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Marvel's Behind the Mask

When I get on that mic, I'm no longer mild-mannered,Catholic school kid wearing glasses,...

When I get on that mic, I'm no longer mild-mannered,
Catholic school kid wearing glasses, nerdy,
comic-book-reading, straight-A student. I transform into the mighty

Full Transcript

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When I get on that mic,
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I'm no longer mild-mannered, Catholic school kid
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wearing glasses, nerdy, comic-book-reading, straight-A student.
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I transform into the mighty...
Duration
11 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:23
Uploaded
May 25, 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.
Now it means "The Devastating, Mic-Controlling," DMC. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:05
Now it means "The Devastating, Mic-Controlling," D...
A superhero like D when it comes to war - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:11
A superhero like D when it comes to war
The one choice that got made very early on - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:19
The one choice that got made very early on
It was an idealized version of whatever New York was, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:12
It was an idealized version of whatever New York was,
Stan Lee was a genius because the superheroes was really in New York City. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:08
Stan Lee was a genius because the superheroes was really in ...
Stan was so ahead of the curve. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:06
Stan was so ahead of the curve.
'Cause if you're growing up in the '60s, in those incredibly turbulent times. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:04
'Cause if you're growing up in the '60s, in t...
The civil rights movement, the women's lib movement. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:10
The civil rights movement, the women's lib movement.
Stuff is going on everywhere. It's in the news. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:09
Stuff is going on everywhere. It's in the news.
Steve Ditko, he would just start sticking characters of color into crowd scenes. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:05
Steve Ditko, he would just start sticking characters of colo...
There'd be a bunch of kids at Peter Parker's high school - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:32
There'd be a bunch of kids at Peter Parker's high ...
Again, I can't really talk to the whole comic book industry, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:07
Again, I can't really talk to the whole comic book indu...
Ten years ago we had a book called Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:04
Ten years ago we had a book called Sgt. Fury and His Howling...
We billed it as the war magazine for people who hate war magazines. - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:08
We billed it as the war magazine for people who hate war mag...
And Sgt. Fury's platoon had a Jewish boy named Izzy Cohen, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:16
And Sgt. Fury's platoon had a Jewish boy named Izzy Coh...
And not in a token way - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:06
And not in a token way
And the one that sort of changed the game in terms of, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:09
And the one that sort of changed the game in terms of,
He was debuted in Fantastic Four, and Fantastic Four was, at the time, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:49
He was debuted in Fantastic Four, and Fantastic Four was, at...
For the readers, you know, when T'Challa takes off his mask, - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:23
For the readers, you know, when T'Challa takes off his ...
"That's where I want to be." - Marvel's Behind the Mask 00:11
"That's where I want to be."