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Alex Grand
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Author UNDERSTANDING SUPERHERO COMIC BOOKS. Host LEGO ART: SPIDER-MAN. In Russo Bros’ SLUGFEST, CNN, BBC, NPR, WSJ, New York Times & TODAY. CBH creator.
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My book Understanding Superhero Comic Books (2023) discusses history’s #secret #origins & development from #pulps, #comicstrips, #film thru #JerrySiegel, #JoeShuster, #DCcomics#JuliusSchwartz, #Marvel ‘s #JackKirby, #SteveDitko, #StanLee, #JimStarlin, #JohnByrne #AlanMoore into the #ModernEra.
#StanLee talks #Marvel method on a #1976 tv show.
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#StanLee talks #Marvel method on a #1976 tv show.
YouTube video by Comic Book Historians
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December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Watch these two films back to back. Both center on boys separated from their families, forced to deal with the end of old China. Empire follows a British boy survive in a wartime internment camp, tight & personal. Emperor follows a child emperor’s life shrink from palace to prison, wide & political.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#Excalibur (1981) compresses a thousand years of Arthur into one cursed symbol, the sword as identity and the kingdom as an ideal that rots under human imperfection. It distills Malory’s version into archetype, and a functional bridge to science fiction, sword and sorcery, and superhero comics.
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#Superman #400, 1984 is really worth looking at because we had a collection of one page pinups from some 20th century comic book greats including Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, Jack Davis, Will Eisner, and Bernie Wrightson.
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#SarahDouglas talks playing #Ursa in #dccomics #Superman part 1 and 2 1978 and #1980
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#SarahDouglas talks playing #Ursa in #dccomics #Superman part 1 and 2 1978 and #1980
YouTube video by Comic Book Historians
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#CNN was kind enough to invite me on to talk about the record sale of #Superman #1. The whole crew was incredibly professional and I thoroughly enjoyed their questions. I, of course, made sure to credit Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for creating the superhero genre.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jim Shooter, Stan Lee and Al Milgrom going over The Savage She-Hulk comic book cover in 1980 written by David Anthony Kraft.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1976 Creation Con with Paul Levitz left and Jenette Kahn right, the year she was hired by DC Comics to be the new publisher, replacing Carmine Infantino.
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Journey Into Mystery 1 1952 has a few of those Get Muscles Quick ads with the Charles Atlas one shown on the left, and issue 2 has a satire short comic story with art by... Russ Heath? of the muscle density potion gone wrong.
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#snl #1979 had an early #marvel #dccomics #crossover. Hulk, Superman, Flash and Spider-Man were pals
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#snl #1979 had an early #marvel #dccomics #crossover. Hulk, Superman, Flash and Spider-Man were pals
YouTube video by Comic Book Historians
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October 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM