DANNY FINGEROTH was the editorial director of Marvel's Spider-Man comics line and writer of many comics featuring Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman and other iconic characters. He is the author of Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society and Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews Comics and the Creation of the Superhero and an upcoming biography of Stan Lee, co-creator of the Marvel Universe. Fingeroth is a consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comic Conventions, and has spoken on comics-related topics at Columbia University, the Smithsonian Institution, The New York Historical Society, the Society of Illustrators and many other venues. For more info:www.dannyfingeroth.com
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In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators—largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include... SEE MORE