Film

The Legends Behind the Comic Books

2007 · 56m · Documentary

IMDb

7.4

This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic book superheroes as modern-day mythological figures. “THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS” captures for posterity the living artists and writers from The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938-1951) and The Silver Age of Comic Books (1956-1973). Insightful comments are provided by the creative geniuses who were there at the beginning, including…

Stan Lee

Self

Andy Kubert

Self

Joe Kubert

Self

Adam Kubert

Self

Dick Giordano

Self

Greg Hildebrandt

Self

Dennis O'Neil

Self

John Romita Sr.

Self

Joe Simon

Self

Roy Thomas

Self

Michael Uslan

Self

• Chip CronkiteDirector
• Michael UslanExecutive Producer

Release date

September 15, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

56m

Genres

Documentary

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