A Fan Has Read All Of Marvel’s Comics

With a huge collection of comics over 60 years and audio-visual adaptations that we cannot count, Marvel To finish the universe from beginning to end is not for every brave man. half a million pages 27,000 Marvel comics except for a fan reading.

Douglas Wolk This is how a man named Marvel has been around for generations. what’s behind what makes it interesting He set his mind to read more than 27 thousand Marvel Comics issues in order to discover it, and he succeeded. Inferences made during this process ‘All of the Marvels’ According to Wolk, who collects it in his new book titled, the growing library of the comic book giant Marvel, “the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created”.

Marvel owes its success today to the fact that the creatives behind comics have tried themselves in other genres.

On the rise during the 1930s and 40syour superheroes its popularity; II. World WarIt started to decrease after that. During this recession, writers and artists often dared to try themselves in new genres: Captain AmericaThe team behind Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, drama oriented Young Romance with new achievements. Steve Ditko while he carries his dynamic style to horror and science fiction stories; Meanwhile Stan Lee, had the opportunity to try everything from westerns to humor to medieval adventures. According to Wolk this variety of experienceis what fueled Marvel’s exponential popularity.

in the 1950s DC‘s new flash the one which Barry Allencomics by creating Silver Age it has begun; but it was Marvel who took comics to new levels. The creative figures who would define the pop culture giant, Wolk said, are the sorts of superhero stories of the 1940s with the genres they had discovered in the previous decade. by combining a new storytelling “hybrid formula” they created. A prime example of this innovative genre synthesis was Marvel’s Fantaastic Four. This first family of Marvel, which debuted under their own name in 1961, is one of DC’s Justice Leaguestood out as a superhero team to rival .

Unlike its competitors, Marvel’s first stories was responsive to the historical and political events of the time and he used the fears and anxieties of his readers to his advantage. Spider-Man new youth-oriented characters such as Robin and BuckyIt does not resemble the prepubescent helper archetype without problems found in ; instead, the new stories focused on rejection, loneliness, insecurity and self-doubt. Soon, X-Men with comics like the feeling of conflict and rejection experienced by minority groups started to be reflected and it members of religious and non-religious groups, ethnic and racial minorities and LGBTQ+ Characters representing the community followed.

‘Diversity’ lies behind Marvel Comics’ success on the big screen

Featuring 18 of Marvel Comics’ 100 highest-grossing films of all time Marvel Cinematic UniverseThere is, of course, a connection between ‘s crazy success on the big screen. Kevin Feige managed by Marvel Studios, horror (Scott Derrickson, Sam Raimi), comedy (James Gunn, Taika Waititi, Peyton Reed) and drama (Ryan Cooler, Destin), working with genre-leading directors who have proven themselves in other cinematic genres, this success continues in the cinematic universe.

Combining existing genres with the superhero genre, the Marvel Cinematic Universe actually reveals what makes Marvel so successful: creating extraterrestrial adventures with emotional realism and characters that are easy to connect with yourself.