Author:
O'Roark, J. Brian, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Descriptionx, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note:Everyone Loves a Good Backstory, Even Economists -- Who Is That Masked Man? -- Keep Your Friendds Close, Or Why Do Superheroes Team Up? -- But Your Enemies Closer... Why Do Superheroes Fight Each Other? -- Don't Give Up Your Day Job. Why Do Superheroes Go to Work? -- Give Up Already! When Superheroes Are Fighting Crime, Who Wants to Be a Criminal? -- Who's Going to Clean Up This Mess? -- Where Do They Get Those Wonderful Toys? -- Why Don't Superheroes Take Over the World? -- Who Is the Greatest of Them All?.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Why do some superheroes have day jobs? Why do villains keep trying even though they almost never win? Why don't heroes simply take over the world? With brilliant deadpan humour, comic aficionado professor J. Brian O'Roark uses the tools of economics to explain superheroes, and the world of superheroes to explain economics.
