Cliffhanger!: Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials: 1941–1952
Jun 13, 2023 · Hold on tight as historian Christopher Irving explores the origins of the first on-screen superheroes and the comic creators and film-makers who brought them to life. CLIFFHANGER! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and ‘40s.
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Cliffhanger! Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials - Issuu
May 17, 2024 · The best description comes from Jim Harmon and Don Glut—two men who grew up with the serials—in their seminal book The Serials: Their Sound and Fury: A hero could not take the law into his...
Cliffhanger!: Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials: 1941–1952 - Goodreads
Jun 13, 2023 · Hold on tight as historian Christopher Irving explores the origins of the first on-screen superheroes and the comic creators and film-makers who brought them to life. CLIFFHANGER! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and ‘40s.
Cliffhanger! : TwoMorrows Publishing, The Future of Comics and …
Hold on tight as historian Christopher Irving explores the origins of the first on-screen superheroes and the comic creators and film-makers who brought them to life. Cliffhanger! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and ‘40s.
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Feb 1, 2023 · Cliffhanger! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and ‘40s. See how the creation of characters like Superman, Captain America, Spy Smasher, and Captain Marvel dovetailed with the early film adaptations.
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May 12, 2023 · Each chapter ended with a protagonist’s apparent or imminent demise—known as a cliffhanger—and engaged viewers to come back the next week to their local theater. The shorts eventually lost...
Cliffhanger!: Cinematic Superheroes of the Serials: 1941-1952
Jun 13, 2023 · Hold on tight as historian Christopher Irving explores the origins of the first on-screen superheroes and the comic creators and film-makers who brought them to life. CLIFFHANGER! touches on the early days of the film serial, to its explosion as a juvenile medium of the 1930s and ‘40s.
Same Bat-Time? Same Bat-Channel? Turns out, superhero cliffhangers …
Jun 5, 2023 · Turns out, superhero cliffhangers came long before the classic 1960s Adam West ‘Batman’ TV series. VCU comics historian Christopher Irving’s latest book revisits the movie serials of the 1940s, when comics were a new genre. “Cliffhanger!” was … wait for it! … nearly 20 years in the making.
Classic Cliffhangers Volume 2: 1941-1955 | Columbia Alumni …
Even today, movie serials (aka "cliffhangers") continue to enchant fans. Their innocence, energy and undeniable skill is a tribute to these pioneer filmmakers working in a pre-digital era. The best serials ("Flash Gordon"; "Dick Tracy") are classic examples of American low-budget film making.
The Maverick's Cliffhanger Serial List: Titles
The Maverick's serial library: Barbour, Alan G. Cliffhanger, 1977, A & W Publishers Inc. Saturday Afternoon at the Movies, 1986, Bonanza Books. (3 volumes in 1, includes Days of Thrills and Adventure.) Bifulco, Michael. Heroes and Villains: Movie Serial Classics, 1989, Bifulco Books. Cline, William C.
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