All of the Marvels - An Amazing Voyage into Marvel's Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics

Marvel comics are the nearest thing modernity has produced to a holy epic, a blockbusting, record-shattering pop-cultural cosmology that echoes our deepest hopes and fears. NYT comics critic Douglas Wolk has read them all. This is what they add up to.

About the author

Douglas Wolk is the author of the Eisner Award-winning Reading Comics and the host of the Marvel-themed podcast The Voice of Latveria. He has written about comic books, graphic novels, pop music and technology for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Pitchfork.

Summary

Marvel comics are the nearest thing modernity has produced to a holy epic, a blockbusting, record-shattering pop-cultural cosmology that echoes our deepest hopes and fears. NYT comics critic Douglas Wolk has read them all. This is what they add up to.

Foreword

A revelatory guide to the 'epic of epics' from a beloved authority

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Wolk
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2021
• EAN: 9781788169288
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-928-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Literature: history and criticism, Cultural and media studies