All of the Marvels
Title | All of the Marvels PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Wolk |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2023-10-03 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0735222185 |
Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book 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 “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 1961 are, as Douglas Wolk notes, the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created: over half a million pages to date, and still growing. The Marvel story is a gigantic mountain smack in the middle of contemporary culture. Thousands of writers and artists have contributed to it. Everyone recognizes its protagonists: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men. Eighteen of the hundred highest-grossing movies of all time are based on parts of it. Yet not even the people telling the story have read the whole thing—nobody’s supposed to. So, of course, that’s what Wolk did: he read all 27,000+ comics that make up the Marvel Universe thus far, from Alpha Flight to Omega the Unknown. And then he made sense of it—seeing into the ever-expanding story, in its parts and as a whole, and seeing through it, as a prism through which to view the landscape of American culture. In Wolk’s hands, the mammoth Marvel narrative becomes a fun-house-mirror history of the past sixty years, from the atomic night terrors of the Cold War to the technocracy and political division of the present day—a boisterous, tragicomic, magnificently filigreed epic about power and ethics, set in a world transformed by wonders. As a work of cultural exegesis, this is sneakily significant, even a landmark; it’s also ludicrously fun. Wolk sees fascinating patterns—the rise and fall of particular cultural aspirations, and of the storytelling modes that conveyed them. He observes the Marvel story’s progressive visions and its painful stereotypes, its patches of woeful hackwork and stretches of luminous creativity, and the way it all feeds into a potent cosmology that echoes our deepest hopes and fears. This is a huge treat for Marvel fans, but it’s also a revelation for readers who don’t know Doctor Strange from Doctor Doom. Here, truly, are all of the marvels.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Title | Casper the Friendly Ghost PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Beck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Casper the Friendly Ghost (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | 9781435249455 |
"This grand compilation contains over one hundred of Casper's very best stories, from the beginning of the Harvey series in 1952 through the classic years of the mid-1960's. These mystical tales of the Enchanted Forest are reproduced from crisp black-and-white printer's proofs and original artwork from the old Harvey archives, along with sixty-four pages of color meticulously restored from the original comic books. This book also includes a comprehensive introduction illustrated with historic memorabilia."--Page 4 of cover.
Richie Rich
Title | Richie Rich PDF eBook |
Author | Sid Jacobsen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9781593078485 |
Move over Uncle Scrooge! The richest character in comic book history is about to get his due. Harvey Comics' original creation Richie Rich, the Poor Little Rich Boy, represented the fantasies of every comic book-loving kid growing up in the 1960s and 70s. Now, Dark Horse is delighted to present the ultimate tribute to the boy who has everything - and we mean everything! This mega compilation of the essential Richie collects his earliest and most substantial stories for the first time ever.
Richie Rich Gems
Title | Richie Rich Gems PDF eBook |
Author | Sidney Jacobson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Graphic novels |
ISBN | 9781937676254 |
Get ready for thrills and chills in this collection of stories taken from issues #44-47 of the Richie Rich Gems series! This collection reprints four new stories by Richie Rich's creator, Sid Jacobson, with art by long-time fan-favorite Ernie Colon! Each issue of Gems reprints digitally re-colored classic Richie Rich featuring stories about Rippy & Crashman, Ghosts & Haunted Castles, Pirates & Treasure, and Aliens & Robots! Plus, short stories from the all-new Richie Rich: Rich Rescue series!
The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times!
Title | The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times! PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Arnold |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2006-10 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1847283683 |
(Paperback Edition) A sampling of the best material from the long-running "Harveyville Fun Times!" fanzine featuring articles about various Harvey Comics characters such as Casper, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff and Sad Sack. Edited by Mark Arnold.
Casper the Friendly Ghost & Friends!
Title | Casper the Friendly Ghost & Friends! PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Cabarga |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | American wit and humor, Pictorial |
ISBN | 9781595825087 |
A collection of fifty short comics featuring Casper, Wendy, Spooky, and Baby Huey.
Fun Facts for Baseball Fans
Title | Fun Facts for Baseball Fans PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Muckley |
Publisher | Barbour Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781602607149 |
Gain inspiration and encouragement for life with Barbour's Life's Little Books of Wisdom series, packed with relevant quotations, thoughts, and scripture to refresh your soul.