Retcon game : retroactive continuity and the hyperlinking of America / Andrew J. Friedenthal

Author: Friedenthal, Andrew J.
Additional Titles: Retroactive continuity and the hyperlinking of America
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]
Physical Description: xi, 180 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

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Contents

Introduction: a hyperlinked past: theorizing retroactive continuity -- A brief prehistory of retroactive continuity -- High society: historical revisionism in justice society comics -- Crisis control: crisis on infinite earths and the creation of a unified comic book universe -- Moving images, moving history: retroactive continuity in television and film -- Putting it all together: retroactive parody and play -- Citation needed: Wikipedia and the mutability of the past -- Conclusion: playing the retcon game.

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ISBN

9781496811325 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1496811321 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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