Joe Kubert

모난 성격 때문에 외톨이로 지내 알프레드 집사에게 늘 걱정만 한 가득 안겨주던 배트맨. 파티장에서 만난 로빈을 얼떨결에 입양하게 되고, 고담시에 새로 부임한 경찰청장 바바라 고든을 만나면서 누군가와 함께 있는 것이 의외로 재미있다는 걸 느낀다. 한편, 고담시를 노리는 악당들이 다가오고 있었으니...

A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic book superheroes as modern-day mythological figures. “THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS” captures for posterity the living artists and writers from The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938-1951) and The Silver Age of Comic Books (1956-1973). Insightful comments are provided by the creative geniuses who were there at the beginning, including…

A look at the comic book history of the title character, one section a piece dedicated to 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000's by way of some interesting interviews with the various artists and writers who have worked on the different incarnations of the Marvel Comics that the film was based on. When combined the four parts of this documentary clock in at just over forty-five minutes in length. Those who are familiar with the various comics will definitely enjoy this look back at the character's history and hearing about it from the people who made it happen.

The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the modern world, these mutant human beings with superhuman powers colonized the funny papers, radio dramas, television and films, to become a truly national industry in the United States: they gave expression to the fears and obsessions of the twentieth century and bolstered American ideals.