Explores how this genre serves as a source for modern-day myths, sometimes even incorporating ancient mythic figures like Thor and Wonder Woman's Amazons, while engaging with the questions that haunt a post-9/11 world: How do we define heroism and morality today? How far are we willing to go when fighting terror? How can we resist a dystopian state?

Introduction
1    Genre
2    Myth
3    Politics
4    Style
Acknowledgments
Notes
Further Reading
Works Cited
Films Cited
Index