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Adam McGovern is a frequent writer on American popular culture, contributing to the Village Voice among other publications. Versions of his contributions to The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes (Visible Ink Press, 2012) form the basis of his contributions to various entries in Britannica.

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