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Star wars. A new hope : the 40th anniversary
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope! This deluxe edition collects all of Marvel's 40th anniversary art retelling the story of A New Hope - as illustrated by some of the industry's most gifted artists. Extras include sketches and pencils, commentary, essays, and more.
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Action! Mystery! Thrills! : comic book covers of the Golden Age, 1933-1945
A long-overdue celebration of the classic comic book covers that jostled for attention monthly on mid-20th century newsstands. Majestic, iconic, chaotic and sometimes downright weird. A must for anyone with even the passing interest in the Golden Age!
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Are Sexualized Covers More Successful in Sales? Evidence from the Comic Book Industry
The portrayal of comic book characters is often oversexualized, which is intended to boost sales in a market traditionally dominated by male readers. However, the comic book market today has a diverse readership, and women in particular consume more comics than in the past. Against this background, the present study uses a sample of 648 comic book covers to empirically test whether the underlying sex sells logic actually works. In this context, the results of the regression analysis show no evidence that sexualized images are associated with comic book sales. The article provides theoretical explanations for this result and discusses scientific and managerial implications of this finding.
Journal Article
REVIEW --- Exhibit: They're Just Super
Superheroes -- they're just like us! In a new commemorative book titled \"Marvel Comics: 75 Years of Cover Art\" (DK Publishing; $50), editor and author Alan Cowsill describes the groundbreaking approach that allowed the company to humanize its superheroes. Starting in the early 1960s, he says, characters were allowed to grapple not just with supervillains but with everyday problems such as paying rent and navigating complicated love lives. Marvel also began incorporating current events into its narratives, which allowed Spider-Man, for instance, to swing through the campus demonstrations of the protest era. The book includes 500 covers, ranging from the late 1930s to the present day. \"Between all those, you have grit and realism,\" says Mr. Cowsill.
Newspaper Article
Cheap thrills
Once their lurid tall tales were devoured by readers, and now the vintage western magazines are hotly collected. Sixteen colorful covers that recall the days when six-guns roared and tin stars gleamed are presented.
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