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Marvel's Behind the Mask

Meet the writers and artists behind characters like Black Panther, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, the X-Men, Captain Marvel, and many other characters in the Marvel Universe, highlighting their impact on pop culture and media.

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Mike Jacobs

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Marvel New Media,Strike Anywhere,Tarmac Creative

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Nodded at me and he looked at it,
put it all together, handed it back, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Nodded at me and he looked at it, put it all together, hande...

Shortly after that, I was up at Marvel
and I met the editor at the time. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Shortly after that, I was up at Marvel and I met the editor ...

On any typical day at Marvel Comic,
there was an open door policy, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

On any typical day at Marvel Comic, there was an open door p...

I can't express enough how much
fun these lunatics were who worked there. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I can't express enough how much fun these lunatics were...

So I had no sense,
when I started writing Black characters, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So I had no sense, when I started writing Black characters,

Moving into the '70s, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Moving into the '70s,

I think it's because he was one
of the first African-American superheroes - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I think it's because he was one of the first African-Am...

The way he talks, the way he acts, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The way he talks, the way he acts,

It's like what white people
think slang is. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's like what white people think slang is.

I tried to tell good stories
that respected the character, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I tried to tell good stories that respected the character,

It's rare for me to craft a story - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's rare for me to craft a story

I wrote Luke Cage for a long time. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I wrote Luke Cage for a long time.

I think that it does start out
as this exploitative piece, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I think that it does start out as this exploitative piece,

To go from, say,
like this kind of jive-talkin', - Marvel's Behind the Mask

To go from, say, like this kind of jive-talkin',

I think identity in comics is huge. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I think identity in comics is huge.

Rubbley-ub-dub, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Rubbley-ub-dub,

For instance, at the end of the heyday
of the Golden Age of comics, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

For instance, at the end of the heyday of the Golden Age of ...

Larry Hama talks about this. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Larry Hama talks about this.

There were no Black people - Marvel's Behind the Mask

There were no Black people

And Stan had to call him up
and kind of ream them out over it - Marvel's Behind the Mask

And Stan had to call him up and kind of ream them out over i...

Gabe Jones ends up looking more gray
and more like stone in a lot of issues - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Gabe Jones ends up looking more gray and more like stone in ...

You can yell and pound the desk
all you want. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

You can yell and pound the desk all you want.

It's more lasting and it has more meaning
if you become part of what it is - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's more lasting and it has more meaning if you become...

"What are you guys, crazy?" - Marvel's Behind the Mask

"What are you guys, crazy?"

Since everybody in the cast was Wakandan, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Since everybody in the cast was Wakandan,

Don McGregor, his Black Panther
was a cutting-edge series at the time. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Don McGregor, his Black Panther was a cutting-edge series at...

So the Black Panther, he's in Africa.
It's deep, dark Africa. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So the Black Panther, he's in Africa. It's deep, d...

Wait a second.
This is not a trope anymore. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Wait a second. This is not a trope anymore.

There was a resurgence
of the Ku Klux Klan at the time... - Marvel's Behind the Mask

There was a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan at the time...

This goes right to the heart of, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

This goes right to the heart of,

As the books went along,
it became more and more apparent - Marvel's Behind the Mask

As the books went along, it became more and more apparent

They wanted
the Avengers to be brought in - Marvel's Behind the Mask

They wanted the Avengers to be brought in

"And he'll take care
of the important issues." - Marvel's Behind the Mask

"And he'll take care of the important issues."...

There was a tendency under Stan,
and whatever his strengths were, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

There was a tendency under Stan, and whatever his strengths ...

He tended to treat
all of the female characters - Marvel's Behind the Mask

He tended to treat all of the female characters

Beautiful, but not too bright.
A female character has to be rescued. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Beautiful, but not too bright. A female character has to be ...

So one really interesting thing
about Marvel's history - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So one really interesting thing about Marvel's history

They were doing
Linda Carter, Student Nurse, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

They were doing Linda Carter, Student Nurse,

The heroines tend to have lesser powers. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The heroines tend to have lesser powers.

Originally,
her power was basically to hide. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Originally, her power was basically to hide.

So these powers where - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So these powers where

The power where you can look good
while affecting those around you. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The power where you can look good while affecting those arou...

And strides have been made
with every subsequent generation. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

And strides have been made with every subsequent generation.

Stan wanted me
to create a female superhero - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Stan wanted me to create a female superhero

Women's lib was big.
We'll do a female super. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Women's lib was big. We'll do a female super.

In fact, in the first issue, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

In fact, in the first issue,

She's got the Gloria Steinem glasses
and part down the middle. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

She's got the Gloria Steinem glasses and part down the ...

But the Marvel Universe heroes
are ground level heroes. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But the Marvel Universe heroes are ground level heroes.

They are people who have problems - Marvel's Behind the Mask

They are people who have problems

Our characters are fundamentally
about who they are behind the mask, right? - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Our characters are fundamentally about who they are behind t...

But then, anything that anyone knows
about Carol Danvers is the costume. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But then, anything that anyone knows about Carol Danvers is ...

It's a bathing suit
with thigh-high boots and a sash, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's a bathing suit with thigh-high boots and a sash,

But it was a different time,
and the male gaze was at the forefront. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But it was a different time, and the male gaze was at the fo...

It's like a different version
of womanhood, and femininity, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's like a different version of womanhood, and feminin...

It's not that we need
women to be badasses, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's not that we need women to be badasses,

Socially acceptable way, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Socially acceptable way,

My mom, when she was
in college, ended up joining the RAF - Marvel's Behind the Mask

My mom, when she was in college, ended up joining the RAF

They wouldn't let her be one - Marvel's Behind the Mask

They wouldn't let her be one

So she ended up serving on a radar station
on the south coast of Britain in 1940, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So she ended up serving on a radar station on the south coas...

It's what we think of as
The All-New, All-Different X-Men - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It's what we think of as The All-New, All-Different X-M...

Maybe it was the time, maybe it was
coming off of the civil rights era - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Maybe it was the time, maybe it was coming off of the civil ...

The X-Men
of the '70s is totally fascinating, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The X-Men of the '70s is totally fascinating,

If we look at the X-Men of the early '60s, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

If we look at the X-Men of the early '60s,

The X-Men of the 1970s reinvigorates
the imagined category of the mutant, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The X-Men of the 1970s reinvigorates the imagined category o...

The whole point for me
of the X-Men has been, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The whole point for me of the X-Men has been,

The X-Men were
the first superheroes who were the same, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The X-Men were the first superheroes who were the same,

The idea of wearing masks,
it just didn't fit. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

The idea of wearing masks, it just didn't fit.

But if I'm born this way, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But if I'm born this way,

Chris was pretty ahead of the curve - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Chris was pretty ahead of the curve

When you really look back on it, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

When you really look back on it,

He was also doing the early versions - Marvel's Behind the Mask

He was also doing the early versions

What is so fascinating
about the X-Men in this period, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

What is so fascinating about the X-Men in this period,

Gay liberation,
that social movement is saying, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Gay liberation, that social movement is saying,

Like, "Oh, you can revel in this thing
that makes you different." - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Like, "Oh, you can revel in this thing that makes you d...

If you found the X-Men, you suddenly found
a community of people who knew you. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

If you found the X-Men, you suddenly found a community of pe...

Comics were a great place to hide, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Comics were a great place to hide,

So, the queer part of me
always loved the isolation, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So, the queer part of me always loved the isolation,

I turn my back on AIDS. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I turn my back on AIDS.

There was a movement going on
because of the AIDS crisis, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

There was a movement going on because of the AIDS crisis,

There are different ways - Marvel's Behind the Mask

There are different ways

So, you say being a mutant is like being
a racial minority in the United States. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

So, you say being a mutant is like being a racial minority i...

"I can't always be a fictional metaphor
because I'm a living human." - Marvel's Behind the Mask

"I can't always be a fictional metaphor because I&...

I mean, they tried. They really did try. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

I mean, they tried. They really did try.

Northstar was
the first out gay Marvel character - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Northstar was the first out gay Marvel character

But the writer of the series - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But the writer of the series

It was nobody's intention,
but it's a really bad set of comics. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

It was nobody's intention, but it's a really bad s...

If that's the only image you see
of an entire group of people, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

If that's the only image you see of an entire group of ...

But you let a character live and breathe
in multiple dimensions, it's a person. - Marvel's Behind the Mask

But you let a character live and breathe in multiple dimensi...

To introduce characters
who come from different walks of life, - Marvel's Behind the Mask

To introduce characters who come from different walks of lif...

Run 'em through the mill
that we run every Marvel character through - Marvel's Behind the Mask

Run 'em through the mill that we run every Marvel chara...

Marvel's Behind the Mask poster

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Meet the writers and artists behind characters like Black Panther, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, the X-Men, Captain Marvel, and many other characters in the Marvel Universe, highlighting their impact on pop culture and media.

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Director: Mike Jacobs

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Production: Marvel New Media,Strike Anywhere,Tarmac Creative

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 6.5

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Released: 12 Feb 2021

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