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MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
'Whether you love Marvel 3000 or you're a Scorsese sympathisers, MCU is worth your time, being a pacy, lively account of the single most important studio of the century... This account offers a wealth of insight.' - Empire 'The book every MCU fan needs to read ' - Alan Sepinwall, co-author of The Soprano Sessions Marvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. But what accounts for its stunning rise? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present t...
Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia
Learn the facts, figures, super-powers and origins of your favourite characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). From the Avengers and Ant-Man to Black Panther and Doctor Strange, this book spans over a decade of action-packed Marvel Studios movie releases. Filled with interesting facts and key information, whether your favourite hero is Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, the Wasp, Iron Man or Gamora, you'll be able to find out all about their story, super-powers, weapons, and much more. It isn't all heroes though; this book includes powerful villains and their followers, sinister spies, brave soldiers, and even ordinary people who find themselves caught up in epic battles! Whatever it is that you want to know, Marvel Studios: Character Encyclopedia will make you an instant Marvel Studios expert. Wondering what Thor's hammer is called*, or where Vision came from? How Iron Man builds his suits, or who Thanos is? Then this is the book for you! *Mjolnir, just in case you were wondering!
Assembling the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe--comprised of films, broadcast television and streaming series and digital shorts--has generated considerable fan engagement with its emphasis on socially relevant characters and plots. Beyond considerable box office achievements, the success of Marvel's movie studios has opened up dialogue on social, economic and political concerns that challenge established values and beliefs. This collection of new essays examines those controversial themes and the ways they represent, construct and distort American culture.
Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline
Become a master of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is vast, incredibly varied, and richly complex. Different worlds, different timelines, countless characters. This is the guide to that universe. Created in close collaboration with Marvel Studios, it will frame the MCU's biggest events: what happened, when, where, and why. Follow the entire story of the MCU from before the Big Bang to the Blip and beyond. Along the way, learn more about the evolution of the Iron Man armors, the hunt for the Infinity Stones, and the formation of The Multiverse. Want to know how many times aliens have invaded Earth, or the complete history of Cap's shield? Look no further! A treasured keepsake for any movie buff, filled with exclusive infographics, illuminating timelines, and amazing movie stills, this book will have pride of place on any MCU fan's shelf. © 2023 MARVEL
Religion and Myth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Breaking box office records, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved an unparalleled level of success with fans across the world, raising the films to a higher level of narrative: myth. This is the first book to analyze the Marvel output as modern myth, comparing it to epics, symbols, rituals, and stories from world religious traditions. This book places the exploits of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, and the other stars of the Marvel films alongside the legends of Achilles, Gilgamesh, Arjuna, the Buddha, and many others. It examines their origin stories and rites of passage, the monsters, shadow-selves, and familial conflicts they contend with, and the symbols of death and the battle against it that stalk them at every turn. The films deal with timeless human dilemmas and questions, evoking an enduring sense of adventure and wonder common across world mythic traditions.
Marvel Cinematic Universe Guidebook
Collects Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season One, Two, Three, Four; Marvel's Agent Carter Season One, Two. Level 7 access granted! Just as the MCU exploded onto TV screens, the Guidebooks expand their coverage to take on Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvels Agent Carter including an ALL-NEW exclusive chapter on S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Four! We reveal everything you need to know about the past and present of S.H.I.E.L.D., from the early days of Agent Peggy Carters SSR to Agent Phil Coulsons ragtag team! Featuring fact sheets, comic-book counterparts, behind-the-scenes artwork and production stills, this Guidebook is packed with profiles of all the major players, including Carter; Coulson; Daisy Johnson, a.k.a. Quake, A.K.A. Skye; Melinda May; Leo Fitz; Jemma Simmons; and Grant Ward. Plus: Howard Stark, Edwin Jarvis, Deathlok, Ghost Rider, the Inhumans and more!
Marvellous Synergy
Marvellous Synergy takes you behind the scenes of Phase One of the MCU, exploring each entry's development and production. Inside you'll find: Easter eggs and the many connections to the comic books, details on deleted and alternate scenes, information on the various filming locations used, fascinating pieces of trivia, and an exploration of the wider MCU. This is one book no Marvel fan should be without!
The Road To Marvel's Avengers
The fourth installment in the blockbuster Avengers saga is about to hit theaters! An action epic like no other, it will be the culmination of 22 interconnected films and audiences will witness the finale of this epic journey across the length and breadth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This collectible volume features art from the films leading up to this thrilling event including additional behind-the-scenes images, interviews and photography from Avengers: Infinity War! Relive the road to the fourth Avengers film, and prepare yourself for the cinematic experience of a lifetime!
Avengers Assemble!
We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. Avengers Assemble! is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium. In the first single-authored monograph on the topic of the Marvel cinematic universe, Terence McSweeney asks, "Why has the superhero genre reemerged so emphatically in recent years?" In an age where people have stopped going to the cinema as frequently as they used to, they returned to it in droves for the superhero film. What is it about these films that has resonated with audiences all around the globe? Are they just disposable pop culture artifacts or might the...
The Wakanda Files: A Technological Exploration of the Avengers and Beyond
An in-world book from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Wakanda Files—compiled by request of Shuri (Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War) as part of her quest to improve the future for all people—is a collection of papers, articles, blueprints, and notes amassed throughout history by Wakanda’s War Dogs. In a nod to Wakandan technology, the pages of the book have a printed layer of UV ink with content that is visible only under the accompanying Kimoyo bead–shaped UV light. Within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Wakanda has been on the forefront of what is technologically possible. Their ability to stay ahead of the rest of the world is second only to their ability to keep th...
