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2022

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10. Marvel’s Multitude of Maladies S. 129-144

„… important promoter, the 1970s were troubling times. Everyone at Marvel—including Lee, the creative teams …” „… cents a copy.Despite the downturn, the public Lee—the face of Marvel—remained as joyful as ever. Legions …” „… years of uncertainty, slippery footing, and ultimately an epic battle for survival. Marvel’s per-comic …”

7. Creating the Marvel Universe S. 79-96

„… a brilliant young scientist 79C H A P T E R 7CREATING THE MARVEL UNIVERSE80 CHAPTER 7into a …” „… antihero to the Marvel fam-ily, Lee and Kirby took another intellectual leap forward, deducing that fans …” „… Jack Kirby (Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas, eds., The Stan Lee Universe)CREATING THE MARVEL UNIVERSE …”

Notes S. 203-216

„… , “Stan Lee’s Secret to Success: A Marvel-ous Imagination,” Dayton Daily News, January 21, 2006, sec. E. 3 …” „… Hour of Glory,” Comics Journal 267 (April/May 2005): 23. 9. Brent Staples, “Marveling at Marvel: You …” „… 2019, https://hbr.org/2019/07/marvels-blockbuster -machine.216 NOTES5. Ibid. The Harrison et al …”

8. The Superheroes S. 97-112

„… “Face front!” Stan Lee’s demand that readers snap to attention kicked off the “Marvel Bullpen …” „… Bulletins,” a feature that ran in the back of all December 1965 issues. It replaced the “Merry Marvel …” „… reader lived or whether they could even envision what the Marvel headquarters might have looked like, the …”

9. America’s Pop Culture Ambassador S. 113-128

„… What Stan Lee understood better than anyone else associated with Marvel—from his boss Martin …” „… (within and outside Marvel).Goodman remained the prototype business leader, keen on revenue and profit. He …” „… Lee.”Whether the evening was “marvelous” or not most likely depended on the viewer’s feelings about Marvel and …”

11. The Lure of Hollywood S. 145-162

„… Lee’s Marvel-like voice. THE LURE OF HOLLYWOOD 149It seemed as if Stan overcommitted to the Marvel …” „… , regularly serving as story consul-tant for Marvel-related media, like the 1990 NBC movie The Death of the …” „… guaranteeing himself a 500 percent return on his initial investment and a 60 percent stake in Marvel.Lee with …”

Epilogue S. 191-198

„… “There’s about 6,000 characters in the Marvel library. . . . If this goes right, we will be telling …” „… these stories for many, many, many, many generations to come.” —Victoria Alonso, EVP, Marvel1Why is …” „… Marvel so different? How did this brand of storytelling conquer the globe?Since the early 1960s, there …”

12. King of the Cameo S. 163-178

„… became tradition to see Stan the Man wandering through Marvel productions,” he explained.2 The cameos …” „… would continue for more than a generation (even after his 2018 death). The Marvel cinematic universe …” „… world.Yet Stan’s astonishing popularity came with controversy. The success of Marvel films dwarfed his …”

Index S. 217-222

„… Marvel, 109–12. See also MarvelGoodwin, Archie, 133Grantray-Lawrence Animation, 107Great Depression …” „… Cadence Industries, 116; book publishing, 136, 138–39; name change, 111; overseeing Marvel, 113, 114, 126 …” „… , 131–33; selling Marvel, 151; West Coast operations, 149. See also Feinberg, Sheldon; Perfect Film …”

5. New Heroes for a New Age—The Fantastic Four S. 49-64

„… greatest contribution to Marvel’s successes and, sadly, the final nail in the coffin of their …” „… dubbed the “Marvel Method”). Both the writer and artist had a say in how the final product unfolded …” „… first time in one mighty magazine!”The Fantastic Four have arrived!The Marvel universe begins with The …”

13. Saying Good-Bye to a Hero S. 179-190

„… popularity ensure that Marvel—and Stan—will remain at the heart of global popular culture.Fans flocked to see …” „… . Marvel films were dominating big screens around the world, yet the cocreator of the Marvel universe faced …” „… and a hand-ful of artists helped create.” —Todd McFarlane, artist/writer (“Stan Lee: A Life of Marvel …”

6. Spidey Saves the Day! S. 65-78

„… world, he exclaims, mocks the teen under the mask but will “marvel” at his new-found “awesome …” „… fast-paced environment, where Lee served essentially as Marvel’s managing editor, writer, copyeditor, and …” „… cover for Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). © 1939–2022 Marvel Characters, Inc.70 CHAPTER 6my new …”

Preface

„… Marvel characters and their distinctive likeness(es) thereof are trademarks and copyright © 1939–2022 …” „… Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved.British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information …” „… Marvel Universe 7908 The Superheroes 9709 America’s Pop Culture Ambassador 11310 Marvel’s Multitude of …”

Acknowledgments S. 199-202

„… Is it possible to calculate all that goes into writing a book? Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel is …” „… Marvel universe across films, comics, merchandise, and everything else related to the company across the …” „… University. Additional resources, includ-ing rare books and Marvel materials, were hunted down at the …”

3. Mr. Timely Comics S. 21-30

„… the centerpieces of Marvel Comics #1 (August 1939). Supremely cautious, the publisher took a …” „… amount, eventually rivaling Super-man sales. Marvel Comics was renamed Marvel Mystery Comics, focusing on …” „… hero punching Adolf Hitler. © 1939–2022 Marvel Characters, Inc.28 CHAPTER 3Early comic book history …”

About the Author S. 223-224

„… Independent Publishers Book Award for historical biography. Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel was a fi-nalist …” „… all-time favorite Marvel comic book series is What If . . .?, and his favorite MCU film is Avengers …”

4. Through War and Cold War S. 31-48

„… , reportedly “read by over fifty million people each month.” In 1944, Fawcett’s Captain Marvel Adventures sold …” „… in Marvel Mystery Comics #49 (November 1943), with Human Torch and Toro thwarting a Japanese …” „… copies sold monthly. Fawcett’s Captain Marvel and DC’s Superman and Batman sold well, but readers looked …”

1. A Hero Is Born! S. 1-10

„… . © 1939–2022 Marvel Characters, Inc.A HERO IS BORN! 3The expectations for Captain America #3 were enormous …” „… Stan and Marvel famous across the globe. Even in his ear-liest writing, though, one could see that …”

2. Origin Story S. 11-20

„… unemployment (Danny Fingeroth, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee)16 CHAPTER 2Too young to fully …” „… .” Highly intelligent, Stanley yearned for a marvelous life that would fulfill his mother’s prediction about …”

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11. Marvel’s Multitude of Maladies S. 134-146

„… important promoter, the 1970s were troubling times for Lee and the company. Everyone at Marvel—including Lee …” „… the downturn, the public Lee—the face of Marvel—remained as joyful as ever. Legions of fans flocked to …” „… survival. Marvel’s per-comic sales plummeted, so the company attempted to offset the decrease by publishing …”

8. The Marvel Universe S. 86-0

„… still being planned and Marvel’s future was still unclear.Goodman sensed a trend in the making and …” „… make the character different?Mountains of fan mail had poured into Marvel’s Madison Avenue of-fice in …” „… Marvel UniverseChapter 8The Marvel UniverseThe Marvel Universe 87Stan pulled ideas and imagery from …”

1. How the Marvel Universe Conquered the Globe S. 1-7

„… . If you “got” Marvel—if you loved Marvel—then you heard or saw something that you shared with your …” „… voice of Marvel.Many directors and producers can make a film packed with action-filled fight scenes …” „… How did Marvel storytelling conquer the globe?Since the early 1960s, there has been only one answer …”

Notes S. 199-216

„… Success: A Marvel-ous Imagination,” Day-ton Daily News, January 21, 2006, sec. E.206 Notes 3. Lacter …” „… Fantastic Incredible: A Marvel-ous Memoir (New York: Touchstone, 2015), n.p.3. Anthony D’Alessandro, “Lee …” „… Glory,” Comics Journal 267 (April/May 2005): 23.10. Brent Staples, “Marveling at Marvel: You Say …”

9. The Superheroes S. 105-121

„… that readers snap to attention kicked off the “Marvel Bullpen Bul-letins,” a feature page that ran in …” „… the back of all the December 1965 issues. It replaced the “Merry Marvel Bullpen Page,” which had …” „… sale and brief synopses, the yellow shadow boxes quickly became a familiar mainstay for Marvel …”

13. Turmoil S. 158-170

„… typical ar-rangement in the go-go capitalist takeover era.Purchasing Marvel—including iconic superhero …” „… first. Stan regularly served as a story consultant for Marvel-related media, like the 1990 NBC …” „… they owned).The idea of competing with Marvel—and challenging his critics—fueled Stan, who believed he …”

10. America’s Pop Culture Ambassador S. 122-133

„… What Stan Lee understood better than anyone else associated with Marvel—from his boss Martin …” „… of establishing himself as a brand (within and outside Marvel).Goodman remained the prototype …” „… letterer—was that if the company had a spokesperson with stories as large-as-life as the Marvel superheroes …”

12. Hollywood S. 147-157

„… had met Lee earlier while a Marvel-obsessed student at Yale University. The young man later cofounded …” „… emerged did not cap-ture Lee’s Marvel-like voice. It seemed as if Stan were overly committed to the Marvel …” „… 1960s. Looking at the television landscape, Marvel executives wondered why they couldn’t replicate …”

14. King of the Cameo S. 171-184

„… became tradition to see Stan the Man wandering through Marvel productions,” he explained.2 The cameos …” „… would continue for more than a generation (even after his 2018 death). During that time, the Marvel …” „… the world.Yet Stan’s astonishing popularity came with some controversy. The suc-cess of Marvel films …”

Index S. 217-222

„… ; overseeing Marvel, 121, 122, 123; selling Marvel, 155–56; West Coast operations, 152–53. See also Feinberg …” „… ; popularity in late 1950s, 57–58; popularity in 1960s, 64–65, 112–14; rivalry with Marvel, 71, 95–96, 103–4 …” „… , 159–60, 167, 179Disney, Walt, 193Ditko, Steve, 5, 101, 118, 120, 152, 161, 177, 182; and animated Marvel …”

15. Saying Good-Bye to a Hero S. 185-194

„… popularity ensure that Marvel—and Stan—will remain at the heart of global popular culture.* * *Is it …” „… an empire across the 1960s and into the 1970s.Turning to Stan’s promotion of Marvel—and himself—as …” „… shocked the comic book world and fans alike. Marvel films were dominating big screens around the world …”

7. Spidey Saves the Day! S. 73-85

„… exclaims, mocks the teen under the mask but will “marvel” at his new-found “awesome might.”Spider-Man is …” „… new heights and changing Marvel’s status in the comic book industry.Despite the recent triumphs …” „… soothe the soul of creators hoping for origi-nality, but it worked in favor of Marvel’s bottom line …”

Preface

„… he built himself into a celebrity brand synony-mous with the Marvel name.”—The Washington Post“Bob …” „… Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko laid the foun-dation of the Marvel Universe and unleashed a creative …” „… analysis. All Marvel characters and their distinctive likeness(es) thereof are trademarks and copyright …”

6. New Heroes for a New Age—The Fantastic Four S. 56-72

„… writing style mixed storytelling, plot, and visual representation (later dubbed the “Marvel Method”). Both …” „… a hand in how the final story unfolded. Taking the creation process one step further, the Marvel …” „… with a capital “M” atop a smaller “c.” Already, Lee and Kirby were thinking “Marvel Comics” as a way to …”

Acknowledgments S. 195-198

„… not been without controversy. Given the billions of dollars at stake in the Marvel universe across …” „… resources, including rare books and Marvel materials, were hunted down at the Cincinnati and Ham-ilton …” „… utilize materials. I read deeply in the Marvel back catalog via the Marvel Unlimited subscrip-tion …”

About the Author S. 223-230

„… Illustrated HistoryStan Lee: The Man behind MarvelStan Lee: The Man behind Marvel, Young Adult Edition …” „… Independent Publishers Book Award for historical biography. Stan Lee: The Man behind Marvel was a finalist for …”

3. Mr. Timely Comics S. 19-31

„… titles were also vivid: Marvel Science Stories and Mystery Tales.Some of the magazines Goodman and his …” „… Sub-Mariner and troubled android the Human Torch, served as the centerpieces of Marvel Comics #1 (August 1939 …” „… Donenfeld’s output, and eventually rivaling sales of Superman. Marvel Comics was renamed Marvel Mystery Comics …”

4. Winning World War II S. 32-40

„… war.Stan Lee, still a teenager, realized he could not stay home and helm Mar-vel while countless young men …” „… , demand soared. In 1944, for example, Fawcett’s Captain Marvel Adventures sold fourteen million copies, up …” „… in Marvel Mystery Comics #49 (November 1943), an issue with Hu-man Torch and Toro thwarting a …”

5. Taking Comics into the Cold War S. 41-55

„… re-mained popular, with Fawcett’s Captain Marvel and DC’s Superman and Batman selling well, but readers …” „… . The Stan style in the article also foreshadowed Marvel’s 1960s voice and cadence.Publishers continued …”

2. Origin Story S. 8-18

„… yearned for a marvelous life that would fulfill his mother’s predictions about his future fame and fortune …”

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Peter Vignold - Das Marvel Cinematic Universe – Anatomie einer Hyperserie

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4 Das Marvel Cinematic Universe S. 56-116

„… Biz nach dem alten Lizenzvergabe-modell produzierten Adaptionen von Marvel-Charakteren für Film und …” „… Marvel-Filmproduktionen, insbesondere bezüglich des MCU (vgl. Leora Hadas: Au-thorship and Authenticity in the Transmedia …” „… zugkräftigste unter den Marvel-Titeln, jedoch einer der wenigen, deren Filmrechte nicht in den 1990ern an ein …”

1 Cinematic Universes und Hyperserien:Einführung S. 7-13

„… Lussier: Paramount Wants ‹Transformers› to Become Marvel-Style Connected Universe. In: Slashfilm …” „… Worldbuilding in den Marvel-Fil-men. In: Rabbiteye. Zeitschrift für Filmforschung 006, 2014, S. 14.23 Unter dem …” „… Filmstudio Marvel Studios hoch-budgetierte Comicfilmadaptionen1 bzw. Comicfilme2 auf der Basis des …”

5 Hyperserien und Cinematic Universes:Fazit und Ausblick S. 117-129

„… ‹Marvel’s The Punisher› to Series. In: Marvel.com – The Official Site, 29.04.2016).hyperserien.indd 121 …” „… das Publikum direkt adressiert, ebenso wie sein R-Rating aufgrund des für eine Marvel-(Co-)Produktion …” „… Ver-kaufsargument, scheint Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice geradezu bemüht darum, nach Marvel-Vorbild nicht nur …”

Anhang S. 130-176

„… , Germain: Paramount Wants ‹Trans-formers› to Become Marvel-Style Con-nected Universe. In: Slashfilm …” „… 2012, S. 87–103. – Avengers Assemblage. Genre Settings und Worldbuilding in den Marvel-Fil-men. In …” „… (25.07.2016).Rocchi, James: The Marvel-Industrial Com-plex. In: Movie Mezzanine, 06.05.2015 …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… Das Marvel Cinematic UniverseAnatomie einer HyperseriePeter VignoldISBN 978-3-89472-970-7Peter …” „… VignoldDas Marvel Cinematic UniverseDas seit 2008 kontinuierlich expandierende Marvel Cinematic Universe gilt …” „… und wie unterscheidet es sich von einer herkömmlichen Fortsetzungsserie im Kino? Das Marvel Cinematic …”

3 Das X-Men-Filmfranchise S. 45-55

„… aus den Marvel-Comics […], bestehend aus diversen Gruppen von gesellschaftlich ausgegrenzten Mutanten …” „… Marvel-Adaptionen im Kino, sondern stellen, so Rauscher weiter, weniger eigen-ständige Werke denn offene …” „… 453 Das X-Men-FilmfranchiseDas von 20th Century Fox und Marvel Entertainment gemeinsam produzierte …”

2 Ästhetik und Ökonomie der Serie S. 14-44

„… finden in einem übergreifenden Marvel-Universum statt (angesiedelt in New York), das sich über mehrere …” „… unterschiedlicher Marvel-Serien, so führt er an anderer Stelle fort, liefen sich in diesen «[w]ie Arbeitskollegen …” „… 1984 – April 1985), die zehn Marvel-Einzelserien zusammenführt und deren jeweilige narrative …”

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Marveling Religion

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Dystopie und Staat

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Patrizia Piredda Paradigmen der Utopien und Dystopien in der Avengers-Saga aus den Marvel-Studios S. 97-120

„… Avengers-Saga aus den Marvel-StudiosEinleitung1Menschliche Gesellschaften versuchen, den alltäglichen Problemen …” „… Superhelden des Marvel-Univer-sums ihre Kräfte meistens von der Wissenschaft, wie im Fall von Bruce Banner …” „… public is reluctant to do so.“7Superhelden wurden während des zweiten Weltkriegs in den Marvel-Studios …”

Stefan Brocza, Andreas Brocza Wenn der Staat abgedankt hat. Neofeudale Herrschaftssysteme transnationaler Familienkonzerne im Comic Lazarus S. 171-194

„… Comicbereich. Autor Greg Rucka hat eigene Kreationen und sowohl bei DC als auch Marvel große arrivierte Serien …” „… Auftritte der Figur Wolverine, jenen 1974 für Marvel entwickelten Mutanten, der Hauptfigur des …” „… wären beispielsweise bei Marvel bis heute der Captain America-Gegner Red Skull und die …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-8

„… der Utopien und Dystopien in der Avengers-Saga aus den Marvel-Studios 97Felicia EnglmannThe day the …”

Peter Seyferth Vom Horrorstaat erzählen. Über Dystopien als Warnliteratur, die nicht ignoriert werden sollte. Und über die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes S. 9-52

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