6/28/2023 0 Comments Marvel comics the untold story![]() ![]() In 1961, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, one Mr Stan Lee (known best perhaps for his cameos in any movie based on Marvel characters) wrote that “ trying (perhaps vainly?) to reach a slightly older, more sophisticated group”. ![]() Gone are the shimmering, glitter-festooned, baseball-playing vampires of the Twilight crowd somewhere in the distance, zombies are lurching towards being the Next Big Thing (held off valiantly by Brad Pitt wielding a shovel) here and now, the world seems to be hankering for zillionaire playboy geniuses with access to cutting-edge technology, aliens from another planet who want nothing more than to defend us against evil of all stripes, brooding vigilantes with serious daddy issues and angst-ridden teenagers with a decided arachnid influence. After decades of being seen as juvenile publications catering to the marginalised and socially inept, comic books - sorry, “graphic novels” - have surged into a cultural gap that was previously occupied by… well, everyone. ![]() Sean Howe’s book, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, would be far easier to review were it just another attempt to capitalise on the current popularity of comic books in the mainstream. ![]()
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