Sean Howe

American journalist and author, best known for the book 'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' (2012) and for writing about comics and pop culture.

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  1. 1. Marvel Comics

    The Untold Story

    This investigative oral history, built from hundreds of interviews and archival documents, chronicles the rise, creative battles, and corporate maneuvers behind the comic-book publisher that became a pop-culture powerhouse. It traces the company's evolution from its Golden Age origins through the Silver Age reinvention of superheroes, explores contentious relationships among editors, writers, and artists, and details the messy business decisions, licensing deals, and legal disputes that shaped creators’ rights and the publisher’s fortunes. The account exposes behind-the-scenes conflicts over credit and compensation, profiles the personalities who drove its creative innovations, and shows how those innovations ultimately fueled a multimedia empire and transformed American popular culture.

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