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366 Perelman went out to California: Scott Rosenberg, talksaboutcomics.com podcast interview, by Joey Manley and Scott Kurtz, June 29, 2006.
367 “If I were really paranoid”: Eric Reynolds, “The Rumors Are True: Marvel Buys Malibu,” Comics Journal 173, December 1994.
368 The presentation modified: Eric Reynolds: “Marvelution: The Art of the Deal,” Comics Journal 176, April 1995.
369 “You’re moved from”: Tom Spurgeon, “Witness at the Marvelution,” Comics Journal 177, May 1995.
369 “The lack of creative satisfaction”: Fabian Nicieza post to rec.arts.comics.xbooks, June 2, 1995.
369 eighty-five grand a month: Alex Foege, “The X-Men Files,” New York, July 17, 2000.
370 rewritten from scratch: Marc Shapiro, “The Wizard Q&A: Scott Lobdell,” Wizard 65, January 1997.
371 The number of comic shops: Gary Groth, “John Davis,” Comics Journal 188, July 1996.
371 “Marvel knew that their”: Heidi MacDonald, “Larry Marder,” Comics Journal 201, January 1998.
371 “Why do you want to work”: Khoury, Image: The Road to Independence.
372 Herb Trimpe journal entries: Herb Trimpe, “Old Heroes Never Die, They Join the Real World,” New York Times, January 7, 2000.
373 “This is a turning point”: “The End of the Marvel Age,” Oregonian, December 21, 1995.
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379 “I don’t know if anybody”: Matthew Senreich, “The Wizard Q&A: Mark Waid & Ron Garney,” Wizard 72, August 1997.
380 “I’d been working for Marvel”: Jim Amash, Sal Buscema: Comics’ Fast & Furious Artist, TwoMorrows, 2010.
380 “I think 48 years in any business”: Greg Stump, “News Watch,” Comics Journal 190, September 1996.
381 By the end of 1994: Michael A. Hiltzik, “A Tangled Web of Deal-Making,” Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1998.
381 “Right now, you’re dying”: Raviv, Comic Wars.
381 one of the reasons that Marvel: Gary Levin, “A Marvelous Post,” Daily Variety, October 24, 1996.
381 Now Jerry Calabrese and Avi Arad: Nancy Hass, “Investing It: Marvel Superheroes Take Aim at Hollywood,” New York Times, July 28, 1996.
381 “We are finally on the verge”: Michael R. Goldman, “Marvel sets a new agenda,” Daily Variety, October 1, 1996.
382 the monthly circulation of Amazing Spider-Man: Furman, “Perelman’s Tangled Web.”
382 “I’d never take the Bugle public”: Amazing Spider-Man 416, October 1996.
382 “I want to do an unofficial crossover”: “Brian Bendis Presents Tom Brevoort,” Wizarduniverse.com, January 8, 2007.
383 “That page contains my final word”: Message relayed to rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe by Michael R. Grabois, November 6, 1996.
384 offered to fax the twenty-page plot: Steve Gerber to rec.arts.comics.misc, October 2, 1996.
386 “MacAndrews & Forbes is not going to”: Hollywood Reporter, October 23, 1996.
387 “Do you ask Willie Mays”: Connie Bruck, Predators Ball, Simon & Schuster, 1988.
388 “The only way he’d give”: Rhoades, A Complete History of American Comic Books.
388 “felt like I’d made a fool”: Tom Russo, “The Wizard Q&A: Frank Miller,” Wizard 59, July 1996.
388 “Uh, in case we’re doing . . .”: Hart Fisher, “Rob ’n’ Todd,” The Comics Journal 195, April 1997.
388 “Over my dead body”: “McFarlane Blasts Liefeld, Lawsuit,” Wizard 65, January 1997.
389 “How you feel when”: Raviv, Comic Wars.
390 “I will crush your company”: Ibid.
390 “One day [Scott] Sassa”: Shirrel Rhoades, A Complete History of American Comic Books, Peter Lang, 2008, p. 146.
391 “Okay, who are these new”: Raviv, Comic Wars.
392 “We live in one of the most”: Ibid.
395 “By the time I was done reading”: Chuck Rozanski, “How Could We Possibly Make a Bid for Marvel?” milehighcomics.com, October 2002.
395 “It would take years before the income”: Chuck Rozanski, “Our Bid for Marvel Was Never Placed,” milehighcomics.com, October 2002.
396 “Blade was the least likely”: Susanna Hamner, “Marvel Comics Leaps into Movie-Making,” Business 2.0, May 2006.
397 “No one would have gotten”: Richard Johnston, “Waiting for Tommy: Jason Liebig,” DynamicForces.com, September 3, 2003.
399 “After only a little less than two months”: Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine 189, November 20, 1998.
400 Meanwhile, Perlmutter had begun: Raviv, Comic Wars.
400 “Stan never knew what”: Steve Ditko letter published in Comic Book Marketplace 63, October 1998.
401 “Spider-Man’s existence needed”: Steve Ditko letter published in Time, December 7, 1998.
401 “Steve said, ‘Having an idea . . .’ ”: Jonathan Ross, In Search of Steve Ditko, 2007.
402 “He was making faces”: Michael Dean, “Post Mortem: Marv Wolfman Talks About His Day in Court,” Comics Journal 239, November, 2001.
402 “Christ, I’m doing this”: Robert Wilonsky, “Custody Battle,” Dallas Observer, Thursday, April 19, 2001.
403 “Whether you’re selling deodorant”: Michael Dean, “Meet Marvel’s New Boss,” Comics Journal 218, December 1999.
403 “What do the fans want?”: Matthew Brady, “Army of Darkness,” Wizard 72, August 1997.
404 “There seems to be a perception”: James Busbee, “Danger Room,” Wizard 90, February 1999.
404 “characters who were envisioned”: Jonah Weiland, “Ultimate Bill Jemas & Joe Quesada, Part I & II,” Comic Book Resources, November 4 and 5, 2008.
405 “I think at the time”: Ibid.
406 he and Quesada issued a series: James Busbee, “Fantastic Four: Big Town,” Fandom.com, November 8, 2000.
406 “Joe Quesada was not able”: John Byrne post to JohnByrne.com, November 15, 2000.
407 “I was looking for ways to”: Raphael and Spurgeon, Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book.
407 stocks were changing hands: Michael Dean, “If This Be My Destiny: The Stan Lee Story Reaches Chapter 11,” Comics Journal 232, April 2001.
407 “If I buy Marvel”: Michael Dean, “How Michael Jackson Almost Bought Marvel and Other Strange Tales from the Stan Lee/Peter Paul Partnership”: Comics Journal 270, August 2005.
408 “Stan once had a big lunch,” and subsequent Scott Koblish quotes: Dean: “If This Be My Destiny.”
408 “He would sit in business meetings”: Laura Rich, “The Trials of a Comic Book Hero,” Industry Standard, March 19, 2001.
408 No one knew why the stocks were falling: Carl DiOrio, “Stan Lee Selloffs Persist,” Daily Variety, November 29, 2000.
409 “He is like a grandfather”: Rich, “The Trials of a Comic Book Hero.”
410 “In 1995, a typical”: Rutgers interview.
410 “We have quite a few”: Jennifer M. Contino, “Your Media-Man at Marvel,” Sequential Tart, February 2001.
410 “Elektra is so bad”: Andrew Goletz, “Gray Haven Interviews Bill Jemas of Marvel Comics,” Ain’t It Cool News, August 17, 2001.
412 “Part Elvira and part”: Jonah Weiland, “Gail Simone announced as new ‘Deadpool’ Writer,” Comic Book Resources, August 17, 2001.
414 “I’d much rather be an actor”: Conversation with Alain Resnais recorded by Stan Lee, May 14, 1969.
415 “Stan thought Avi did”: Lee, Excelsior!
415 The auction house: Don Kaplan, “Spidey Tag Sale,” Daily News, June 23, 2002.
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416 “People naturally assume”: Andrew Billen, “I Haven’t Made a Penny From Spider-Man,” Times (London), June 17, 2002.
416 “I wish I had come to Hollywood”: Raphael and Spurgeon, Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book.
417 A whopping 85 percent: James Adams, “Code Red in the New Comicdom,” Globe and Mail, May 2, 2002.
417 “I think the 8-year-old
”: Sridhar Pappu, “The Next Action Hero,” New York Observer, April 29, 2002.
418 “There has been a perpetual”: Jim McLaughlin, Marvel Year in Review: 2000–2001.
418 “Peter is a talented writer”: “Bill Jemas vs. Peter David!! The Marvel vs. Captain Marvel!!,” Ain’t It Cool News, April 2, 2002.
418 “They have Batman and Superman”: Sridhar Pappu, “The Next Action Hero,” New York Observer, April 29, 2002.
419 “I wasn’t prepared”: Steve Gerber “New Comics Ideas—2002,” SteveGerber.com, July 20, 2006.
421 some claimed that it was: “Marvel’s Version of Kill Bill,” ICV2.com, October 13, 2003.
422 “I decided that movies”: Hector Lima, “Catching Up with Professor M,” Comic Book Resources, August 7, 2003.
422 “the biggest arsehole”: Rich Johnston, “Lying in the Gutters,” Comic Book Resources, July 27, 2003.
422 Just as he was wondering: “Getting Reloaded with Quesada & Marts,” Newsarama, March 2004.
423 “The ‘Planet X’ story”: Jonathan Ellis, “Grant Morrison: Master & Commander,” PopImage.com, 2004.
425 “Were you looking to have the story”: Matt Brady, “Bendis on House of M,” House of M Director’s Cut 1, 2005.
425 “There is an old joke”: Jonathan V. Last, “Captain America, RIP,” Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2007.
426 For a while, the idea of bringing: Jonah Weiland, “The ‘One More Day’ Interviews with Joe Quesada,’ Pt. 2 of 5,” Comic Book Resources, December 31, 2007.
426 “Everything is so connected”: Richard George, “Interview: Joss Whedon” IGN Comics, March 2, 2007.
426 “Our settlement with Stan”: “Marvel Enterprises: Conference Call Notes,” Motley Fool, April 28, 2005.
426 $3.6 billion: Hamner, “Marvel Comics Leaps into Movie-Making.”
426 “Nobody knows better”: Ibid.
427 He cashed out his stock: Devin Leonard, “Calling All Superheroes,” Fortune, May 23, 2007.
428 “They wanted to get Dave”: Michael Dean, “Marvel Makes Dave Cockrum an Offer He Can’t Refuse,” Comics Journal 260, May–June 2004.
429 “I couldn’t care less”: Robert K. Elder, “Donation Spotlights Comic Book Dispute,” Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, September 8, 2008.
429 “I have not seen a dime”: Collins, “The Amazing! Incredible! Uncanny Oral History of Marvel Comics.”
429 acquired the home-run balls: “This Day in Sports: McFarlane Spawns Monster Bid for Bonds’ Ball,” ESPN.com, June 25, 2010.
429 Isaac Perlmutter was set to: Ben Fritz, “Disney tells details of Marvel Entertainment acquisition in a regulatory filing,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.
431 “I don’t know”: Alex Pappademas, “The Inquisition of Mr. Marvel,” Grantland, May 9, 2012.
432 “I wish it weren’t the case”: “A Few Questions with Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso,” Beat, January 13, 2011.
Index
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Abel, Jack, 124, 168, 251, 254, 379–80
Academy of Comic Book Arts, 112
Accuser, 407
Ackerman, Martin, 91–93, 104, 105, 312–13
Action Comics, 12
Adams, Art, 316–18, 351
Adams, Neal, 88, 98–100, 112, 116, 117, 125, 209, 233, 234, 237, 247, 257, 317, 336, 427–28, 430
Adventure into Fear, 126, 134, 139
Agent America, 389
Ahearn, Joseph, 400
Alcala, Rodney, 126n
Alfred University, 58
Ali, Muhammad, 407
Alias, 411
Alice in Wonderland (film), 143
Allen, Irwin, 261
Allen, Woody, 233
Allman Brothers, 312n
Allred, Mike, 411
All-Winners Comics, 20
Alonso, Axel, 406, 410, 432
Alpha Flight, 224, 244, 265, 268, 282, 288, 317, 352–53
Alter Ego fanzine, 59, 428
Amazing Adventures, 106, 142
Amazing Fantasy, 41, 42
Amazing Heroes magazine, 240n
Amazing Man, 14
Amazing Spider-Man, The. See Spider-Man
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 69, 89, 144, 232, 261
American Comics Group, 87
American Flagg, 292
American Gigolo (film), 223
American News Company (ANC), 32
Anders, Al, 14
Anderson, Pamela, 415
Andrews Group, 313, 323, 324, 387
Andru, Ross, 165, 166, 209, 222
Angel (Warren Worthington III), 14, 22, 47, 48, 116, 155, 158, 243, 267, 286
Annie Hall (film), 233
Ant-Man (Henry Pym), 40–41, 45, 47, 99, 311
Aquaman, 68, 88
Arad, Avi, 344, 355–56, 373, 380, 381, 386, 389–92, 395, 396, 398, 415, 417, 420, 421, 426–27
Archie Comics, 18n, 35, 70, 77, 80, 87, 222, 237–38
Archies (band), 122
Army, U.S., 250
Art Students League, 250
Astonishing Tales, 106, 114, 168
Astonishing X-Men, 423–24, 426
Atlanta Comics Festival, 271
Atlantis, 143
Atlas Comics, 28–29, 45, 49–50, 57, 82, 124, 148, 149, 159, 166, 168, 251, 345
Auberjonois, René, 119
Aucoin, Bill, 189, 192
Austin, Terry, 210
Authority, The, 413
Avedon, Richard, 84b
Avengers, the, 56, 99, 188, 217, 242, 283, 363, 411
action figures, 263
African-American members of, 97, 133, 180–81
artists for, 49–51, 83, 117, 127, 198, 238, 253
in crossovers, 126, 266, 277
Englehart’s stories for, 142, 150, 157, 160, 167, 180, 186, 248, 284
female member of, 131
film projects, 426–27, 431
at Lee and Liefeld’s California studio, 373, 375, 389
new members join, 49, 97–99, 161, 281
New York City setting of, 70–71
relaunched versions of, 373, 394
Shooter’s stories for, 213–14, 228–29, 238, 269, 282n
social issues tackled by, 115
spin-offs of, 267, 285, 306, 314
super-team assembled for, 47
Thomas’s stories for, 83, 101
Ultimate version of, 413, 414
See also specific characters
Avengers, The (British television show), 224n
Ayers, Dick, 4, 30, 50, 55, 77, 278, 348, 430
Azrak-Hamway toy company, 138
Backstreet Boys, 407
Bacon, Francis, 186
“Bad Girls for Fanboys” titles, 410
Bailey, F. Lee, 171
Ball, Lucille, 171
Bank, Lou, 333, 341, 343–44
Banshee, 154
Bard College, 54, 100
Barnes, Bucky, 20, 27, 49, 79, 275, 425
See also Nomad
Barney Google, 17
Barron’s, 339
Baseball Weekly, 345n
Baskin-Robbins, 417
Batman, 15, 18, 70, 88, 101, 213, 257, 418
action figures, 263
artists for, 233, 238, 283, 285, 289, 290, 292, 315
films, 332, 344
introduction of, 12
in Justice League of America, 1
Marvel in negotiations for rights to, 272
“New Look” version of, 69
television show, 66, 69, 87, 101, 175
writers for, 68, 290
Batson, Billy. See Captain Marvel (Fawcett)
Battlestar Galactica franchise, 220
BBDO advertising agency, 57
B. Dalton bookstores, 233, 267
Beach Boys, 119, 122
Beame, Abe, 188n
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br /> Beard, The (McClure), 60
Beast, the (Hank McCoy), 47, 124, 142, 161, 210, 243, 267, 286
Beatles, the, 3, 107, 199, 211, 271, 346
Beatty, John, 265
Beauty and the Beast, 267
Bedlam magazine, 122
Belushi, Jim, 231
Bendis, Brian Michael, 405, 411, 424, 425
Bergier, Jacques, 86
Berlin Wall, 38
Best of the Worst (Lee), 373
Betty Boop, 17
Bevins, Bill, 313, 323, 344–45, 353–55, 364, 385, 398
Beyonder, the, 269–70, 280–83
Big Bang Theory, The (television show), 430
Black Bolt, 72, 189
Black Cat, 154
