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Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
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Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book Hardcover - 2004

by Gerard Jones


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The first full-scale history of comic books-a real-life version of Kavalier and Clay-reveals how adolescent dreamers and ambitious crooks in Jewish America at the heart of the Depression created a new genre and forever changed the entertainment business. . By the author of The Comic Book Heroes, Killing Monsters, and scores of successful comic books and screenplays, Men of Tomorrow is the first book to tell the surprising story of the young Jewish misfits, hustlers and nerds who invented the superhero and the comic book industry. Among the characters in this vibrant panorama: Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster, the goofy myopic creators of Superman, who sold the rights to the Man of Tomorrow for USD130 to Harry Donenfield, former pornographer and con-man, and his partner, Jack Liebowitz, founder of DC Comics, who went on to help build Steve Ross's legendary Warner Communications Batman's Bob Ka ne, who rose to fame and fortune in a career based entirely on lies and self-promotion Mort Weisinger, the ruthless editor of Superman, who suffered a nervous breakdown when he tried to be a superhero himself Plus Stan Lee, founder of a new kind of hero, including Spiderman, at Marvel Comics; Will

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  • Title Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
  • Author Gerard Jones
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition export ed
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780465036561 / 0465036562
  • Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.6 x 1.25 in (24.28 x 16.76 x 3.18 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Cartoonists - United States, Comic books, strips, etc - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004009031
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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