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    Publications dipped their hands into different genres to write comics about. Some of the genres include: horror‚ Westerns‚ humor‚ funny animal‚ men’s adventure-drama‚ giant monster‚ crime‚ war comics jungle‚ romance‚ espionage‚ medieval‚ Bible‚ and sports comics. Goodman began to use his company’s logo‚ the Atlas News Company‚ on comics so he could distribute them better. This made Timely Publications’ comics more commonly known as Atlas Comics instead of the usual Timely Publications. Atlas started to

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    this ongoing trend. Some of the main characters are different from the comic to the movie but not necessarily in a bad way. Johnny Blaze in the movie ate jelly beans out of a martini glass‚ liked to listen to the carpenters‚ and was quirky. Johnny Blaze in the comic book guzzled whiskey‚ listened to hard rock‚ and was very depressed. Then there was Mephistopheles in the movie he was eluded to being the devil‚ but in the comic he was known as Mephisto and was portrayed as being some kind of demon

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    Super Heroes and Science Fiction Mr. Gast Stan Lee: A Short Investigation Stan Lee is an American comic book writer who had a very influential mark on the history of comic books and in many ways shaped their future in American culture. Stan Lee is unquestionably one of the great writers of all time‚ creating characters that people would look at for decades. In many ways Stan Lee revolutionized the comic book industry. Stanley Martin Lieber was born in New York City on December 22‚ 1922. He only later

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    emphasis on consumer products‚ gaming‚ and film production. This company was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman who initially called Marvel‚ Timely Comics (Wright). In the 1940’s not only did Timely Comics (now Marvel) create superhero fantasies they also expanded into a wider variety of stories‚ including horror‚ westerns‚ funny animals‚ mysterious crimes‚ war comics‚ jungle tales‚ romance‚ and even Bible and sport stories. This trend for genre expansion started to decline when the company noticed a huge

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    to have succeeded in grabbing the attention of the San Diego Comic Con attendees amid fierce competition with other superhero movies and TV shows. The comic book movie‚ which draws inspiration from a Marvel character‚ showed its presentation twice in the Comic Con because of the high demand from the attendees. It also garnered positive reviews from industry observers who concluded that Deadpool triumphed over other movies in the Comic Con‚ according to the Christian Science Monitor. Deadpool‚ which

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    West End Avenue in New York City‚ a child was born. This child‚ the son of two Romanian immigrants‚ would indeed grow up to be one of the most well known names in the comic book business. His name was Stanley Martin Lieber. Who is Stanley Lieber‚ you ask? None other than Stan “The Man” Lee‚ creator of most of the most popular comics books in the world. Being immigrants and working during the depression‚ Stan’s parents‚ Jack and Celia Lieber‚ struggled financially. Not helping the matter‚ Stan’s only

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    Cristia Earp Matt Cicci Intro to College Writing March 8‚ 2013 Strange Doctor Strange I’ve never been a big fan of comic books‚ partly because I can’t quite follow them as much as I’d like to. Action comics are the hardest for me to follow for a couple reasons. For one‚ the art is all over the place. I understand that art like this is supposed to display all of the sudden exhilarating scenes‚ but how can a reader pay attention to the story while still pictures on a page distract you? Bright

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    based on comic books‚ while the rest are not. An example of a superhero film that is not based on a comic book is Unbreakable. In making a superhero films one of two things usually happen. The director and producers can scrap the canon set by the source material‚ and create their very own mythos‚ like what happened with Tim Burton’s Batman. Conversely‚ if the movie studio and the creators of the comic work closely together‚ the end movie usually ends up being faithful to the original comic. An example

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    to expand Marvel’s influence to consumers. Comic books can target a very limited market‚ mostly composed of male teenagers and young adults from 13 to 23 years old. It is very difficult to expand this traditional market. After many years of development‚ this market has matured and is very stable. Meanwhile‚ people have been more exposed to movies‚ televisions‚ and video games‚ which more effectively influence people’s consumption behavior than do comic books. All these media modes are able to reach

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    Thor as an Archetypal Hero

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    powerful hero through his godly traits‚ but it is Thor’s story that makes him memorable as a hero. Marvel claims they do not make archetypes for monetary gain to avoid controversy (Gazillion). However‚ the comics company intentionally reinvents certain characters as archetypes‚ and ignores their past comic book origins and storylines‚ in order to bring them on par financially with other breadwinning characters. Marvel depicts Thor as an archetypal hero through his super-heroic qualities and story because

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