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Seen on: 01/06/2011

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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)

Directed by Mac Carter

Documentary | History

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Rated NR | Length 90 minutes

Actors

David Cronenberg | Christopher Nolan | Frank Miller | Bob Kane | Richard Donner | Frank Langella | Bryan Singer | Ryan Reynolds | Francis Lawrence | James McTeigue | Alan Moore | George Reeves | Zack Snyder | Ronald Reagan | Christopher Reeve | Jerry Siegel | Joe Shuster | Ilya Salkind | Margot Kidder | John F. Kennedy | Neil Gaiman | Pat Boone | Richard Nixon | Alexander Salkind | Lynda Carter | Sam Huntington | Dwayne McDuffie | Nancy Reagan | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Marv Wolfman | Len Wein | Jim Lee | Geoff Johns | Grant Morrison | J. Edgar Hoover | Dan Didio | Denny O'Neil | Mark Waid | Margaret Thatcher | Kyle Baker | Pat Nixon | Walt Simonson | William Moulton Marston | Paul Levitz | Neal Adams | Irwin Hasen | Louise Simonson | Karen Berger | William M. Gaines | Joe Kubert | Mike Carlin | Jerry Ordway | Gerard Jones | Chip Kidd | Paul Pope | Julius Schwartz | Harry Donenfeld | Irwin Donenfeld | Jack Liebowitz

Viewing Notes

Provides an adequate history of DC Comics and its superheroes from their origin to present day including the struggles after the war when people no longer craved hero comics. Nothing majorly new here but nice to see the creators give their perspective.

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