by Sean Howe
Black Crow, 275
Black Goliath, 155, 194
Black, Noah. See Centurius
Black Panther (T’Challa), 85–86, 97, 132–33, 180, 184, 231, 267, 354, 356, 393, 397, 419
Black Panther Party, 85
Black Talon, 284
Black Widow, the, 3, 106, 115, 129n, 158, 189n
television show, 244
Blade, 132, 310n, 402
films based on character, 392, 396, 401, 417, 426
Blazing Skull, the, 116
Bloodstone, 155
Blue Blaze, 16
Blue Oyster Cult (band), 212
Bluhdorn, Charlie, 91
Blushing Blurbs: A Ribald Reader for the Bon Vivant, 1
Bonds, Barry, 429
Bonnie and Clyde (film), 125
Boone, Pat, 69
Bowie, David and Angela, 189n
Boyle, Peter, 119
Boys Brotherhood Republic, 17
Brancatelli, Joe, 219–20
Brand Hex, 397
Bravura Comics, 351
Brevoort, Tom, 342, 346, 366, 370, 382–84, 393–94, 412, 421
Bright Lights, Big City (film), 309n
Broadway Video, 400
Brodsky, Allyn, 176
Brodsky, Sol, 45, 46, 53, 56, 79, 80, 182, 215
death of, 279
Ditko and, 52, 66, 401
generation gap between Marvel’s audience and, 93
and Kirby’s departure from Marvel, 108
leaves Marvel for black-and-white start-up, 111
as Lee’s hatchet man, 211
return to Marvel of, 127
Severin designated art director by, 205
shared office of Steinberg and, 49, 59
and Shooter’s arrival at Marvel, 176
Special Projects division headed by, 217
on “Voices of Marvel” recording, 55
What If? character based on, 208
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, 48, 236, 286
Brother Voodoo, 132
Brown, Eliot, 249, 253, 254, 271, 274, 291
Brown, James, 409
Brubaker, Ed, 424
Brunner, Frank, 142–44, 147, 178, 182–83, 209, 252
Buckler, Rich, 125, 132, 154, 168
Budiansky, Bob, 279–80, 290, 291, 332, 363, 372, 375
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (television show), 418, 422–23
Burger King, 407
Burgess, Anthony, 122
Burgos, Carl, 12–13, 21, 24, 29, 51, 75–76, 99, 161, 289
Burgos, Susan, 75–76
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 193
Buscema, John, 26, 82–83, 90, 95n, 98, 104, 108, 115, 206, 336, 380
Buscema, Sal, 115, 167, 276, 280, 298, 380
Bush, George W., 398
Busiek, Kurt, 322, 357–58, 373, 394, 414
Bye Bye Birdie, 69
Byrne, John, 220, 265, 268, 314, 316, 320n, 341, 406, 429
at comic conventions, 232, 233
“company man” mantle of, 245–46, 401–2
and crossovers, 282
collaboration with Claremont, 198, 209–11, 222–25, 228, 235–36, 238–39, 316, 327, 329
Dark Horse titles by, 329, 347, 351
Image Comics criticized by, 346
Jean Grey’s return conceived by, 287–88
Shooter and, 237, 244, 254, 272–74, 290, 299, 307–8
Superman relaunch by, 289, 292, 347, 406
Cable, 321, 330, 332, 335, 351
Cadence Industries Corporation, 111, 120, 128, 135, 169–70, 181, 191, 195, 215, 222, 225, 231, 237, 264, 309, 311, 312, 324
See also Perfect Film & Chemical
Cage, Luke, 124, 129, 131, 142, 198, 411
Cage, Nicholas, 392
Calabrese, Jerry, 369–73, 379, 381, 385, 398
Calamari, Joe, 311, 324, 390–92, 394, 395, 398, 399n
California, University of, Santa Cruz, 104
Cambridge University, 56
Cameron, James, 332, 334, 355–56, 381
Campbell, Joseph, 73
Camus, Albert, 126, 130
Caniff, Milton, 17
Cannes Film Festival, 335
Cannon Pictures, 294, 295, 309, 381
Capital City, 368
Captain Action, 77
Captain America (Steve Rogers), 34, 56, 89, 94, 108, 150, 386, 411, 426, 432
African-American superhero and, 98, 115, 131
anticommunism of, 29
artists for, 50, 57, 83n, 114, 127, 219, 220, 233, 265, 352, 374
copyright lawsuit over, 75–77, 105, 402
creation of, 2, 18
in crossovers, 56, 84
death of, 102, 237, 256, 259, 425
film projects, 278, 294, 427
graphic novel, 237
and Kirby’s return to Marvel, 164, 194–95
at Lee and Liefeld’s California studio, 373, 375, 388–89
low sales of, 127, 324
in “Marvelution” strategy, 363
musical, 244
new, 256, 259, 275
relaunched versions of, 384, 394
revision of origins of, 371
sidekick of (see Barnes, Bucky)
spin-offs of, 365
spy/technology milieu of, 73, 81
television shows, 196, 231n
Ultimate, 414
during Vietnam War, 142
during World War II, 18–22, 24–25, 223, 275, 358
writers for, 90, 126, 135, 146, 219, 220, 233, 274–76, 379, 380
Captain Fantastic, 189n
Captain Marvel (Fawcett), 75, 101
Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), 86–87, 89, 101, 105, 116, 140–43, 150, 161–62, 172n, 177, 188, 230, 237, 246, 255, 260, 266, 418
Captain Marvel (MF), 75
Captain Savage, 89–90
Carlin, Mike, 249, 253, 254, 272, 281, 289–90, 384
Carmel, Eddie, 120
Carmichael, Stokely, 85
Carolco, 356n, 381
Carradine, David, 146n
Carruthers, Ben, 189n
Carter, John, 193
Casablanca Records, 221–22
Casper the Friendly Ghost, 33, 77
Castaneda, Carlos, 142, 161
Castro, Fidel, 135n, 408
Cavett, Dick, 95
Celebrity magazine, 171, 189, 191
Centaur Comics, 12, 14
Centurius (Noah Black), 97–98
Challengers of the Unknown, 34
Champions, The, 158, 198
Charlton Comics, 70, 87
Chase, Bobbie, 363–65
Chaykin, Howard, 168, 292, 351
Cheap Laffs (television show), 254
Chicago Comic-Con, 292, 346, 391
Chicago Tribune, The, 334, 429
Chinoise, La (film), 77n
Chipiden, 11
Circus magazine, 212, 215
Citron, Rusty, 309
Civil War, 425
Claremont, Chris, 157, 168, 227n, 325, 333, 360, 371
collaboration with Byrne, 198, 209–11, 222–25, 228, 235–36, 238–39, 316, 327, 329
collaboration with Cockrum, 196–98, 221, 255, 285
at comic conventions, 232
departure from Marvel of, 328, 332, 340, 369
duration of X-Men tenure of, 285–86
internship at Marvel, 100
proposed Image project of, 347
returns to Marvel as editorial director, 391, 403
on Secret Wars project, 269
during Shooter regime, 177, 205, 220n, 228–28, 235, 276, 286–88, 290, 300
titles written by, 173, 186
as Wein’s associate editor, 153, 173
X-Men spin-offs of, 243–44, 246, 282, 284–86, 307, 308, 326–29, 351, 429
Clark, Larry, 420
Claws of the Cat, The, 129–31, 140
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 127
Clinton, Bill and Hillary, 407
Cloak and Dagger, 247–48, 267
; Clooney, George, 374, 421
CNN, 339, 352
Coal Tiger, 70, 85
Cockrum, Dave, 153–54, 160, 167, 173, 196, 198, 217–18, 221, 236, 243, 246, 255, 285, 371, 427–28
Cohen, Mickey, 171
Colan, Gene, 26, 32, 57, 82, 83, 86, 87, 98, 115, 176, 206, 209, 218, 238, 266, 308, 310n, 392, 401
Cold War, 3, 39, 81
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 13
Colgate University, 60
Colletta, Vince, 118, 124, 149, 251, 277, 303
Collier’s magazine, 27
Colossus (Peter Rasputin), 154, 423, 428
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 195–96, 205, 215
Theatrical Films, 261
Columbia Tri-Star, 381, 400, 426
Columbia University, 95, 96
Comet Pierce, 17
Comic Art, 46n
Comic Book Greats interview series, 335, 340
Comic Book Marketplace, 400
Comics Buyers Guide, The, 257, 330, 335, 336
Comics Code, 31, 112, 123, 163, 178, 331, 411, 412
Comics Creators Guild, 209
Comics Fandom, 230
Comics Feature, 157n, 258
Comics Interview, 174n
Comics Journal, 135n, 206, 209, 231, 252–53, 274, 277, 317, 346, 359, 362, 369, 428
Comics Magazine Association of America, 31
Comix Book, 123
Compact Video, 312
Compuserve, 300, 379
Conan the Barbarian, 152, 193, 227, 255
Conway, Gerry, 112n, 114–15, 124–26, 136–39, 145n, 148, 153n, 154, 165–67, 172n, 175n, 178, 183–89, 191, 194, 222, 284, 310, 348, 365
Copyright Act (1909), 430
Corman, Roger, 261, 294, 356
Cornell University, 4, 60
Cosmic Champions, 264
Cosmopolitan magazine, 420
Court of Appeals, U.S., Second Circuit, 430
Coyne, Maurice, 18, 22
Coyote, 315, 318
Craig, Johnny, 84
Craven, Wes, 356
Crazy magazine, 252
Crespi, Danny, 124, 201–2, 250–51, 279
Crime Suspenstories, 30
Cross, 335
Crowley, Aleister, 143
Crypt of Terror, 28
Crystal, 71
Cuban Missile Crisis, 358
Cuneo, Peter, 403, 404, 417, 421, 426
Curtis Circulation, 91–92, 100, 104, 169
Curtiz, Michael, 84
Cyclops (Scott Summers), 47, 48n, 99, 155, 210, 211, 224, 225, 230, 235, 286, 287, 326, 351
Dali, Salvador, 84
Danvers, Carol. See Ms. Marvel
Daredevil (Matt Murdock), 51–52, 75n, 87, 145n, 233, 292, 352, 407, 419
animated cartoon of, 232
artists for, 51–53, 57–58, 82, 127, 223, 233–35, 240–42, 247, 265, 266, 290, 316
Black Widow and, 115, 129n, 189n
creation of, 3, 51
crossovers, 81, 280, 281
Elektra and, 240–42, 246, 351
film projects, 216, 244, 392, 415, 417, 426
graphic novel, 285
in Marvel Knights line, 396, 397
in “Marvelution” strategy, 363
New York City setting for, 70–71, 240
television show, 261
writers for, 57–58, 79, 114–15, 135, 234–35, 240, 247, 393, 405
Daring Mystery Comics, 16
Darkhawk, 332
Dark Horse Comics, 315, 329, 347, 350–51, 355, 371
David, Peter, 252, 268, 343, 346, 418–19
Day, Gene, 257, 259–60
Dazzler, 222–23, 233, 236–38, 243, 267, 268, 282n, 287, 327
DC Comics, 68–69, 100, 121, 142, 233, 234, 250, 284n, 320, 366, 384, 392, 397, 401, 425, 429
and Academy of Comic Book Arts, 112
big-event issues produced by, 349–50
characters created for, 154
corporate culture of, 176
crossover ventures of Marvel and, 164, 166, 244, 266, 277, 292 (see also specific titles)
decentralization of creative control at, 236
distribution methods of, 32, 70, 87, 88, 169, 216, 368
editorial hierarchy at, 200
former Marvel artists and writers at, 88, 111, 153n, 157, 177, 183, 185, 186, 191, 198–99, 218, 226–27, 229, 238, 259, 265, 283, 289, 307, 371, 372, 422, 423
freelancing by Timely employees for, 22–23
horror comics of, 125
Image crossover with, 346, 347
independent companies’ challenge to, 314–15, 331
iterations of characters of, 221
Kinney National merger with, 88, 89
Kirby and, 34, 35, 91, 103, 118, 150, 163, 194, 263
lack of African-American characters in, 97
letters from fans to, 59
market share surpassed by Marvel, 116–17, 123
Marvel’s recruitment of employees from, 152, 165, 173, 183, 185, 212, 220, 223, 255, 413
Marvel trash talk about, 418, 419n
merchandising success of, 344
merger resulting in formation of, 12
rates paid by, 50, 57, 148
royalties for creators at, 246–48
sales numbers for, 14, 88
Superman copyright held by, 45, 75, 134, 209, 245
Superman relaunched by, 289, 290
team of superheroes created by (see Justice League of America)
tours for fans of offices of, 126
Vertigo line, 406
Warner Bros. as parent company of, 144, 272, 295, 395
Deadpool, 330, 351
Deathlok, 154, 314, 346, 421
Death Wish (film), 143, 294
DeBeck, Billy, 17
DeFalco, Tom, 250, 260, 293, 298–99, 319, 328, 350
Darkhawk series generated by, 332
Dazzler scripted by, 222, 237
direct market strategy of, 313–14, 325
as editor in chief, 303–4, 306–8, 325, 326, 331, 336–37, 341–42, 352–54, 362–64
on New Universe project, 291
and New World Pictures, 294, 296–97
and Secret Wars project, 273
at Shooter roast, 271–72
and Shooter’s Big Bang start-over concept, 256, 259, 279
Spider-Man titles written by, 237–38, 243, 271
Defenders, 126, 142, 143, 157–59, 188–89, 194, 196, 207, 212, 213, 255, 258, 269, 276, 380
original members of, 116, 159 (see also specific characters)
spin-offs, 286, 342
