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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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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to write. One of his first jobs was writing obituaries for the National Tuberculosis center. He became an editor at Timely comics in 1941. Timely comics would eventually be renamed “Atlas comics in the 50s and was rebranded as Marvel comics in 1961. (“Stan Lee." Almanac).Stan Lee was one of the most successful and talented comic book writers of all time‚ Due to his popular comic books‚ action packed
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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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Since I was a young boy‚ I have had a strong interest in comic books. In the past few years many of the comic heroes I read about as a youngster have become movie heroes. The improvements in computer generated animation have made it possible to create realistic looking scenes and events that could only be represented in drawings by comic book artists thirty years earlier. For Fathers’ Day‚ I treated myself to a superhero movie called the “Fantastic Four”. Surprisingly‚ I found the movie to be entertaining
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Over the past decade‚ comic book movies have tremendously grown in popularity. Spiderman‚ Superman‚ and Captain America are all superhero characters that have recently been developed onto the big screen. When judging superhero adaptations‚ there is one that all others look up to. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is the standard for which comic book movies should be compared to. Many people come to the conclusion that it is a great movie‚ but what makes it a great movie? The Dark Knight excels
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selling rights to movies‚ television production companies‚ video game publishers‚ merchandise manufacturers and entertainment to use it’s character properties on their media products and merchandises.The Publishing segment produces‚ markets‚ and sells comic books. The new Films segment will produce films featuring Marvel’s characters. Marketing It is currently expanding to licence their characters to more dealers of children’s products like shoes‚ undergarments and clothings. It has formed an strategic
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Once they have a basis of characters then they could focus on more capital intense options to make more profit. Their big characters have made them a lot of money but it can only last for so long. The general public is more into the movie aspect then comics and their other profits are generated from the movies. How many sequels of a movie can be made before it is a bust? I believe if they tie in their famous characters with more developing characters they could branch out tremendously from there in all
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The Golden Age of comic books began in 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. The Golden Age was the first era of comic books‚ a time where they became so widespread and popular that more than 60 million copies were sold each month by 1946. Many of the most notable superheroes were created during these years‚ and the superhero archetype was constructed and defined. Characters such as Batman‚ Captain America‚ Flash Gordon‚ and Wonder Woman gained prominence in the Golden Age. Despite
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