Marvel Comics: The Untold Story (69 page)

Lieber, Joanie, 1

Lieber, Larry, 27, 35, 41, 45, 87, 148, 430

Lieber, Stanley Martin.
See
Lee, Stan

Liebowitz, Jack, 1, 22–23, 87–88

Liefeld, Rob, 320–21, 325–27, 330–32, 335–40, 346, 347, 349, 355, 372, 373, 379, 384, 387–89, 393, 410

Liguori, Augie, 395

Li’l Abner
, 292

Lil’ Kids
, 115

Linda Carter, Student Nurse
, 43

Linker, Irwin, 345

Literary Digest
, 10

Lizard, 318, 322

Lobdell, Scott, 330, 340, 352, 369

LoC
fanzine, 229

Lockjaw, 72

Loeb, Jeph, 424

Loesch, Margaret, 324, 344

Logan’s Run
(film), 193

Loki, 47, 71

London, Jack, 13

Lone Ranger, 9

Longshot, 316, 327

Los Angeles Times
, 339, 346

Lovecraft, H. P., 142

Lowndes County Freedom Organization, 85

Lucas, George, 141, 284

Lyon, Lisa, 242

MacAndrews & Forbes, 333, 386, 387

Macchio, Ralph, 206, 233, 250, 256, 258–60, 281, 285, 299, 300

Machine Man, 231, 267

Mackie, Howard, 281, 307, 406

Mad Genius, 183

Mad
magazine, 31, 49, 52, 122, 252

Mafco Holdings, 387

Magazine Management Company, 1–3, 29, 46, 61, 77, 92, 93, 168–70, 191, 209, 345

Magicmaster, 79

Magneto, 48, 235, 242, 269, 327, 328, 366, 423

Maguire, Toby, 415

Mainline Comics, 34

Maisel, David, 426, 427

Malcolm X, 48

Male
magazine, 29, 36, 191

Malibu Graphics, 330, 331, 335, 337, 339, 348, 349, 351, 366, 379

Mallrats
(film), 380

Mamet, David, 411

Man-Ape, the, 97, 98

Maneely, Joe, 26, 33

Man from Atlantis
(television show), 215

Mangold, James, 224n

Man-Hater, 131

Man-Thing, 126, 134, 179, 243, 261, 308

Mantis, 131, 160

Mantlo, Bill, 156, 157, 167, 206, 209, 218–19, 222, 232, 247–48, 282, 284n

Man-Wolf, 244

Mapplethorpe, Robert, 242

Marcus, 228–29, 282n

Marder, Larry, 371

Margood Publishing Corporation, 11

Marjean Magazine Corporation, 11

Mark of Satan, The
, 112

Marlowe, Keen.
See
Destroyer, the

Marschall, Rick, 206, 218

Marsh, Michele, 253

Marvel Action Universe
cartoons, 380

Marvel Age
, 252, 269, 345

Marvel Boy, 18, 397–98, 406, 422

Marvel Characters Group, 403, 417

Marvel Comics
, 14, 76

Marvel Comics Presents
, 308

Marvel Enterprises, 396, 417

Marvel Entertainment Group, 387, 396, 429

Marvel Fanfare
, 252

Marvel Feature
, 115–16

Marvel Fill-In Comics
, 167

Marvel Films, 356, 373, 380, 391–92

Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), 47–48, 99, 155, 197, 210, 224–25, 233, 286, 287, 423.
See also
Phoenix

Marvel Graphic Novels, 233, 237, 246, 255n, 285

Marvel Holdings, 387

Marvel Knights imprint, 393, 396–97, 405, 406

Mar-Vell, 140, 141

Marvelmania, 101–2, 105, 121

Marvel Mart, 362, 369

Marvel Mystery Comics
, 15, 16, 22

Marvel Parent Holdings, 387

Marvel Premiere
, 115, 116

Marvel Productions, 231, 244, 324, 344, 391

Marvels
, 357–59, 373, 414

Marvel Science Stories
, 10

Marvel Studios, 381, 391–92, 426–27, 430

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions
, 252

Marvel Super Heroes
, 87

animated cartoons, 61, 76–77, 79–80, 121

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
, 263–65, 268–71, 273–75, 279–84, 288, 307

Marvel Tales Annual
, 53

Marvel Team-Up
, 131, 198

Marvel III Holdings, 387

Marvel Treasury Edition
, 189

Marvel Two-in-One
, 135

Marvel Universe, 3, 73, 85, 116, 135, 160, 161, 190, 243, 255–56, 274, 288, 383–84, 424–26

alternative-reality variations of characters in, 365, 404

bigotry in, 242

in blockbuster age, 196

core titles in, 353–54

cosmology of, 252

destruction and re-creation of, 373, 404

diversity in, 97, 129

dystopian version of, 236

familiarity with, 165

film adaptations of, 427, 432

handbook of, 253

hermetic distance from, 194, 265

infinite nature of, 72

mythology of, 6, 71

narrative continuity in, 156, 253, 306

retelling of important events of, 357

Shooter’s Big Bang start-over concept for, 256, 259, 266, 270, 273, 279

streamlining of, 405

trading cards, 345

twentieth anniversary of, 273

unlimited possibility for change in, 56n

Marvel Weekly
, 308

Marvex the Super Robot, 16

Marville
, 418–19

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
(television show), 183

Mask, The
(film), 355

Masked Raider, 14

Massarsky, Steve, 312n

Mastermind, 224, 287

Mattel Toys, 220, 263, 268–71, 310, 372

“Maximum Carnage” crossover, 351

Maxim
magazine, 420

MAX line, 411, 412, 416, 421

Mayerik, Val, 139, 283

Mazzucchelli, David, 290

McCann, Chuck, 119

McClure, Michael, 60

McFarlane, Todd, 317–23, 331, 332, 335–40, 345–48, 352, 371, 388, 427, 429

McGregor, Don, 127, 132–33, 135, 173, 179–82, 184, 189, 206, 232, 265, 308

McGwire, Mark, 429

McKenzie, Roger, 223, 234–35, 240

McKuen, Rod, 103

McMahon, Colleen, 430

McNamara, Robert, 73

McPherran, Mary, 201, 249, 356, 375

Medusa, 87

Melvin the Monster
, 33

Men
magazine, 61

Men’s World
magazine, 29

Mentor, 141

Mephisto, 297, 426

Mercury
(Giambologna), 13

Merrill Lynch, 426

Merry Marvel Marching Society (M.M.M.S.), 4–5, 54, 56, 63, 101, 111, 279, 304

Merry Marvel Messenger
, 84

Meth, Clifford, 428

MGM, 381, 395, 400

Michaels, Lorne, 400

Michelinie, David, 218–19, 223, 228, 300, 318

Micronauts, 220, 232, 267, 280

Mighty Marvel Convention, 164

Milestone Comics, 346

Milgrom, Al, 141, 143, 212, 249, 280

Milken, Michael, 313, 386

Millar, Mark, 413–14, 424

Miller, Frank, 213, 223, 233–36, 240–42, 246–48, 265, 266, 283, 285, 289, 290, 292, 293, 315–17, 351, 360–61, 388, 410, 429*

Millie the Model
, 2, 26, 36, 59, 85n, 111

Milligan, Peter, 410–11

Mills, Tarpe, 115n

Minnelli, Vincente, 170–71

Miss Fury
, 115n

Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), 37–38, 40, 56, 71, 86, 139, 238, 269–70, 314, 365