Producing a single issue of a regular comic book can be an incredible physical, and mental grind.-Tom Defalco In Ancient Rome, the masses were fed Bread and Circuses-today it’s Tabloids and Televisions.-Doctor Zero There is nothing that cannot be learned from Science-there is nothing that science is not capable of-if you learn its secrets give yourself to it. were my salvation and protection: I firmly believed that if well attended our leather-bound friends will never abandon or betray us and will certainly never die.-Moonshadow We concern ourselves with heroes because they are mirrors in which we see ourselves.-Clark Kent Few people outside of the industry have any idea of the massive effort involved in producing a single issue of a comic book. What I knew of life on Earth-of all life outside the confines of our Zoo-I learned from two sources-my mother’s starry sages of peace, of love and Ocean Parkway, and those blessed things called books. You are the creators of worlds! Finally, to everyone who has ever loved a Timely/Atlas/Marvel comic book, and to all Marvel Zombies. Also to Alex Ross, Jim Starlin, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Alex Schoenburg, Roy Thomas, Garth Ennis, Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Everett, Pete Townshend, Siegal and Schuster, Carl Burgos, Marv Wolfman, Jerry Garcia, Lon Chaney, Sr., Frank Zappa, Joe Simon, Steve Ditko, Gerry Conway, Kenneth Anger, Gil Kane, Steranko, Chris Claremont, Peter David, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, John Buscema, and everyone who has ever worked on a comic. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 To Joe Duke, who always listened Joe Ferrer, Tom Gonzales, and Joey Davila, who were always there my parents, who love, nurture, and put up with this forty-year-old son who reads comics and the memory of Grandma Bunnie, Grandpa Gil, Grandma Ann, Grandpa Jack, and Uncle Irwin. Cover art: Woman and superhero ©2008 Digital Vision explosion and earth with moon ©2008 Shutterstock Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Weiner, Robert G., 1966– Marvel graphic novels and related publications : an annotated guide to comics, prose novels, children’s books, articles, criticism and reference works, 1965–2005 / Robert G. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children’s Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965–2005 Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications
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