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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ISBN
9781782839125
Publisert
2021
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Profile Books
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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