The comic book film adaptation : exploring modern Hollywood's leading genre /

"In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood's leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film...

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Main Author: Burke, Liam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a ""Cover""; ""THE COMIC BOOK FILM ADAPTATION""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER ONE: The Golden Age of Comic Book Filmmaking ""; ""CHAPTER TWO: The Comic Book Movie Genre ""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Fans, Fidelity, and the Grammar of Value ""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: A Comic Aesthetic ""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: How to Adapt Comics the Marvel Way ""; ""CONCLUSION: The Future of the Comic Book Movie ""; ""APPENDIX: North American Box-Office Totals for Comic Book Film Adaptations ""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index"" 
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