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05260aam a22006378i 4500 001 030278222CB411EC86BBCA982EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211014010017 008 210322s2021 nyua e b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021013414 020 $a 0735222169 020 $a 9780735222168 035 $a (OCoLC)1243032590 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OI6 $d JAS $d TH8 $d BUP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Wolk, Douglas, $e author. 245 10 $a All of the marvels : $b a journey to the ends of the biggest story ever told / $c Douglas Wolk. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 367 pages : $b black and white illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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 60 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. The superhero comic books that Marvel Comics has published since 1961 are, Douglas Wolk notes, the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created: over half a million pages to date, and growing. The Marvel story is a gigantic mountain, smack in the middle of contemporary culture. Thousands of writers and artists have contributed to it. Every schoolchild recognizes its protagonists: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men. 18 of the 100 highest-grossing movies of all time are directly based on parts of it. And 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 coherent 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 funhouse-mirror history of the past 60 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. Looking over close to sixty years of Marvel's comics, 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 they all feed 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a The Mountain Of Marvels -- Where To Start, Or How To Enjoy Being Confused -- Curse Of The Weird (Frequently Asked Questions) -- The Junction To Everywhere -- Interlude: Monsters -- Spinning In Circles -- Interlude: Lee, Kirby, Ditko -- Rising And Advancing -- Interlude: The Vietnam Years -- The Mutant Metaphor -- Interlude: Diamonds Made Of Sound -- Thunder And Lies -- Interlude: Before The Marvel Cinematic Universe -- What Kings Do -- Interlude: Presidents -- The Iron Patriot Acts -- Interlude: March 1965 -- The Great Destroyer -- Interlude: Linda Carter -- Good Is A Thing You Do -- Passing It Along. 610 20 $a Marvel Comics Group $x History. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Comic books, strips, etc $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Literature and society $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wolk, Douglas, $t All of the marvels $d New York : Penguin Press, 2021. $z 9780735222175 $w (DLC) 2021013415 941 $a 26 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611020552.0 952 $l FGPD194 $d 20240515012651.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020524.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409041307.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014850.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012012302.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010030255.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014407.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201023220.0 952 $l TRPE062 $d 20221230010509.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221203071223.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804024151.0 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20220706011537.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630013259.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220202021955.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20220201014855.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20211211010400.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20211203010409.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20211202010717.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20211130012426.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211104010157.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20211102011843.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20211102010158.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20211021010903.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211015010030.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20211014010250.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=030278222CB411EC86BBCA982EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search