Superheroes Decoded

[YoungOnce]

Anybody else watching this? Enjoyable perspective of comics through the decades. Stan Lee is claiming as much intellectual territory as he can regarding the Marvel heroes but the narration itself is giving props to Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

[enyawd72]

One of the things that struck me as odd was the complete omission of Captain Marvel. I guess DC isn't interested in the public knowing he was more popular than Superman at one point, nor their eventual hijacking of the character.

[emeraldknight47]

This is the first I've heard of it. Where can one watch this? I'd be interested...

[ubermanx]

Anyone know where to watch this in Canada? Our version of the History Channel doesn't have it.

~Marty

[WannabeMego]

One of the things that struck me as odd was the complete omission of Captain Marvel.

Yup...Glaring Omission.

Interesting, but not telling me anything I don't know already or in a way I haven't seen/heard before.

Still...Always nice to see a Special on the Genre.

History is also showing 'Comic book Superheroes' which I think Originally aired on PBS.

[palitoy]

I don't think i can bear any more comic book documentaries. I've seen Stan Lee describe the creation of Spider-Man so many times I could do a one man show off Broadway.

[YoungOnce]

I don't think i can bear any more comic book documentaries. I've seen Stan Lee describe the creation of Spider-Man so many times I could do a one man show off Broadway.

He he.... Yeah, who knows how they edit these things, but they only grabbed little one sentence snippets and in those, he always used the word "I" and I don't recall any "we".

[Brue]

I don't think i can bear any more comic book documentaries. I've seen Stan Lee describe the creation of Spider-Man so many times I could do a one man show off Broadway.

Yep. And while I did have this thing playing in the background when I was doing invoices, it offered nothing new.

[WannabeMego]

Superman Mego Spotted at 1: 45 :35 into Episode One where they discuss the 'Death of Superman':

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[WannabeMego]

Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, & Falcon Megos Spotted at 32:45 into Episode Two where they discuss the introduction of Black Heroes:

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[YoungOnce]

Could just be me, but it felt like they were stretching to make some of those "landmark" "watershed" comic book moments more impactful than they were at the time. And like some have pointed out, they skipped some truly big comic book eras (like Capt Marvel).

I know they were trying to tie certain superheroes to big cultural shifts, but it felt like they were trying to give the comic books credit in some places for instigating the shifts. I think in almost all instances though that the comic book companies were just reacting to cultural changes.