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Explore the Stories Behind the Legends
The unforgettable and unexpected deaths of three indelible heroes in the early 1980s shattered the status quo and shook the Marvel Universe to its core.
In this age of relentless online spoilers, there may never again be comics events of such powerful shock value and emotional impact. The deaths of Jean Grey, Mar-Vell, and Elektra remain creative high water marks that have yet to be surpassed in terms of artful originality, poetic scope, and the way they ambushed readers, setting the stage for new creative challenges and a new approach to death in sequential storytelling.
Beautifully illustrated with full-color artwork, this entry in the MARVEL AGE OF COMICS scrutinizes the demise of these characters in all their jaw-dropping detail and underscores how their deaths influenced the treatment of high-stakes events in the comics that followed.
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Table of Contents
1. Meet the Three Victims
2. Death in Comics: A Short History
3. Killing Floor: Marvel in the Early 1980s
4. Victim Background: About Jean Grey
5. Case File: Killing Dark Phoenix, an Operatic Tragedy
6. Dark Phoenix: How She Almost Didn't Die
7. Victim Background: About Captain Marvel
8. Case File: Killing Mar-Vell, a Spiritual Odyssey
9. Mar-Vell: Why the Axe Fell
10. Victim Background: About Elektra
11. Case File: Killing Elektra, a Noir Tragedy
12. Elektra: More Popular Than Daredevil
13. Post Mortem
14. Life After Death
15. Gimmick, Where Is Thy Sting?
16. Insurmountable Legacy
17. Don't Fear the Reaper
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Product details
| Published | 15 Apr 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 9798216475804 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 50 color illus |
| Series | Marvel Age of Comics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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