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Comic wars, how two tycoons battled over the Marvel Comics empire--and both lost, Dan Raviv

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Comic wars, how two tycoons battled over the Marvel Comics empire--and both lost, Dan Raviv

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Comic wars

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dan Raviv

Sub title

how two tycoons battled over the Marvel Comics empire--and both lost

Summary

As ferocious and fateful as any battle in the pages of Marvel Comics, this is the true story of the life-or-death struggle for Marvel -- choked by bankruptcy in 1996 because of high-powered money men who did not care at all about Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, or the other iconic heroes of the comics. Coming meticulous investigative reporting with entertaining story-telling, COMIC WARS exposes the actions and motives of two Goliath-style corporate raiders (Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn), two innovative Davids (Avi Arad and Ike Perlmutter), and some of the world's biggest banks. It is the rollicking true tale of a unique Wall Street showdown, of a surprising emergency from the ashes, and of Marvel's triumphant reinvention as the producer of hit Hollywood movies: the Spider-Man films, Iron-Man, The Hulk, Captain America, the X-Men series including Wolverine, and the crowning glory of The Avengers

Target audience

adult

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