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Comic book genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man creator, dies at 95

by Associated Press
Nov 12, 2018
As the top writer at Marvel Comics and later as its publisher, Lee was widely considered the architect of the contemporary comic book.
Comic book writer Stan Lee attends a talk show during the Tokyo Comic Con in Chiba, a suburb of Tokyo, on Dec. 2, 2016.
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How the co-CEO of Archie Comics reinvented its namesake

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jul 25, 2018
Riverdale's favorite son was in danger of fading into obscurity when Jon Goldwater breathed some new life into the franchise.
(L-R front row) The cast Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse and Casey Cott, back row left to right) Jon Goldwater, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Marisol Nichols, Luke Perry, Madchen Amick, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter of the "Riverdale" television show speak during the CW portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel on Jan. 8, 2017 in Pasadena, California.
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The economics of future technology ... explained with comics

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Oct 17, 2017
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith investigate the not-too-distant future in “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.”
 Comic from “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.”
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In Africa, locally produced comic books are starting to catch on

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 20, 2017
Many artists self-publish runs of 200 to 500 copies of their work.
Emmanuel Nyakwada, an artist who goes by the name Point Blank Evumbi, works on a sketch using a digital drawing tablet.
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Batman v Hollywood

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 20, 2016
They said it couldn't be done: Making superheroes into movie stars. Forty years ago, Hollywood told 27-year-old Michael Uslan a Batman movie would never succeed. More than a dozen big-budget superhero movies will hit the big screen in the next few years. Holy impossibility, Batman!
Burt Ward as Robin, Adam West as Batman and Cesar Romero as The Joker, in a still from the 1960s "Batman" TV show, 1967.
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All the times Batman and Superman almost met on the big screen

by Tony Wagner
Mar 24, 2016
"Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice" is a match-up 70 years in the making.
Artist Mauro Perucchetti's sculpture 'Modern Heroes', which depicts Batman and Superman in a pose reminiscent of The Creation of Adam in The Sistine Chapel, is installed in the Halcyon Gallery on October 6, 2010 in London, England.
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A test for superheroes: will mobile comics fly?

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 10, 2016
The mobile challenge: you read one panel, move down. Read another, down some more.
Traditional comics pages make for good reading on a tablet screen, but shrink those panels down to mobile phone size, and all kinds of text and imagery can get lost in translation. 
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Shhh ... we're talking about Fight Club

by Kai Ryssdal , Mukta Mohan and Robert Garrova
May 26, 2015
We're breaking the rules to talk about the sequel to Fight Club.
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Putting a price on comic book deaths

by Tony Wagner
Mar 20, 2015
They're a dime a dozen, but do they really drive sales?
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Where does Marvel go from here? Anywhere it wants

by Tony Wagner
Aug 12, 2014
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is a game changer for Marvel Studios.
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