Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing...
Author
Language
English
Description
A burnt-out soldier returns home from World War II, then vanishes after meeting his gifted young nephew. The nephew grows up to create underground comic books, including one featuring a World War II fighting hero inspired by his uncle. In the present day, the comic book is rediscovered and inspires a multimillion-dollar superhero action film whose workings two-time Academy Award-winning actor Hanks should detail with verve and grace.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 696 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This updated edition of 2004's award-winning encyclopedia traces developments in the popular genre; new shows; latest films; and covers more superheroes. Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries, and data on arch-villains, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos, but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...
6) Kick-Ass
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ordinary teenager and rabid comic-book geek Dave Lizewski captures the imagination of the public when he becomes the no-nonsense vigilante, Kick-Ass. After he teams up with the fearless father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, the three work together to take down the criminal empire of local Mafioso Frank D'Amico. But when D'Amico's son Chris is reborn as Red Mist, the showdown between the forces of good and evil will force Kick-Ass...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
The history of Wonder Woman stretches back three quarters of a century. In 1941, psychologist William Moulton Marston saw the explosion of popularity around superheroes as an opportunity. He would, he decided, create a character that would embody his belief that women had the natural power to eradicate violence by gifting the fractious world of men with their inherent love, beauty, tolerance and understanding. Marston's previous claim to fame had...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
13) Supergirl
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[Blu-ray/DVD combo edition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (125, 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Though Superman grew up believing himself to be the Last Son of Krypton, part of his home planet survived: Argo City, home of his uncle, Zor-El, and Zor-El's wife, Alura. Saved by the wizardry of Zaltar and the Omegahedron, their daughter Kara comes of age as a Kryptonian when a disaster whisks the Omegahedron to her cousin's adoptive planet, Earth. Dispatched to rescue it from the clutches of the evil sorceress Selena, Kara must tackle a steep learning...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A secret group of Mexican superheroes are forced by destiny to include their adopted gringo into their group to join the fight to save humanity. Will the car salesman and local TV personality carry his weight and save the day?
15) Iron Man 2
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 2 Blu-rays (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 388 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spider-Man: After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate,...
17) Ant-man
Language
English
Formats
Description
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
18) Batman: Hush
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD combo].
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When threads from Batman's past begin to unravel, the race is on for the Dark Knight to crack Hush's deadly game.
19) Daredevil
Language
English
Formats
Description
By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, a man without fear. He's a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to see with superhuman capabilities. When the love of his life is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin and his deadly assassin, Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.
20) Green Lantern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite force of protectors for peace and justice has existed for centuries. They are the Green Lantern Corps. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the Corps' newest recruit, the first human ever selected, Hal Jordan"--Container.
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase