and drug culture, 134, 138, 143, 283
politics of, 136, 142, 150, 159, 162, 210, 397
return to Marvel, 265, 284, 315
Entertainment Tonight
(television show), 309, 353
Entourage
(television show), 430
Epic
, 216, 220
Epic Comics, 248, 265, 283, 284, 285, 291, 292, 315, 337, 351, 420
Eros, 141
Esposito, Mike, 156, 251, 277
Esquire
magazine, 4, 80
Eternals, the, 164, 194, 267
Eternity, 74, 213, 282
Everett, Bill, 12–14, 21, 22, 24, 29, 32, 51–52, 57, 75n, 125, 127, 155, 289, 397
Excalibur, 307, 308
Excelsior: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee
, 415
Excelsior Comics, 373, 380
Executioner
novels (Pendleton), 138
Executioners, the, 330, 335
Existential Psychiatry
, 69
Exxon, 150
Fagan, Tom, 143
Fago, Vince, 23, 26
Falcon (Sam Wilson), 97, 98, 115, 129, 131, 267
Family Circle
magazine, 88
Famous Funnies
, 11
Fantastic Four, 3, 5, 41, 57, 85, 124, 224, 360, 363, 373
African-American character in, 85–86, 133
ancient aliens visitors in (
see
Kree)
animated cartoons, 77n, 89, 101, 208, 214, 222, 239
annuals, 56, 59, 76, 90
artists for, 61, 127, 147, 251, 265, 288–90, 327, 329
creation of, xi, 2, 118, 164, 262, 278–79, 293, 318, 358
credits on, 64–65
crossovers, 46, 47, 287–88, 375
enemies of, 40, 71–73, 106, 131, 269
film projects, 244, 261, 356, 392, 426
first issue of, 36–39, 155
and Kirby’s departure from Marvel, 108, 111
at Lee and Liefeld’s California studio, 375
letters page, 39, 44, 63
merchandising of, 263, 397
in New York City setting of, 60, 70–72
plot development process for, 64–65
relaunch of, 394
roast, 252, 266
spin-offs, 365, 406
subplots of, 210
twentieth anniversary of, 238–39, 273
uniforms of, 39, 42
What If?
takeoff of, 208
writers for, 114, 115, 125, 136, 139, 157, 198, 218–19, 235, 236, 265, 329, 422–23
See also specific characters
Fantasy Masterpieces
, 77, 86
Fass, Myron, 75, 86, 87
Fawcett Publications, 75, 101
Fear
, 115
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 246
Federal Reserve Bank, 50
Feiffer, Jules, 31
Feinberg, Sheldon, 104–5, 120–21, 128–29, 169–70, 191, 225, 264, 291, 311, 313
Fellini, Federico, 61, 63, 69, 113, 171
Feral, 330
Fiery Mask, 16
Fight Club
(film), 420
Fighting American, The, 34, 389
Film International
magazine, 170
Fin, the, 116
Fingeroth, Danny, 331, 343
First Comics, 272, 284
Fistful of Dollars, A
(film), 224n
Fite, Linda, 84, 129, 130, 140
Flash, the, 68, 101
Flash Gordon, 11, 17
Fleer Corporation, 344–45, 367, 368, 390, 400, 404
Fleischer brothers, 17
Flexo the Rubber Man, 16
Fly, the, 41
FOOM
(fanzine), 165n, 180, 252
Forever People, The
, 118, 163
For Men Only
magazine, 29, 36
Fortune, Dominic, 168
Fortune
magazine, 324
Foster, Hal, 17
Fountainhead, The
(Rand), 55n
Fourth World mythology, 118, 194
Fox, Gardner, 142–43
Fox Publications, 16, 17
Fox Studios,
see
Twentieth Century-Fox
Fox Television, 324
Kids network, 344, 355, 407
Fraction, Matt, 424
Franklin, Benjamin, 186
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
(cartoon), 214
Free Comic Book Day, 417
Freedland, Nat, 63–65
Freedom Force, 286
Freemasons, 186
French, Daniel Chester, 143
Frenz, Ron, 271
Friedman, Bruce Jay, 29, 33, 44
Friedrich, Gary, 80, 90, 114, 124, 126, 148, 348, 428
Friedrich, Mike, 140, 147, 153–54, 183, 237, 249
Fries, Chuck, 195
Froehlich, Monroe, Jr., 30, 32
Fugs, the, 85
Fu Manchu, 145, 146, 258
Funnies, Inc., 12, 14, 16, 18–19, 21
Funnies on Parade
, 11
Fury, Nick, 56n, 73, 77n, 79, 81, 84, 89, 97, 100, 162–63, 177, 409, 413, 414, 416, 421, 425, 427
Futurians, The
(graphic novel), 255n, 285
Gabelli, Mario, 264
Gagarin, Yuri, 38
Gaines, William, 30, 345
Galactus, 72–74, 238, 269n, 282, 358
Gale, Bob, 310
Gallagher Report, The
, 91
Galton, Jim, 169–70, 182, 199, 231n, 244, 253, 264, 294, 311
budget concerns of, 169, 231n
and contacts with creators approved by, 212, 226
distribution deals of, 216–17
Hobson hired by, 237
licensing operations of, 193, 215–16, 219, 254
retirement of, 323
Shooter’s conflicts with, 290, 295, 296n, 303, 304
special publishing events encouraged by, 273
unionization resisted by, 191, 209
Geneen, Harold, 91
Generation X
, 380, 383
Gerber, Steve, 165, 173, 269, 283, 308, 315, 353, 400, 402, 412, 419n
arrival at Marvel of, 126
characters created by, 132, 282 (
see also
Howard the Duck)
corporate management’s antagonism toward, 184, 185, 189, 201
creators’ rights advocacy of, 209, 211, 212, 239, 244–45, 317
death of, 428
Kiss and, 191–93, 196
at Malibu, 348, 367, 379
McGregor and, 133–35
subversiveness of, 162
titles written by, 127, 130, 157–59, 189, 207, 213, 276, 314, 380
Ghost Rider, 124, 158, 185, 188, 244, 260, 266, 314, 323, 332, 341, 342, 426
Giacoia, Frank, 121, 124, 251
Giambologna, 13
Giant-Man (Henry Pym), 50, 56, 99, 358, 414
Giant-Size Man-Thing
, 172
Gibbons, John, 395
Gillette Corporation, 312
Gillis, Peter, 280–81
Giordano, Dick, 87, 125
Gladiator, 241
Godard, Jean-Luc, 77n
Godfather, The
(Puzo), 46
Godzilla
(film), 193, 197
Goetz, Bernhard, 285
Golan, Menahem, 380–81
Goldberg, Stan, 36, 39, 42, 49, 55, 111
Golden, Michael, 391
Golfers Anonymous
, 1
Goliath, 83
Gooden, Dwight, 309n
Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 415
Goodman, Chip, 61, 92, 101, 111, 112, 119–21, 128–29, 148, 149, 166, 168, 170, 191
Goodman, Dan, 195
Goodman, Isaac, 9, 25
Goodman, Jean Davis, 10, 11, 19, 92, 128
Goodman, Martin, 3, 32, 35, 53, 55, 63, 70, 80, 85, 93, 103, 130, 262, 398, 415
Atlas Comics founded by, 148, 149, 166, 168
competition with DC, 1–2, 36, 116–17
and copyright challenges, 75, 77, 86, 105
creative control limited by, 99–101, 111, 113, 121, 122
death of, 345
hiring and layoffs cycles of, 28, 32, 46, 409
Lee hired by, 1, 19–21
magazine publishing business of, 9–11, 25, 29, 68, 69, 128