Description |
xi, 267 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Inside Out: Stan Lee and the Drama of the Visible Self -- Everyday Transcendence: Steve Englehart and the Quest for Selfhood -- Crouching Tiger, Running Commentary: Doug Moench on the Margins of Marvel -- Blood Will Tell: Marv Wolfman's Tomb of Dracula -- Bodies and Words: Don McGregor's Tortured Romantic Individualism -- Subjectivity and its discontents: Steve Gerber and the uses of disenchantment. |
Summary |
"With the rise of new creators who emphasized their own individual voices while also focusing on their characters' inner lives, Marvel Comics in the 1970s laid the groundwork for the next decade's breakthroughs, expanding our sense of what the comics medium can do and what the superhero genre makes possible"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Marvel Comics Group -- Publishing.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
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Marvel Comics Group. (OCoLC)fst00540413
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Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145
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Publishers and publishing. (OCoLC)fst01083463
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Title |
Marvel comics in the nineteen-seventies |
Other Form: |
Online version: Borenstein, Eliot, 1966- Marvel comics in the 1970s. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501767845 (DLC) 2022047866 |
ISBN |
9781501767821 (hardcover) |
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1501767828 (hardcover) |
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9781501769368 (paperback) |
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1501769367 (paperback) |
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