Make Ours Marvel : : Media Convergence and a Comics Universe / / ed. by Matt Yockey.

The creation of the Fantastic Four effectively launched the Marvel Comics brand in 1961. Within ten years, the introduction (or reintroduction) of characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and the X-Men catapulted Marvel past its primary rival, DC Comics, for domination of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (358 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Excelsior! Or, Everything Th at Rises Must Converge
  • Chapter 1. Reforming the “Justice” System. Marvel’s Avengers and the Transformation of the All-Star Team Book
  • Chapter 2. Man Without Fear. David Mack, Daredevil, and the “Bounds of Diff erence” in Superhero Comics
  • Chapter 3. “This Female Fights Back!” A Feminist History of Marvel Comics
  • Chapter 4. “Share Your Universe”. Generation, Gender, and the Future of Marvel Publishing
  • Chapter 5. Breaking Brand 164 From NuMarvel to MarvelNOW! Marvel Comics in the Age of Media Convergence
  • Chapter 6. Marvel and the Form of Motion Comics
  • Chapter 7. Transmedia Storytelling in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” and the Logics of Convergence-Era Popular Seriality
  • Chapter 8. The Marvel One-Shots and Transmedia Storytelling
  • Chapter 9. Spinning Webs Constructing Authors, Genre, and Fans in the Spider-Man Film Franchise
  • Chapter 10. Playing Peter Parker Spider-Man and Superhero Film Performance
  • Chapter 11. Spotting Stan 297 Th e Fun and Function of Stan Lee’s Cameos in the Marvel Universe(s)
  • chapter 12. Schrödinger’s Cape The Quantum Seriality of the Marvel Multiverse
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index