Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book RevolutionTales to Astonish tells the spectacular life and times of Jack Kirby, the legendary forefather of American comic books. In the 1960's, Kirby joined with Stan Lee to develop many of our best-known and most beloved superheroes, including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, the Avengers, and the Silver Surfer. Ronin Ro chronicles Kirby's poverty-stricken origins in New York's Lower East Side, his early commercial triumphs and failures, his renowned partnership with Lee, and his revolutionary artistic innovations, tracing the comic book industry from its inauspicious beginnings to its sensational successes. Ronin Ro lives in New York City and is the author of Gangsta: Merchandising the Rhymes of Violence, the award-winning international bestseller Have Gun Will Travel, and the novel Street Sweeper. He has written for Vanity Fair, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Herald, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Spin. "Ro cleanly lays out Kirby's story...He does well by the facts."-The Onion "Ro deftly handles Kirby's relationships...Tales to Astonish celebrates the stubbornness that kept Kirby, a superhero of comic books in his own right, creative as if against his will."-San Francisco Chronicle Also available: HC 1-58234-345-4 $24.95 |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 24 |
Section 3 | 31 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 49 |
Section 6 | 58 |
Section 7 | 70 |
Section 8 | 78 |
Section 13 | 162 |
Section 14 | 178 |
Section 15 | 189 |
Section 16 | 209 |
Section 17 | 217 |
Section 18 | 235 |
Section 19 | 242 |
Section 20 | 262 |
Section 9 | 86 |
Section 10 | 110 |
Section 11 | 127 |
Section 12 | 146 |
Section 21 | 266 |
Section 22 | 276 |
Section 23 | 287 |
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Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution Ronin Ro Limited preview - 2005 |
Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution Ronin Ro No preview available - 2004 |
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