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Marvel's Behind the Mask

Nodded at me and he looked at it,put it all together, handed it back, and he said, "This...

Nodded at me and he looked at it,
put it all together, handed it back, and he said, "This is really great, kid, "but we already got
a colored artist working here."

Full Transcript

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Nodded at me and he looked at it, put it all together, handed it back,
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and he said, "This is really great, kid,
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"but we already got a colored artist working here."
Duration
9 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:51
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Marvel New Media,Strike Anywhere,Tarmac Creative

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Movie Summary

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.
Shortly after that, I was up at Marvel and I met the editor at the time. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:29
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 00:22
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 00:18
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 00:07
So I had no sense, when I started writing Black characters,
Moving into the '70s, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:15
Moving into the '70s,
I think it's because he was one of the first African-American superheroes - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:24
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 00:13
The way he talks, the way he acts,
It's like what white people think slang is. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:25
It's like what white people think slang is.
I tried to tell good stories that respected the character, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:20
I tried to tell good stories that respected the character,
It's rare for me to craft a story - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:12
It's rare for me to craft a story
I wrote Luke Cage for a long time. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:13
I wrote Luke Cage for a long time.
I think that it does start out as this exploitative piece, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:09
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 00:14
To go from, say, like this kind of jive-talkin',
I think identity in comics is huge. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:34
I think identity in comics is huge.
Rubbley-ub-dub, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:22
Rubbley-ub-dub,
For instance, at the end of the heyday of the Golden Age of comics, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:16
For instance, at the end of the heyday of the Golden Age of ...
Larry Hama talks about this. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:33
Larry Hama talks about this.
There were no Black people - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:19
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 00:13
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 00:19
Gabe Jones ends up looking more gray and more like stone in ...