Badass: the birth of a legend : spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned /: spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ben Thompson.
• Other Names: Thompson, Ben, 1980-
• Contents: 1: Gods, goddesses, and other kickass celestial beings -- Anubis -- Zeus -- Rama -- Kali -- Brave-swift-impetuous-male -- The monkey king -- Huitzilopochtli -- Thor -- Oya -- Saint Michael the Archangel -- 2: Heroes, heroines, and over-the-top do-gooders -- Atalanta -- Diomedes -- Samson -- Sinbad -- Finn McCool -- Beowulf -- Bradamant of Clairmont -- Captain James T. Kirk -- Inspector Harry Callahan -- B.A. Baracus -- 3: Villains, sorcerers, antiheroes, and merciless bastards -- King Minos -- Medea -- Sir Mordred -- Skuld -- Gilgamesh -- Professor James Moriarty -- Sauron -- Darth Vader -- Skeletor -- The white tights -- 4: Monsters, fiends, hellspawn, and worse -- Dragons -- Baba Yaga -- Surt -- The furies -- Frankenstein's monster -- Moby-Dick -- Godzilla -- The red dwarf of Detroit -- El Chupacabra -- The Daleks.
• Publisher Details: New York : Harper Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 398.2; Literary Criticism -- Books & Reading; Legends; Tall tales; Mythology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; HUMOR -- General; Popular Culture; Books & Reading; Legends; Mythology; Tall tales; Comics & Graphic Novels -- Superheroes; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062074942; 0062074946
• Related ISBNs: 9780062001351; 0062001353
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.