Raviv, Dan. Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over
the Marvel Comics Empire--And Both Lost. Broadway,
2002. 320pp. ISBN 0767908309 (hc). Rpt: Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle for Survival.
Sea Cliff, NY: Heroes Books, 2004. 334pp. ISBN 0-7851-1606-0 (paper).
Publisher's
on-line information
Contents of 2004
(paperback) edition:
- The
Warring Parties... xi
- Prologue:
"Yipe! Hey! What's Going on Here???"... 1
- "Meet
Dr. Doom!"... 11
- "The
World Would Never Again Be the Same!!"... 29
- "You're
Too Little to Be Playing with Such Dangerous Toys!"... 43
- "If
He's Trying to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes..."... 53
- "Now
Is the Moment to Strike!"... 65
- "A
Fine Kettle of Fish This Is!"... 75
- "The
Vulture Will Never Threaten Anyone Again!"... 85
- "He
Paid the Full Price--and He Paid It--Like a Man!"... 97
- "Is
He Man or Monster or... Is He Both?"... 111
- "It's
All Part of the Job"... 125
- "And
Now... Let It Begin"... 141
- "Duel
to the Death with the Vulture!"... 155
- "Onward,
My Comrades--The Time HAs Come to Face Our Greatest Foes!"... 173
- "There's
No Place on Earth Where You Can Hide from Me!"... 185
- "To
the Death!"... 199
- "You'll
Never See What's Coming Next!"... 209
- "It's
Like Hitting a Brick Wall!"... 229
- "No
More Mister Mice Guy"... 241
- "This
Is a Job Only We Can Handle!"... 251
- "Captain
Marvel, Back from the Dead!"... 265
- "Heh!
Heh! Look At the Spider Fly!"... 279
- "This
Blockbuster to End All Blockbusters!"... 293
- Notes
and Acknolwedgments... 308
- Index...
323
Reviews:
- Rogers, Mark.
[review of 2002 (hardcover) edition.] International
Journal of Comic Art 4.2 (Fall 2002): 342-43.