Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (64 page)

Brown, Eliot, 249, 253, 254, 271, 274, 291

Brown, James, 409

Brubaker, Ed, 424

Brunner, Frank, 142–44, 147, 178, 182–83, 209, 252

Buckler, Rich, 125, 132, 154, 168

Budiansky, Bob, 279–80, 290, 291, 332, 363, 372, 375

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(television show), 418, 422–23

Burger King, 407

Burgess, Anthony, 122

Burgos, Carl, 12–13, 21, 24, 29, 51, 75–76, 99, 161, 289

Burgos, Susan, 75–76

Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 193

Buscema, John, 26, 82–83, 90, 95n, 98, 104, 108, 115, 206, 336, 380

Buscema, Sal, 115, 167, 276, 280, 298, 380

Bush, George W., 398

Busiek, Kurt, 322, 357–58, 373, 394, 414

Bye Bye Birdie
, 69

Byrne, John, 220, 265, 268, 314, 316, 320n, 341, 406, 429

at comic conventions, 232, 233

“company man” mantle of, 245–46, 401–2

and crossovers, 282

collaboration with Claremont, 198, 209–11, 222–25, 228, 235–36, 238–39, 316, 327, 329

Dark Horse titles by, 329, 347, 351

Image Comics criticized by, 346

Jean Grey’s return conceived by, 287–88

Shooter and, 237, 244, 254, 272–74, 290, 299, 307–8

Superman relaunch by, 289, 292, 347, 406

Cable, 321, 330, 332, 335, 351

Cadence Industries Corporation, 111, 120, 128, 135, 169–70, 181, 191, 195, 215, 222, 225, 231, 237, 264, 309, 311, 312, 324

See also
Perfect Film & Chemical

Cage, Luke, 124, 129, 131, 142, 198, 411

Cage, Nicholas, 392

Calabrese, Jerry, 369–73, 379, 381, 385, 398

Calamari, Joe, 311, 324, 390–92, 394, 395, 398, 399n

California, University of, Santa Cruz, 104

Cambridge University, 56

Cameron, James, 332, 334, 355–56, 381

Campbell, Joseph, 73

Camus, Albert, 126, 130

Caniff, Milton, 17

Cannes Film Festival, 335

Cannon Pictures, 294, 295, 309, 381

Capital City, 368

Captain Action, 77

Captain America (Steve Rogers), 34, 56, 89, 94, 108, 150, 386, 411, 426, 432

African-American superhero and, 98, 115, 131

anticommunism of, 29

artists for, 50, 57, 83n, 114, 127, 219, 220, 233, 265, 352, 374

copyright lawsuit over, 75–77, 105, 402

creation of, 2, 18

in crossovers, 56, 84

death of, 102, 237, 256, 259, 425

film projects, 278, 294, 427

graphic novel, 237

and Kirby’s return to Marvel, 164, 194–95

at Lee and Liefeld’s California studio, 373, 375, 388–89

low sales of, 127, 324

in “Marvelution” strategy, 363

musical, 244

new, 256, 259, 275

relaunched versions of, 384, 394

revision of origins of, 371

sidekick of (
see
Barnes, Bucky)

spin-offs of, 365

spy/technology milieu of, 73, 81

television shows, 196, 231n

Ultimate, 414

during Vietnam War, 142

during World War II, 18–22, 24–25, 223, 275, 358

writers for, 90, 126, 135, 146, 219, 220, 233, 274–76, 379, 380

Captain Fantastic, 189n

Captain Marvel (Fawcett), 75, 101

Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), 86–87, 89, 101, 105, 116, 140–43, 150, 161–62, 172n, 177, 188, 230, 237, 246, 255, 260, 266, 418

Captain Marvel (MF), 75

Captain Savage, 89–90

Carlin, Mike, 249, 253, 254, 272, 281, 289–90, 384

Carmel, Eddie, 120

Carmichael, Stokely, 85

Carolco, 356n, 381

Carradine, David, 146n

Carruthers, Ben, 189n

Carter, John, 193

Casablanca Records, 221–22

Casper the Friendly Ghost
, 33, 77

Castaneda, Carlos, 142, 161

Castro, Fidel, 135n, 408

Cavett, Dick, 95

Celebrity
magazine, 171, 189, 191

Centaur Comics, 12, 14

Centurius (Noah Black), 97–98

Challengers of the Unknown
, 34

Champions, The
, 158, 198

Charlton Comics, 70, 87

Chase, Bobbie, 363–65

Chaykin, Howard, 168, 292, 351

Cheap Laffs
(television show), 254

Chicago Comic-Con, 292, 346, 391

Chicago Tribune
,
The
, 334, 429

Chinoise, La
(film), 77n

Chipiden, 11

Circus
magazine, 212, 215

Citron, Rusty, 309

Civil War
, 425

Claremont, Chris, 157, 168, 227n, 325, 333, 360, 371

collaboration with Byrne, 198, 209–11, 222–25, 228, 235–36, 238–39, 316, 327, 329

collaboration with Cockrum, 196–98, 221, 255, 285

at comic conventions, 232

departure from Marvel of, 328, 332, 340, 369

duration of X-Men tenure of, 285–86

internship at Marvel, 100

proposed Image project of, 347

returns to Marvel as editorial director, 391, 403

on
Secret Wars
project, 269

during Shooter regime, 177, 205, 220n, 228–28, 235, 276, 286–88, 290, 300

titles written by, 173, 186

as Wein’s associate editor, 153, 173

X-Men spin-offs of, 243–44, 246, 282, 284–86, 307, 308, 326–29, 351, 429

Clark, Larry, 420

Claws of the Cat, The
, 129–31, 140

Cleveland Plain Dealer
, 127

Clinton, Bill and Hillary, 407

Cloak and Dagger, 247–48, 267

Clooney, George, 374, 421

CNN, 339, 352

Coal Tiger, 70, 85

Cockrum, Dave, 153–54, 160, 167, 173, 196, 198, 217–18, 221, 236, 243, 246, 255, 285, 371, 427–28

Cohen, Mickey, 171

Colan, Gene, 26, 32, 57, 82, 83, 86, 87, 98, 115, 176, 206, 209, 218, 238, 266, 308, 310n, 392, 401

Cold War, 3, 39, 81

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 13

Colgate University, 60

Colletta, Vince, 118, 124, 149, 251, 277, 303

Collier’s
magazine, 27

Colossus (Peter Rasputin), 154, 423, 428

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 195–96, 205, 215

Theatrical Films, 261

Columbia Tri-Star, 381, 400, 426

Columbia University, 95, 96

Comet Pierce, 17

Comic Art
, 46n

Comic Book Greats
interview series, 335, 340

Comic Book Marketplace
, 400

Comics Buyers Guide, The
, 257, 330, 335, 336

Comics Code, 31, 112, 123, 163, 178, 331, 411, 412

Comics Creators Guild, 209

Comics Fandom
, 230

Comics Feature
, 157n, 258

Comics Interview
, 174n

Comics Journal
, 135n, 206, 209, 231, 252–53, 274, 277, 317, 346, 359, 362, 369, 428

Comics Magazine Association of America, 31

Comix Book
, 123

Compact Video, 312

Compuserve, 300, 379

Conan the Barbarian, 152, 193, 227, 255

Conway, Gerry, 112n, 114–15, 124–26, 136–39, 145n, 148, 153n, 154, 165–67, 172n, 175n, 178, 183–89, 191, 194, 222, 284, 310, 348, 365

Copyright Act (1909), 430

Corman, Roger, 261, 294, 356

Cornell University, 4, 60

Cosmic Champions
, 264

Cosmopolitan
magazine, 420

Court of Appeals, U.S., Second Circuit, 430

Coyne, Maurice, 18, 22

Coyote
, 315, 318

Craig, Johnny, 84

Craven, Wes, 356

Crazy
magazine, 252

Crespi, Danny, 124, 201–2, 250–51, 279

Crime Suspenstories
, 30