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Intended more as a primer than anything else, comic books 101 takes us through an overview of the history of the industry, walks us through the typical artistic comic book production process, and gives us a solid, if occasionally too brief, background on the major characters, authors, and players of the past 60 years. Being published in 2014 i expected more recent movies and television references. Thanos and the infinity war explained comics history 101 youtube. Superman, batman, spiderman, the hulk, and countless other comic book. Heres everything you need to know about the black panther. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price.
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