Liliana Faltin just wants some stability in her life. But her mother’s boyfriend has a thing for booze and touching. To deal, Lily writes letters to John Wayne. Yeah, he’s a dead movie cowboy, but whatever—at least the Duke knew how to be a hero. Now, Lily just needs to figure out how to be a hero herself.

Examination of women in contemporary popular culture. Looks at female celebrities such as warrior Xena, the Spice Girls, the Powerpuff Girls and supernatural Buffy. Argues that girls are no longer prepared to accept weak and dependent role models. Includes bibliography and index. Author is a lecturer in Social Science at the University of Queensland. She is the author of several articles on popular culture, youth culture and femininity.

"Hero Gets Girl! is the story of Kurt Schaffenberger, preeminent Lois Lane artist and important early Captain Marvel artist who also brought a welcome touch of humor and whimsy to superhero comics. This profusely illustrated biography features hundreds of photos and drawings, many never before published. Schaffenberger is recalled by family, friends and fellow pros such as Alex Ross, Will Eisner, Carmine Infantino, Julius Schwartz, Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson and others. With a foreword by Ken Bald, 'Hero Gets Girl!' is an intimate human portrait and a must-read for any superhero fan."--Cover.

Evil agency SHADOW is up to something in the middle of the rainforest. Something that could see them get the jump on SHINE. Special Agent EJ12 needs to leap into action. She must crack SHADOWs codes and trust her instincts to foil their plans and save the rainforest.

The heroic romance is one of the West's most enduring narratives, found everywhere, from religion and myth to blockbuster films and young adult literature. Within this story, adolescent girls are not, and cannot be, the heroes. They are, at best, the hero's bride, a prize he wins for slaying monsters. Crucially, although the girl's exclusion from heroic selfhood affects all girls, it does not do so equally- whiteness and able-bodiedness are taken as markers of heightened, fantasy femininity. Female Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction explores how the young female-heroes of mythopoeic YA, a Tolkienian-inspired genre drawing on myth's world-creating power and YA's liminal potential, disrupt the conventional heroic narrative. These heroes, such as Tamora Pierce's Alanna the Lioness, Daine the Wildmage, and Marissa Meyer's Cinder and Iko, offer a model of being-hero, an embodied way of living and being in this world that disrupts the typical hero's violent hierarchy, isolating individuality, and erasure of difference. In doing so, they push the boundaries of what it means to be a hero, a girl, and even human.

In search of higher ratings for her web show, Harley Quinn pulls some pranks, gets involved in a dance competition, and organizes an outrageous battle of the bands.

A Hero Like You looks at everyday heroes and highlights qualities such as loyalty, compassion, resourcefulness, justice, and courage. The lyrical rhyme and relatable illustrations remind us that we all have the opportunity to be a hero by helping others, doing right and making the world a better place. "What the world needs is a hero like you!"