The Legends Behind the Comic Books
The Legends Behind the Comic Books

The Legends Behind the Comic Books

April 05, 2008 | 56 min

This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic book superheroes as modern-day mythological figures. “THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS” captures for posterity the living artists and writers from The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938-1951) and The Silver Age of Comic Books (1956-1973). Insightful comments are provided by the creative geniuses who were there at the beginning, including…

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Andy Kubert

Naomi Scott

Adam Kubert

Naomi Scott

Dick Giordano

Naomi Scott

Greg Hildebrandt

Naomi Scott

Dennis O'Neil

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