Comic History

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    • By: Michael Chabon
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,547 ratings
    • It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague....

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    • A History
    • By: Jeremy Dauber
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Dauber
    • Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 125 ratings
    • Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through comics’ progress in the 20th century and beyond....

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    • The Untold Story
    • By: Sean Howe
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,898 ratings
    • The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history: Marvel Comics....

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    • Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age
    • By: Peyton Brunet, Blair Davis, Trina Robbins - foreword
    • Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Comic Book Women offers a feminist history of the golden age of comics, revising our understanding of how numerous genres emerged and upending narratives of how male auteurs built their careers....

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    • Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
    • By: Ryan North
    • Narrated by: Ryan North
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 141 ratings
    • Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In this introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today’s most advanced technologies....

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    • The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture
    • By: Dan Gearino
    • Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • The early 1970s saw the birth of the modern comic book shop. Its rise was due in large part to a dynamic entrepreneur, Phil Seuling....

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    • The Original Movie Novelizations Omnibus
    • By: Richard Mueller, Ed Naha
    • Narrated by: Johnny Heller
    • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,185 ratings
    • For the first time in a beautiful new edition, this omnibus will collect together the original official novelizations of both Ghostbusters 1 and 2....

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    • The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
    • By: David Hajdu
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 883 ratings
    • In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created in the bold, pulpy pages of comic books....

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    • The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar
    • By: Joseph Witek
    • Narrated by: Gabriel Russo
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In this study Joseph Witek examines the rise of the comic book to a position of importance in modern culture and assesses its ideological and historical implications....

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    • DC Icons Series
    • By: Matt de la Peña
    • Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
    • Series: DC Icons
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 715 ratings
    • When Clark Kent follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and discovers a dark secret lurking in Smallville. Turns out, Clark's not the only one hiding something....

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    • A History of Key Elements, Creators, Events and Controversies
    • By: Alex Grand
    • Narrated by: Alex Grand
    • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This work dissects the origin and growth of superhero comic books, their major influences, and the creators behind them.

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    • The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
    • By: Bradford W. Wright
    • Narrated by: Mike Lenz
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-24
    • Language: English
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    • As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. In Comic Book Nation, Bradford W. Wright offers an engaging, illuminating, and often provocative history of the comic book industry....

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    • A Salute to the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Who Fought for Their Country
    • By: Jason Inman
    • Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran and former host of All Access, DC Comics' web show, Jason Inman, discusses the influence war has had on some of the most memorable superheroes in comics....

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    • The Biography of a Typeface (ABC of Fonts Series)
    • By: Simon Garfield
    • Narrated by: David Thorpe
    • Series: The ABC of Fonts Series, Book 3
    • Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
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    • In this delightful history, bestselling author Simon Garfield tells the compact and charming story of the font we love to hate.

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    • A Cultural History of American Comic Books
    • By: Jean-Paul Gabilliet
    • Narrated by: Scot Wilcox
    • Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Originally published in France and long sought in English translation....

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    • The Amazing Story of Stan Lee
    • By: Danny Fingeroth
    • Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth
    • Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • The definitive biography of the beloved co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of "Stan the Man", who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe....

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    • How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way
    • By: Harry Brod
    • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • In Superman Is Jewish? Harry Brod reveals the links between Jews and superheroes in a penetrating investigation of iconic comic book figures....

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    • Not Just Create Them
    • By: Josh Blaylock
    • Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
    • Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 11-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Josh Blaylock's now classic how-to prose book about the business of comic book publishing, after selling out of its updated 2012 edition, is now being rereleased....

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