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Marvel Comics

The Untold Story

2013·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

Interweaves history, anecdotes, and analysis with more than one hundred interviews with Marvel insiders to reveal how Marvel, which introduced brightly costumed caped crusaders in the 1960s, became one of the most dominant pop cultural forces in contemporary America.

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Marvel Comics

The Untold Story

Year

2013

Type

Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics Self-Help & Business

Description

Interweaves history, anecdotes, and analysis with more than one hundred interviews with Marvel insiders to reveal how Marvel, which introduced brightly costumed caped crusaders in the 1960s, became one of the most dominant pop cultural forces in contemporary America.

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