Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC
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Genres: Business & Money, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment, Comics & Graphic Novels
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Business & Money, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment, Comics & Graphic Novels
Book Type: Hardcover
In the early 1960s, DC Comics was the undisputed leader of the comic book industry. They had Superman. They had Batman. The competition ⦠had monster/alien anthologies, funny animals, and the adventures of a red-headed high school student and his friends. Until the day that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby came up with a family of super-heroes, one who lived in New York City instead of Gotham or Metropolis â¦
And the battle was on. NOT the one on the printed pages, but the one in the boardrooms of the two companies.
In âSlugfestâ, author Reed Tucker talks about how Marvel's increased sales caused consternation among the DC editorial staff. They looked at the problem from every conceivable avenue â every possible one except actually reading their competition's stories, because they couldn't believe that they were any good OR that kids actually cared about that stuff.
Meanwhile, Marvel's market share continued to grow.
âSlugfestâ was one of the most entertaining books that I've read this year, and one of the few non-fiction books that managed to attain the status of âpage turnerâ. If you are a comics fan â or were at any point in the past 50 years â I encourage you in the strongest possible terms to pick up a copy and read it. Its combination of nostalgia with back-of-house intrigue is a most incredible feat of writing.
RATING: 5 stars.
And the battle was on. NOT the one on the printed pages, but the one in the boardrooms of the two companies.
In âSlugfestâ, author Reed Tucker talks about how Marvel's increased sales caused consternation among the DC editorial staff. They looked at the problem from every conceivable avenue â every possible one except actually reading their competition's stories, because they couldn't believe that they were any good OR that kids actually cared about that stuff.
Meanwhile, Marvel's market share continued to grow.
âSlugfestâ was one of the most entertaining books that I've read this year, and one of the few non-fiction books that managed to attain the status of âpage turnerâ. If you are a comics fan â or were at any point in the past 50 years â I encourage you in the strongest possible terms to pick up a copy and read it. Its combination of nostalgia with back-of-house intrigue is a most incredible feat of writing.
RATING: 5 stars.
