Josef Benson is associate professor of literatures and languages at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. He is author of Star Wars: The Triumph of Nerd Culture; J. D. Salinger's “The Catcher in the Rye”: A Cultural History; and Hypermasculinities in the Contemporary Novel: Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin.
![](/var/site/storage/images/books/b/bandits-misfits-and-superheroes/9781496838339_image-front-cover/1654656-1-eng-CA/9781496838339_Image-front-cover_rb_relatedcovers.jpg)