On July 19th Spiegel and Glau will release Supergods, a non-fiction book by accalaimed storyteller Grant Morrison that takes an in-depth look at the history of the superhero archetype. Part history and part memoir, Morrison talks about the last 7 decades of superhero fiction from the big guns, like Superman, to those capes that have been long forgotten in the annals of pop-culture history. Check out the official description below as well as the stunning cover of the book.

From one of the most acclaimed and oracular writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankind’s great modern myth: the superhero.

For Grant Morrison, possibly the greatest of contemporary superhero storytellers, these heroes are not simply characters but powerful archetypes whose ongoing, decades-spanning story arcs reflect and predict the course of human existence: Through them, we tell the story of ourselves. In this exhilarating book, Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero-why they matter, why they will always be with us, and what they tell us about who we are.

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[Source] DC Comics