Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the history of superheroes in American comic books. It uses interviews with many artists, writers, and actors to explain how these characters and stories evolved over decades.

informativenostalgicfast-pacedreverentconversationalinsightfullivelyeducational

What happens

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle is a 2013 three-part American television documentary series about superheroes written and directed by Michael Kantor and narrated by actor Liev Schreiber. The production company was Ghost Light Films and Oregon Public Broadcasting and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The three-hour series features interviews with over fifty comic book artists, creators and actors. The series was originally broadcast over a single evening. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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