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The comic book story of professional wrestling : a hardcore, high-flying, no-holds-barred history of the one true sport / Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno ; colors by Len O'Grady, Brad Simpson, Allen Passalaqua, and Jay Moreno ; letters by Rus Wooton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sitterson, Aubrey, author.
- Moreno, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
- World Wrestling Federation.
- National Wrestling Alliance.
- Wrestling--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Wrestling.
- Lucha libre--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Lucha libre.
- National Wrestling Alliance--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World Championship Wrestling, Inc--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World Championship Wrestling, Inc.
- History.
- World Wrestling Federation--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2018]
- Summary:
- A history of wrestling covers the sport's progress from the carnival days to the dominance of the World Wrestling Federation and the current diverse independent wrestling scene. As a pop culture phenomenon, professional wrestling--with its heroic babyfaces and villainous heels performing suplexes and powerbombs in pursuit of championship gold--has conquered audiences in the United States and around the world. Now, writer/podcaster Aubrey Sitterson and illustrator Chris Moreno form a graphic novel tag team to present wrestling's complete illustrated history. Featuring legendary wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, and The Rock, and modern-day favorites like John Cena, Kenny Omega, and Sasha Banks, the book covers wrestling's progress from the carnival days of the Gold Dust Trio to the dominance of the WWF/WWE to today's diverse independent wrestling scene, and it spotlights wrestling's reach into Mexico/Puerto Rico (lucha libre), the U.K. (all-in), and Japan (puroresu).
- Contents:
- Carnival origins and the early days
- The gold dust trio and becoming entertainment
- A national wrestling alliance
- The masked men and women of lucha libre
- All-in in the U.K
- Puroresu, strong style, and King's Road
- The golden age
- The Monday night wars
- The new millennium.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780399580499
- 0399580492
- OCLC:
- 1015280773
- Publisher Number:
- 99978795026
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