WINNER OF THE 2022 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK
'Magnificently marvellous' Junot Diaz
'An account of how a motley gang of accidental collaborators created a vernacular mythology out of the dodgiest of commercial occasions ... a revelation' Jonathan Lethem
Every schoolchild recognises their protagonists: the Avengers, the X-Men, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. The superhero comics that Marvel has published since 1961 make up the biggest self-contained work of fiction ever created: over half a million pages and counting. Eighteen of the 100 highest-grossing movies of all time are based on it. And not even the people telling the story have read the whole thing.
But Douglas Wolk did. In All Of The Marvels, a critic and superfan takes on the epic to end all epics. What he finds is a magic mirror of the past 60 years, from the atomic terrors of the Cold War to the political divides of our present. The result is an irresistible travel guide to the magic mountain at the heart of popular culture.
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All of the Marvels
An Amazing Voyage into Marvel’s Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. The Mountain of Marvels
- 2. Where to Start, or How to Enjoy Being Confused
- 3. Curse of The Weird (Frequently Asked Questions)
- 4. The Junction to Everywhere
- 5. Interlude: Monsters
- 6. Spinning in Circles
- 7. Interlude: Lee, Kirby, Ditko
- 8. Rising and Advancing
- 9. Interlude: The Vietnam Years
- 10. The Mutant Metaphor
- 11. Interlude: Diamonds Made of Sound
- 12. Thunder and Lies
- 13. Interlude: Before The Marvel Cinematic Universe
- 14. What Kings Do
- 15. Interlude: Presidents
- 16. The Iron Patriot Acts
- 17. Interlude: March 1965
- 18. The Great Destroyer
- 19. Interlude: Linda Carter
- 20. Good is a Thing You Do
- 21. Passing It Along
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Marvel Comics: A Plot Summary
- Index
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