Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked is a special on The History Channel about the history of the comic book industry from its origins in the 1930s to the present day, and how comic books have mirrored and affected the society around them. It featured traditional historians, people from inside the industry such as Stan Lee, and people who grew up reading comic books.
People featured in the documentary were Frank Miller, Denny O'Neil, Jim Steranko, Michael Chabon, Will Eisner, Kevin Smith, Neil Gaiman, Avi Arad, Joe Quesada, Paul Levitz, Mike Richardson, Stan Lee, and Bradford Wright.
Famous quotes containing the words comic, book and/or superheroes:
“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connections to publishing, and universities, with access to the major book reviews, they were able to pose as the vanguard of American culture when they were so obsessed with the two Joes—McCarthy and Stalin—that they were to produce only two artists, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, who left town.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“The truth is, most of our alleged superheroes make meals, make beds, make ends meet, make mistakes, make amends, make love, make up, and mostly make do.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)