The Psychology of Superheroes
An Unauthorized Exploration

It's hard to rate and review a compilation of essays as some are good and some are not so much. Some of them were interesting, others sounded more like ads for the author's other published books. I was a bit let down by the lack of psychoanalytic essays, as most of them focus on social, behavioral a......more

Real men and women live in corporeality, whereas superheroes live in a virtual reality… This is an amazing book into the morals of superheroes!......more

ran across this book while watching a documentary that focused more specifically on the psychology of Batman. The editor, Robin Rosenberg, was one of the "talking heads" in the special, and I found the idea pretty intriguing. The book is made up of a series of short essays that explored different a......more

This is a collection of essays about different aspects of superheroes. The characters covered are almost all Marvel and DC, although there's a good piece centered on some of the Incredibles. Like any collection, it's a bit uneven. Some are really interesting and well done, like a study of forensic p......more