Superheroes! Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of the Comic Book Culture
by Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor (Authors)
304 pages
Booktalk: Based on the three-part PBS documentary series Superheroes, this companion volume chronicles the never-ending battle of the comic book industry, its greatest creators, and its greatest creations. More than 500 full-color comic book panels, covers, sketches, and photographs!
Snippet: Like most pulp scribes, Lester Dent has a house name imposed on his work–Kenneth Robeson–just in case he couldn’t make his onerous deadlines. However, like Walter Gibson, he was devoted to his creation and kept at it for years without replacement. (His trick for banging out the stories was different than Gibson’s: Dent simply stopped mid-sentence when he took a break and picked right back up.)
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