The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers

The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Mike Madrid
• Narrated By Colby Elliott
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Comic book superheroines bend steel, travel across time and space, and wield awesome forces. These mighty females do everything that male superheroes do. But they have to work their wonders in skirts and high heels. The Supergirls asks whether their world of fantasy is that different from our own. Are the stories of Wonder Woman’s search for an identity, Batwoman and Power Girl’s battle for equality, and Manhunter’s juggling of a crime fighting career and motherhood also an alternative saga of modern American women?

Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 18 mins)
• By Travis Langley
• Narrated By Mike Chamberlain

Batman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner?

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Dean Kowalski (Editor), William Irwin (Editor)
• Narrated By Andrew Eiden

Ever wonder what Aristotle might say about the life Sheldon Cooper leads? Why Thomas Hobbes would applaud the roommate agreement? Who Immanuel Kant would treat with "haughty derision" for weaving "un-unravelable webs"? And - most importantly - whether Wil Wheaton is truly evil? Of course you have. Bazinga!

This book mines the deep thinking of some of history's most potent philosophical minds to explore your most pressing questions about The Big Bang Theory and its nerdy genius characters.

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Sean Howe
• Narrated By Stephen Hoye
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Throughout this decades-long journey to becoming a multibillion-dollar enterprise, Marvel's identity has continually shifted, careening between scrappy underdog and corporate behemoth. As the company has weathered Wall Street machinations, Hollywood failures, and the collapse of the comic book market, its characters have been passed along among generations of editors, artists, and writers - also known as the celebrated Marvel "Bullpen".

Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Mark D. White, Robert Arp
• Narrated By Mark D. White

Combing through 70 years of comic books, television shows, and movies, Batman and Philosophy explores how the Dark Knight grapples with ethical conundrums, moral responsibility, his identity crisis, the moral weight he carries to avenge his murdered parents, and much more. How does this caped crusader measure up against the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, and Lao Tzu?