I picked up this book today for Austin to use on his senior paper and my personal enjoyment. It was a used copy but other then some minor creases in the cover it seems to be in pretty excellent shape.
I’ve always been more of a DC girl, but Austin’s romanticized the Marvel universe since we’ve started dating.
Barnes and Noble describes the book as an “oversized collector’s style guide[.] Marvel: The Characters and Their Universe, covers the history of the national obsession, the marvel influence on media, and the best loved characters including the Incredible Hulk and X-Men, and ends with a look at new worlds to conquer. Full of stunning 4-color photographs, movie stills, original comic art, and animation drawings, this is a vibrant and colorful tribute to the incredible cultural phenomenon.”
The book is dated so it doesn’t include any of the recent adaptions of Iron Man, Hulk, etc. or mention post production films such as Thor and Captain America. I guess the next superhero related book I’m looking into are both DC and Marvel Encyclopedias released by DC Publishing. While looking for information on more recent adaptations I found these Watchman related videos. My favorite is the Watchman Saturday Morning Cartoon (spoof?). I would not recommend watching it until you’ve finished all twelve issues as it contains several spoilers.
The website, Comic Book Movie, actually has some pretty interesting articles on its home page, I suggest checking those out when you visit the site.

Austin and I got to watch “Let the Right One In,” tonight. It is a Swedish, poorly dubbed, vampire movie. Poor dubbing is sometimes acceptable (like in the case of High Tension), so that was overlooked. Other then that I thought the film was somewhat mediocre. The movie was bloody enough but probably lost its intensity in the dubbing. Tomorrow my parents are leaving for Grand Lodge!