Joseph Darowski Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Joseph Darowski on XHost of The Protagonist Podcast. Editor of The Ages of Superheroes essay collections. Co-author of Cheers: A Cultural History. PhD in American Studies.

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Deborah HoweEach week on The Protagonist Podcast we discuss great characters in great stories. This week, we're talking about James and Rebecca Howe's Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery https://t.co/aHBpUf53AR https://t.co/aaIhxFrezv
Paperback, 2006
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor: Race and Gender in the Comic Books
Joseph J. DarowskiMe: *checks to see why #xmen is trending* So, I wrote a book called X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor: Race and Gender in the Comic Books. It's based on my doctoral dissertation. If anyone wants to talk, I know some stuff.
Hardcover, 2014
$111.00Member price:$105.45 + Free shipping5% off
Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus
Stan LeeSome facts about She-Hulk, who has a decades long legacy in comics and also other media appearances 1) She first appeared 42 years ago in 1980's Savage She-Hulk #1 2) She was a co-creation of Stan Lee and John Buscema, and one of the last characters Lee co-created for Marvel
Out of stock

Class ACT: A Graphic Novel
Jerry CraftIs spite-purchasing a thing? Because after reading this article I purchased these books so fast https://www.comicsbeat.com/jerry-craft-new-kid-class-act-pulled-texas-school-libraries/
Paperback, 2020
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
Douglas WolkIn our newest episode of The Protagonist Podcast, author Douglas Wolk (@douglaswolk) joins us to discuss his recent book All of the Marvels! Wolk read more than 27,000 Marvel comics and wrote about the sprawling narrative Marvel has published for decades https://t.co/qozJWlDPV2 https://t.co/clPEePQFXi
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Decades: Marvel in the '50s - Captain America Strikes!
Howard ChaykinSome facts about She-Hulk, who has a decades long legacy in comics and also other media appearances 1) She first appeared 42 years ago in 1980's Savage She-Hulk #1 2) She was a co-creation of Stan Lee and John Buscema, and one of the last characters Lee co-created for Marvel
Out of stock

Marvel-Verse: She-Hulk
Stan LeeSome facts about She-Hulk, who has a decades long legacy in comics and also other media appearances 1) She first appeared 42 years ago in 1980's Savage She-Hulk #1 2) She was a co-creation of Stan Lee and John Buscema, and one of the last characters Lee co-created for Marvel
Out of stock

A Tip for the Hangman
Allison EpsteinEach week on The Protagonist Podcast we discuss a great character in a great story. This week, author Allison Epstein (@rapscallison) joined us to discuss Christopher Marlowe from her novel A Tip for the Hangman https://t.co/wxnCFrg87m https://t.co/o4AEK5rrNj
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New Kid: A Graphic Novel
Jerry CraftIs spite-purchasing a thing? Because after reading this article I purchased these books so fast https://www.comicsbeat.com/jerry-craft-new-kid-class-act-pulled-texas-school-libraries/
Paperback, 2019
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book