"This catalog, for the exhibition by the same name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the symbolic and metaphysical associations between fashion and fictional comic book characters. The catalog's design affirms the alliance between fantasy and fashion through the juxtaposition of fashion imagery, comic book details and film and TV stills in a comic book frame format. The catalog features a pressed tin cover nostalgic of superhero lunchboxes and high-gloss acrylic pages." 160 pages, 8 1/4 x 10, Smythe-sewn, hardcover with tin over board, 4-color and 1-PMS, rounded edges on outer side.