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Marvel Comics
- The Untold Story
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history - Marvel Comics - and the outsized personalities who made Marvel, including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby.
“Sean Howe’s history of Marvel makes a compulsively readable, riotous and heartbreaking version of my favorite story, that of how a bunch of weirdoes changed the world…That it’s all true is just frosting on the cake.” (Jonathan Lethem)
For the first time, Marvel Comics tells the stories of the men who made Marvel: Martin Goodman, the self-made publisher who forayed into comics after a get-rich-quick tip in 1939; Stan Lee, the energetic editor who would shepherd the company through thick and thin for decades; and Jack Kirby, the WW II veteran who would co-create Captain America in 1940 and, 20 years later, developed with Lee the bulk of the company’s marquee characters in a three-year frenzy.
Incorporating more than 100 original interviews with those who worked behind the scenes at Marvel over a 70-year-span, Marvel Comics packs anecdotes and analysis into a gripping narrative of how a small group of people on the cusp of failure created one of the most enduring pop cultural forces in contemporary America.
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- Robert Ramsay
- 04-09-2021
A Legendary Expeo
One of the Greatest Audiobooks I have had the pleasure of listening to. An Absolute Joy to Behold!!!!
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- David Riwoe
- 14-03-2022
Fantastic History of Marvel Comics
This is a fantastic book about the history of Marvel comics. It is full of interviews and is well researched. I can't imagine how long it took to male this book but it is one of the best audio books I have ever read. I started collecting comics in the 70's and found was amazed to hear about all names I saw on all my comincs. Highly recommended.
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