Shortcuts
Please wait while page loads.
Canterbury-Bankstown Library Service . Default .
PageMenu- Main Menu-
Page content

Catalogue Display

All of the Marvels : an amazing voyage into Marvel's universe and 27,000 superhero comics / Douglas Wolk.

All of the Marvels : an amazing voyage into Marvel's universe and 27,000 superhero comics / Douglas Wolk.
.
Item Information
Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
741.535 WOLK
 Adult Non Fiction   Bankstown . . Available .  
Reserve any copy Click Here Catalogue Record 1210353
. Catalogue Record 1210353 ItemInfo . Catalogue Record 1210353 ItemInfo Top of page .
Catalogue Information
Field name Details
ISBN 9781788169288 (hardback)
Name Wolk, Douglas author.
Title All of the Marvels : an amazing voyage into Marvel's universe and 27,000 superhero comics / Douglas Wolk.
Published London : Profile Books, 2021.
©2021
Description 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes "Mutants! Monsters! Monarchs! Mystery!"--Cover.
Includes index.
Summary 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 - nobody's supposed to. 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. Wolk teases out Marvel's mixture of progressive visions and painful stereotypes, its regrettable moments as well as its flights of luminous creativity. The result is an irresistible travel guide to the magic mountain at the heart of popular culture.
Subjects Marvel comics (New York, N.Y.)
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism
Superheroes in literature
Superheroes in art
Links to Related Works
Subject References:
Authors:
.
Related Searches Catalogue Record 1210353
.
Add Title to Basket Catalogue Record 1210353
.
Catalogue Information 1210353 . Catalogue Information 1210353 Top of page .
Quick Search