Biography
Joseph J. Darowski earned a PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University. His research focuses on American popular culture, specifically comic books, television, and film. He has edited nine volumes of The Ages of Superheroes essay collections, as well as authoring X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor: Race and Gender in the Comics and co-authoring Frasier: A Cultural History, Cheers: A Cultural History, and Survivor: A Cultural History.