Description: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a complete guide to over fifty years of superheroes on screen! Each entry includes cast and credits, a format guide, individual episode descriptions, cross references, and critical commentaries, as well as notations about arch-villains, gadgets, powers, and headquarters. Each entry also includes a detailed history. Five appendices list common conventions and cliches of superheroes on screen, incarnations, coming attractions, a sampling of memorable superhero ad-lines, and the best, worst, and most influential superhero productions from 1951 to 2003. Mr. Muir's Horror Films of the 1970s (2002; $59.95) was selected as one of the thirteen "Reference Books of the Year" by the American Library Association.

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