Fire & Water Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics

Name: Fire & Water Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics
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ISBN: 9781606991664

ISBN-10: 1606991663

ISBN-13: 9781606991664

Edition: 2009

Authors: Blake Bell

List price: $39.99

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In 1939, brand-new Marvel's first ever comic book featured an anti-hero named the Sub-Mariner, created by legendary artist Bill Everett. (The angry half-man, half sea-creature Sub-Mariner property has recently been film-optioned.) From the superhero and horror genre, to romance, crime, and suspense, Bill Everett was a master of the medium. Blake Bellâ€™s follow-up to Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko , Fire and Water is the definitive biography of the man and his career. The main focus, however, will be the stunning display of artwork that few artists can match in breadth and qualityâ€” all on display in this coffee table art book that is destined to ensure Everett's place at the…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Publication date: 9/7/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

Blake Bell is the author of Strange & Stranger (a retrospective of Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko); The Secret History of Marvel Comics, Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics; Amazing Mysteries: The Bill Everett Archives; and Strange Suspense and Unexplored Worlds (two volumes in The Steve Ditko Archives). He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his son.