Non-fiction Books by Rich Feitelberg (and where to find them)
Rich Feitelberg has several non-fiction books available. One is A Writer's Guide to World Building.
Also available is a chronology of superhero comic books from its earliest beginnings through to the 1970s, with more planned. Included in this history is a year-by-year look at what was published in the United States and what characters were introduced. Their social impact is also discussed.
Superhero comic books didn't just happen. They were an evolutionary development that began centuries before Superman hit the newstands. More factors and forces were at work. Learn how comic books and superheroes evolved from their unlikely start through 1939.
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The history of superhero comic books continues in this volume. Learn about the Golden Age of Comics as this book focuses on the events from 1940 and 1941.
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The history of superhero comic books continues in this volume, chronicling the majority of the 1940s. Learn how comic books evolved as World War II ended and the Cold War began.
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The history of superhero comic books continues with the events of the 1950s Learn why the Comic Code Authority was established and the effect it had as comics books continued to change and how Atlas Comics (formerly Timely Comics) struggled and reinvented itself transforming in 1961 into Marvel Comics.
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The history of superhero comic books continues with the Silver Age of comics in full swing. Learn about the raise in Marvel Comics and how other publishers, like Tower and Gold Key began publishing, eventually prompting King and M. F. Enterprises to enter the market.
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The history of superhero comic books continues with the demise of smaller publishers like Tower while giving rise to Paragon Publications and AC Comics, setting the stage for the developments yet to come.
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The history of superhero comic books continues with the struggle of the mid-1970's. Oil shortages put price pressures on the publishers and they began to experiment with new formats which would pay off in the years to come. New publishers also began to emerge.
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The history of superhero comic books continues with how comic books struggled through from 1976 to 1979. This period saw the first graphic novels and mini series published. More new companies, such as Eclipse and Warp Graphics began to release material. Marvel experimented with comics based on toys and independent comic book stores came the norm.
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