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Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (2008)

by Jeff Yang(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

159558398X (ISBN13: 9781595583987)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

New Press, The

series

Secret Identities

review 1: I love the idea and the fact that this anthology actually exists. I have spent a lot of time studying Asian American history and I do believe that this book challenges a lot of notions that have been created over time. However, as much as I wanted to fall in love with this book, I found a lot of the comics very dry. Perhaps it is because I read it outside of a school setting as a leisure book. Although I must admit that I fell in love with two of the comics and the ideas embedded in the whole anthology. I would definitely recommend to someone who is interested in comics.
review 2: I love the idea of this. I loved some of the execution, the way story threads connected with one another and with historical events, including World War II and the internment camps. T... morehe challenge for compilations is that they are only as strong as their weakest entries, and some of the entries fell flat. Still, I hope for another in a series of Secret Identities. No, strike that. I hope that the superhero genre evolves an ability to create nuanced characters across the racial spectrum so that books like Secret Identities are no longer needed. There's no reason that Asian characters must be stereotyped toward computers or martial arts, but they are. Until the nuance arrives, I'll keep reading and enjoying books like this that challenge the status quo. less

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