Defining comic books as a medium
History of comic books, part 1: developing a medium
History of comic books, part 2: the maturation of the medium
The comic book industry
The comic book creators
Creating the story
Experiencing the story
The comic book readers
Comic book genres: classifying comics
Comic book genres: the superhero genre
Comic books and ideology
Researching comic books
Comics culture around the world.
The power of comics : history, form and culture by Randy Duncan. ISBN 9780826429360. Published by Continuum in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.