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Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics’ interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the “epic of epics”—and to the past sixty years of American culture—from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale
“Thorough, fascinating, and joyfully executed, All of the Marvels is essential reading for fans and scholars alike.” —G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel)
“A revelation, a tour both electrifying in its weird charisma and replenishing in its loving specificity . . . a testament, and a tribute.” —Jonathan Lethem
“Brilliant, eccentric, moving and wholly wonderful. . . . Wolk proves to be the perfect guide for this type of adventure: nimble, learned, funny and sincere. . . . All of the Marvels is magnificently marvelous. Wolk’s work will invite many more alliterative superlatives. It deserves them all.” —Junot Díaz, New York Times Book Review
The superhero comic books that Marvel Comics has published since 1961are the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created. Thousands of writers and artists have contributed to it. Everyone recognizes its protagonists. Eighteen of the hundred highest-grossing movies of all time are based on parts of it. And Douglas Wolk has read the whole thing.
Wolk sees both into the ever-expanding story and through it, as a prism through which to view the landscape of American culture. In his hands, the mammoth Marvel narrative becomes a fun-house-mirror history of the past sixty years—a boisterous, tragicomic, magnificently filigreed epic about power and ethics, set in a world transformed by wonders.
A huge treat for Marvel fans, this book is also a revelation for readers who don’t know Doctor Strange from Doctor Doom. Here, truly, are all of the marvels.
Publisher : Penguin Books; Reprint edition (October 3, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0735222185
ISBN-13 : 978-0735222182
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.6 x 0.7 x 8.1 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book entertaining and informative for Marvel comics fans. It covers both famous stories and obscurities in detail, with the author well-versed in the history of the company. The themes are highlighted and the book is organized by theme, rather than title or chronologically. Readers appreciate the content and consider it a great gift idea for comic fans. However, some customers feel the writing quality is poor, with wordiness and meandering. There are mixed opinions on the presentation, with some finding it informative and enjoyable, while others think there is little depth or analysis provided.
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