos (2017)
Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture
Marvel's Black Widow from Spy to Superhero (2017)
Essays on an Avenger with a Very Specific Skill Set
Dir. Sherry Ginn
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes (2016)
An Illustrated Filmography, With Plot Synopses and Critical Commentary
by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester
Superheroes on World Screens (2016)
Dir. Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward
Dinosaurs Ever Evolving (2016)
The Changing Face of Prehistoric Animals in Popular Culture
Marvel Comics into Film (2016)
Essays on Adaptations Since the 1940s
Dir. Matthew J. McEniry, Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner
Realizing the Witch (2015)
Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible
by Richard Baxstrom and Todd Meyers
Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney (2015)
International Perspectives
Dir. Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill and Kendra Magnus-Johnston
Preserving the Spell (2015)
Basile's "The Tale of Tales" and Its Afterlife in the Fairy-Tale Tradition
The Fantastic Made Visible (2015)
Essays on the Adaptation of Science Fiction and Fantasy from Page to Screen
Dir. Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Ace G. Pilkington
The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film (2014)
Critical Perspectives
Dir. Judith B. Kerman and John Edgar Browning
Politics in Fantasy Media (2014)
Essays on Ideology and Gender in Fiction, Film, Television and Games
Dir. Gerold Sedlmayr and Nicole Waller
Gothic N.E.W.S. (2012)
Volume 2, Studies in classic and contemporary gothic cinema
Dir. Gilles Menegaldo
Musique Fantastique (2012)
100 Years of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Film Music
Web-Spinning Heroics (2012)
Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man
Dir. Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner
Fantasy Media in the Classroom (2012)
Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games
Dir. Emily Dial-Driver, Sally Emmons and Jim Ford
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture (2011)
Essays on Adaptations in Literature, Film, Television and Digital Media
Dir. Audrey L. Becker and Kristin Noone
The 21st Century Superhero (2011)
Essays on Gender, Genre and Globalization in Film
Dir. Richard J. Gray II and Betty Kaklamanidou
Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film (2011)
Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and Imagery
Dir. Regina Hansen
Millennial Mythmaking (2010)
Essays on the Power of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Films and Games
Dir. John Perlich and David Whitt
Face to Face with Angels (2010)
Images in Medieval Art and in Film
Prehistoric Monsters (2009)
The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear
Phantom Variations (2009)
The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Present
by Ann C. Hall
Phantasmagoria (2008)
Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams (2007)
Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Dir. Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. and Takayuki Tatsumi
Grimm Pictures (2007)
Fairy Tale Archetypes in Eight Horror and Suspense Films
The Amazing Transforming Superhero! (2007)
Essays on the Revision of Characters in Comic Books, Film and Television
Dir. Terrence R. Wandtke
The Changing Vampire of Film and Television (2006)
A Critical Study of the Growth of a Genre
by Tim Kane
Monstres humains et inhumains (2006)
by Martine Boyer and Pierre Bourdy
(in French and English)
Visions of Paradise (2006)
Images of Eden in the Cinema
Mad, Bad and Dangerous? (2005)
The Scientist and the Cinema
Framing Monsters (2005)
Fantasy Film and Social Alienation
The Poe Cinema (2003)
A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based on the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
by Don G. Smith
The Allied Artists Checklist (2001)
The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947–1978
The Poe Cinema (1998)
A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based on the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
by Don G. Smith
> Other books related to Fantasy:
In Search of Godzilla (2025)
Myth, Stagecraft and Politics in Ishiro Honda's Masterpiece
by Rick Wallach
Godzilla (2024)
An Encyclopedia of Godzilla: Shinji Nishikawa Unravels the Depths of Godzilla
Revenge of the Movie Monster Models (2024)
A New Gallery of Figures and Dioramas
Subject: On Films > Characters
Architecture, Film, and the In-between (2023)
Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt
Dir. Vahid Vahdat and James F. Kerestes
Subject: Technique > Aesthetics
Monsters on Maple Street (2023)
The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream
Subject: One Film > The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
The Characters of Oz (2023)
Essays on Their Adaptation and Transformation
Dir. Dina Schiff Massachi
Subject: One Film > The Wizard of Oz
Cinema of Swords (2023)
A Popular Guide to Movies about Knights, Pirates, Barbarians, and Vikings
Subject: Genre > Adventures
Humanity in a Black Mirror (2023)
Essays on Posthuman Fantasies in a Technological Near Future
Dir. Jacob Blevins and Zahi Zalloua
Subject: One Film > Black Mirror (TV Series)
The Many Lives of The Twilight Zone (2022)
Essays on the Television and Film Franchise
Dir. Ron Riekki and Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.
Subject: One Film > The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Masters of Make-Up Effects (2022)
A Century of Practical Magic
by Howard Berger and Marshall Julius
Subject: Technique > Special effects
A Silent Scream (2022)
An Approach to «King Kong» and the Evolution of the Contemporary American Imaginary
The Villain's Journey (2021)
Descent and Return in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Subject: On Films > Characters
The Spanish Fantastic (2021)
Contemporary Filmmaking in Horror, Fantasy and Sci-fi
Phases of the Moon (2020)
A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film
Fantasy/Animation (2020)
Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres
Dir. Christopher Holliday and Alexander Sergeant
Ruritania (2020)
A Cultural History, from The Prisoner of Zenda to the Princess Diaries
Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2019)
Volume 1. Essays on Film Representations, 2012–2019
Subject: Genre
Thrills Untapped (2019)
Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1936
Subject: Genre > Science Fiction
The Creature Chronicles (2018)
Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
by Tom Weaver, David Schecter and Steve Kronenberg
Subject: One Film > Creature from the Black Lagoon
Where Monsters Walked (2018)
California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925–1965
by Gail Orwig and Raymond Orwig
A Green and Pagan Land (2018)
Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
The Lord of the Rings (2015)
Fan phenomena
Dir. Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Subject: One Film > The Lord of the Rings
Apocalypse-Cinema (2015)
2012 and Other Ends of the World
by Peter Szendy
Subject: Genre > Disaster films
The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro (2015)
Critical Essays
Dir. John W. Morehead
Subject: Director > Guillermo del Toro
The Holy Grail on Film (2015)
Essays on the Cinematic Quest
Dir. Kevin J. Harty
Subject: On Films > Objects in Films
Soul of the Dark Knight (2014)
Batman as Mythic Figure in Comics and Film
Subject: One Film > The Dark Knight
Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the 1970s (2013)
Subject: Genre > Science Fiction
It Came from 1957 (2013)
A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
by Rob Craig
Subject: On Films > Per period
Conan Meets the Academy (2012)
Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian
Dir. Jonas Prida
Subject: One Film > Conan the Barbarian
I See You (2012)
The Shifting Paradigms of James Cameron's Avatar
The Dinosaur Films of Ray Harryhausen (2012)
Features, Early 16mm Experiments and Unrealized Projects
Subject: Others persons > Ray Harryhausen
Riddle Me This, Batman! (2011)
Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight
Dir. Kevin K. Durand and Mary K. Leigh
Subject: One Film > The Dark Knight
The Films of James Cameron (2011)
Critical Essays
Dir. Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Stephen McVeigh
Subject: Director > James Cameron
Translating Time (2009)
Cinema, the Fantastic, and Temporal Critique
Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia (2008)
Fiction, Film, and Social Change
The Frodo Franchise (2007)
The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood
Subject: One Film > The Lord of the Rings
Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-Eyed Monsters (2007)
How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our Nightmares
Designing Movie Creatures and Characters (2006)
Behind the Scenes with the Movie Masters
Subject: Technique > Special effects
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