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A review by justin92
All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk
4.0
BLUF - Wouldn't have bought it if I had known what the book was about (real-world social commentary and not in-world story explanation) but it does do an amazing job of detailing the social commentary so if you are into the whys and hows the Marvel story happened the way it did, you should get this book.
Not really what I thought this was. This book ties all the Marvel titles together as the titles relate to the real world society that spawned them and the writers and drawers which created them. Very, very small portions of how the stories tie themselves into each is discussed. That's what I thought this book was supposed to be about. That portion is summarized in the appendix.
However, the book does deserve 4 stars because it delivers what the author really set out to do which was write about how Marvel ties into the world and people that created it. One thing I got tired of being reminded about was how most of Marvel's stories were built by and marketed to White, straight men. I did enjoy hearing about the female super heroes though, especially Linda Carter and thought the Marvel-Linda Carter story viewpoint was really awesome.
Not really what I thought this was. This book ties all the Marvel titles together as the titles relate to the real world society that spawned them and the writers and drawers which created them. Very, very small portions of how the stories tie themselves into each is discussed. That's what I thought this book was supposed to be about. That portion is summarized in the appendix.
However, the book does deserve 4 stars because it delivers what the author really set out to do which was write about how Marvel ties into the world and people that created it. One thing I got tired of being reminded about was how most of Marvel's stories were built by and marketed to White, straight men. I did enjoy hearing about the female super heroes though, especially Linda Carter and thought the Marvel-Linda Carter story viewpoint was really awesome.