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The Innate Conservatism of Comics: ‘Marvel Comics: The Untold Story’ by Sean Howe

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Stan Lee headed not so much a fantastical world of superheroes but a conservative factory of broken dreams that sometimes exploited its artists to churn out endlessly cyclical narratives meant to prevent change and protect trademarks, as Sean Howe’s new history shows. By Tim Marchman.

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