Comics as history, comics as literature : roles of the comic book in scholarship, society, and entertainment / edited by Annessa Ann Babic.

Introduction / Annessa Ann Babic
Antiquity and bandes dessinées : schizophrenic nationalism between Atlanticism and Marxism / Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoàng
Did you learn your strip? : the history of France as comic fad in the 1970s / Guillaume de Syon
"Ils sont fous ces Gaulois!" : Astérix, Lucky Luke, Freedom Fries, and the love-hate relationship between France and the United States / Annick Pellegrin
Image and text in service of the nation : historically-themed comic books as civic education in 1980s Mexico / Melanie Huska
Who is Diana Prince? : The Amazon army nurse of World War II / Peter Lee
Wonder Woman as patriotic Icon : the Amazon princess for the nation and femininity / Annessa Ann Babic
Comic containment : no laughing matter / James C. Lethbridge
Graphic/narrative/history : defining the essential experience(s) of 9/11 / Lynda Goldstein
Super gay : depictions of homosexuality in mainstream superhero comics / Kara M. Kvaran
The man in the gray metal suit : Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four, and the costs of conformity / Micah Rueber
Seen city : Frank Miller's re-imaging as a cinematic "new real" / Christina Dokou
The zombie apocalypse : a fictional state of nature? / Faiz Sheikh
Logicomix and the enunciatory apparatus / Beatrice Skordili.