Marvel Comics into Film: Essays on Adaptations Since the 1940s

by Robert G. Weiner and Robert Moses Peaslee

Marvel Studios' approach to its Cinematic Universe--beginning with the release of Iron Man (2008)--has become the template for successful management of blockbuster film properties. Yet films featuring Marvel characters can be traced back to the 1940s, when the Captain America serial first appeared on the screen.

This collection of new essays is the first to explore the historical, textual and cultural context of the larger cinematic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786443049
• ISBN13: 9780786443048
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher