While generations of fans have thrilled to the adventures of Superman and Batman in comic books, animated cartoons, television, and movies, professional historians are only now beginning to unearth and examine their archival records. Dr. Andrew Fogel (visiting scholar, Center for Jewish History) and Dr. Blake Scott Ball (associate professor of history, University of North Alabama), with Dr. Bradford Wright (professor of history, Imperial Valley College) moderating, provide a behind-the-curtain look at original handwritten and typed documents, material objects, comic artwork, and periodicals preserved in private collections and libraries nationwide. This never-before-seen evidence offers new and fascinating histories of the Man of Steel, the Dark Knight, their caretakers and publisher, and the place they occupy in the broader sweep of American history.
