Marvelous Rise of Superheroes in Cinema

Marvelous Rise of Superheroes in Cinema: Evolution of the Genre from Sequels to Universes addresses the superhero movie genre’s transformation between 1978 and 2019. To emphasize andillustrate the conceptual and thematic transformation, the main conventions of the genre arescanned through several periods, focusing on the developmental age of the genre, including thedominant period of DC Comics-based superhero movies (1978-1997) and the Marvel “boom”(2000-2007), and the contemporary age. For this purpose, the book traces the fundamentals ofsuperheroes from the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1 (1938) to the final installmentof the MCU’s Phase 3, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). The transformation has two significantpoints. First, the genre’s main conventions have been in a change. Second, the genre’s focushas changed from sequel filmmaking to the universe concept. The study investigates the MarvelCinematic Universe’s dominant, leading, and major role in the genre’s evolutionary process.Besides, the future of the superhero movie genre is questioned through the multiverse concept tobroaden an understanding of the genre’s following directions.