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INDEX
A
Achilles 26, 124, 160
Action Comics 59, 115, 120, 122, 165, 184
Adams, Neal 122, 147–148, 175, 176, 207, 214
Affleck, Ben 123, 152
Age of Horus 56, 59
Alba, Jessica 168
Alchemy 37, 38, 39, 42, 53, 131, 143
Alexander the Great 27
Alice Cooper 18
Aliens (film) 168, 196
All Story 75, 88
Allred, Mike 42
Amazing Stories 81–83, 98, 99, 109
Amazons (historical) 160, 162, 163
America's Best Comics 201
American Gods 203
American Revolution 40, 195
AMORC 39
Anarchism 33–34
Animal Man 204
Antichrist 56, 98, 167
Aphrodite 162, 163
A.R.E. 62
Argosy 73, 89, 94
Art Deco 193
Arthur, Arthurian mythos 77, 113, 132, 170, 181, 183, 194
Ascended Masters 48, 96, 114, 179, 181
Astral projection 88, 96, 127, 151
Atlantean Hall of Records 62
Atlantis 51, 62, 88, 93, 114, 127, 128, 177, 195, 206
Atom 138, 169, 170
Authority, The 171
Avenger, the 79, 81
Avengers (comics) 132, 159, 169, 170, 171, 198
Avengers (TV) 160 163
B
Bailey, Alice 28 (footnote), 52
Baker, Matt 165
Balder 29
Barker, Clive 213
Barsoom 88
Batman xiii, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 42, 80, 115, 145, 146–151, 152, 154, 155, 170, 171, 198, 204, 205, 206, 211
Beck, CC 124, 126, 139
Beowulf 29, 204
Besant, Anne 39, 50
Beyond Good and Evil 56
Bible, The xii, 4, 10, 27–28, 41–2
Billy Batson 11 124–126, 128, 131
Birdman 12, 130
Bixby, Bill 154
Black Bat 79
Black Canary 159, 165
Black Mask 75
Black Panther 195
Black Widow 152, 159, 164–165
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna 48, 49–53, 127, 179, 204
Bondage 160, 163, 165
Book Of The Law, The 57, 59
Books of Magic, The 203
Bowie, David 18
Brundage, Margaret 74, 84
Buck Rogers 83, 105
Budge, E.A. Wallis 32
Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Edward 45–49, 51, 52, 99, 198
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 75–77, 87–89
Burton, Sir Richard 32–33
Burton, Tim 16, 150–151
Byrne, John 176
C
Caesar, Julius 27
Cameron, James 168, 196, 215
Cameron, Joanne 127
Cameron, Marjorie 98, 168
Captain America xii, 11, 18, 109, 131–133, 140, 169, 171, 190, 191, 195, 198
Captain Marvel 10–11, 29, 83, 109, 113, 124–129, 131, 139, 162, 171, 184, 201, 211
Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) 126
Captain Marvel, Jr. 18, 126
Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers 196
Carson of Venus 89
Carter Hall 130–131
Carter, Lynda 164, 210
Catholicism xii, 77, 113, 126, 152, 183
Cayce, Edgar 55, 62, 96
Chabon, Michael 122
Chariots of the Gods 195
Charles Xavier (Professor X) 174, 177, 184
Chiklis, Michael 153
Christian Science 41–42, 96
Christianity, Christian themes 10, 18, 27, 28, 34, 41–43, 52, 55, 56, 57, 77, 81, 96, 98, 104, 113, 119, 120, 122, 123, 126, 139, 145, 167, 170, 209
Chromium Age 6–10, 209–210
Chymical Wedding 38
Civil Rights Movement 33, 154, 175
Civil War, American 35, 66
Civil War (comic series) 169
Claremont, Chris 176, 198
Clark Kent 122, 150
Cockrum, Dave 172, 176
Colan, Gene 152
Comic conventions 16–18, 97, 214, 218
Comics Code Authority 6, 137, 14, 6, 151, 154
Conan 84, 85, 94–96
Contendings of Horus and Set 24–26
Coyote 198, 199
Crowley, Aleister 34, 48, 53, 55, 57–59, 93, 97–99, 113, 184, 197, 198
D
DC Comics xii, 7, 10, 75, 77, 80, 89, 94, 108, 115, 117, 120, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 132, 135, 138, 147, 150, 151, 162, 164, 165, 169, 170, 171, 172, 17
3, 176, 190, 191, 198, 199, 202, 204–205, 207, 208, 211, 215
DC Universe 180, 194, 203
Daredevil 148, 152, 167, 168, 176
Darker than You Think 99
“Dark Phoenix Saga, The” 165, 167, 176
Darwin, Charles 35, 48, 70
David (Biblical character) 28, 119, 122, 124
De Camp, L. Sprague 85, 88
Death Wish 154
Dee, John 39
Defenders, The 169, 171, 198
Demon, The 194, 195, 206
Depression, the Great 3, 48, 77, 80, 83, 105, 112
Detective Comics 59, 146, 147, 198
Dewey, Thomas 107
Dime Novels 66, 73
Dirty Harry 154, 157
Ditko, Steve 139, 176, 180–181
Doc Savage 77, 79, 80–81, 132, 201
Doctor Fate 32, 170, 180–181
Doctor Occult (Doctor Mystic) 115–117, 126, 127, 180, 203
Doctor Sivana 183, 184
Doctor Taverner 97
Donenfeld, Harry 108, 120
Doom Patrol 204
Doyle, Arthur Conan 61, 66, 67–69, 72, 90
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 153
E
EC Comics 136
Eastwood, Clint 154
Eddy, Mary Baker 41–42
Egypt 18, 23–26, 32, 42, 46, 50, 59, 62, 72, 76, 90, 112, 115, 126, 127, 130, 170, 179, 180, 202, 209, 210
Egyptology 32, 90
Elektra 166–168
Elijah 28, 123
Emma Frost 165
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 43
Englehart, Steve 91, 197–199
Eternals, The 195, 197, 203–204
F
Fabian Socialists 71
Falcon, the 131, 195
Falk, Lee 107, 114, 115
Famous Funnies 104, 105
Fantastic Four, The 13, 128, 140–141, 153, 173–174, 185, 191, 193, 205
Fantomah 115
Fawcett Publishing 29, 74, 124, 126, 129, 179–180
Feldstein, Al 136
Female heroes, Silver and Bronze Age 165
Ferrigno, Lou 154
Flash, the 10, 117, 138, 147, 170, 209
Flash Gordon 75, 105
Flash Lightning 127
Flinders-Petrie, Sir William Matthew 26, 32
Fly, the 139
Forever People, The xii, 194
Fortune, Dion 53, 87, 91, 96–97
4400, The 3, 13, 48, 197, 204, 218
Fox sisters 34–35
Fox, Gardner 94, 130, 138, 170, 180
Frankenstein 33, 153, 195
Freemasonry 26, 32, 37, 39–43, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 57, 67, 70, 71, 88, 104, 124, 130, 132, 138, 169, 170, 184, 199, 210
From Hell 199, 201
Fu Manchu 90–91
G
Gaiman, Neil 11, 128, 202–204
Gaines, M.C. 105, 136, 162
Gaines, William 136
Galactus 140–141, 173
Gernsback, Hugo 83, 98, 108
Gibson, Walter 80, 85, 146
Gilgamesh 24
Gladiator, The 79, 81
Golden Age of Comics, the 32, 128, 138, 164, 173
Golden Dawn 18, 52–54, 57, 70, 71, 72, 90, 96, 117, 197
Golden Plates, The 42
Golem myth 143–146, 150, 153, 155, 162
Goodman, Martin 108–109, 131, 173, 191
Green Lantern 83, 112, 113, 138, 170, 209
H
Hammett, Dashiell 75
Harry Potter 113–114, 203, 218
Hawass, Zahi 62
Hawkman 32, 130–131, 170, 180, 209
Heinlein, Robert A. 83, 85, 98
Hellboy 205–207
Hellfire Club 165, 198
Hercules 19, 27, 28, 96, 122, 124, 127, 129, 160, 162
Hermes 26, 113, 209
Hermes Trismegistus 113
Heroes (TV) xiii, 3, 13, 197, 204, 214, 218
Heru 24, 126
Himalayas (Tibet) 50, 81, 114, 127, 181, 185, 204
Hippolyte 162–163
Hitler, Adolf 49, 59, 131
Hogan's Alley 104
Hogarth, William 103
Horus 19, 24–26, 38, 41, 53, 56, 59, 123, 126, 129, 130–131, 179, 209–210
Houdini, Harry 55, 60–62, 80, 90
Howard, Robert E. 84, 87, 91, 93, 94–96
Hubbard, L. Ron 98–99, 202
Hulk, the 91, 146, 153–154, 157, 171, 181
Human Torch, the 173, 193
I
Ibis the Invincible 179–180
Identity Crisis 169
Illuminati, The 177
Image Comics 7, 176, 209
Incredibles, The 13
Industrial Revolution 29, 31, 35, 48, 221
Infantino, Carmine 138, 147
Invisible Girl 165, 173, 193
Invisibles, The 204–205
Iron Man 18, 83, 145, 169, 171, 177
Isis 12, 19, 24, 26, 27, 41, 46, 51, 53, 77, 126, 127, 129, 210
Isis Unveiled 50–51
Island of Dr. Moreau, The 70, 129
“Israel Stele” 32
J
Jack the Ripper 199, 201
Jackman, Hugh 157
James Bond 75, 113
Janson, Klaus 152, 204
Jason and the Argonauts 27, 170
Jewel of Seven Stars, The 72
John Carter 88–89, 98
John Constantine 181–183, 199, 203
Judge Dredd 7
Julius Caesar 27
Jung, Carl 52, 56, 96, 221
Justice League (TV) 123, 130, 194
Justice League of America 10, 16, 123, 130, 163, 169, 170–171, 173, 176, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211
Justice Society of America 170
K
Kabbalah 51, 53, 89, 143–145, 150, 153, 155, 201
Kane, Bob 145, 146
Kane, Gil 138, 176
Keaton, Michael 150
King Tut's Tomb 32, 180
Kingdom Come 9–11, 14, 150, 164, 176, 209–211, 219
Kirby, Jack xii, xiii, 11, 18, 29, 109, 128–130, 131–132, 139, 140–141, 153–154, 171, 172–175, 176, 185, 189, 190–197, 198, 201, 203, 206, 207, 214, 215, 219
KISS 18
Knights Templar 39–40, 45, 57, 170, 210
Kubrick, Stanley 219
L
La Femme Nikita 168
La Guardia, Fiorello 84, 85, 107
Lair of the White Worm 72
Land That Time Forgot, The 89
Last Days of Pompeii, The 46, 51
Leadbetter, Charles 50
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The 75, 199
Lee, Jim 176
Lee, Stan 29, 81, 132, 139, 140–141, 152, 153, 171, 173, 175, 180, 190–191, 193, 199, 214, 218, 219
Legion of Super-Heroes 83, 123, 159, 172, 176
Lehner, Mark 62
Lethem, Jonathan 193, 215
Lewis, H. Spencer 39
Lex Luthor 10, 183, 184–185
Ley, Willy 49, 98
Liefeld, Rob 7, 10, 11, 16, 201
Little Nemo in Slumberland 104
Little Orphan Annie 105
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 123
Lois Lane 123, 165, 184
Loki 29, 129, 171
Lord Dunsany 93
Lord of the Rings 29, 113
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society 49, 74, 98
Lovecraft, Howard Phillips 46, 67, 72, 84, 87, 91–94, 180, 198, 199, 206
Lucas, George 193–194, 215
Lucis Trust 28, 52
M
Machine Man 196, 219
Madame Xanadu 198
“Madbomb Saga, The” 195
Magi 113
Magical Battle of Britain 97
Magneto 174, 175
Mandrake the Magician 107, 114–115, 179
Marilyn Manson 18
Marvel Comics xii, 7, 18, 72, 91, 108, 126, 128, 139, 140, 173
Marvel Comi
cs (periodical) 109, 127, 128
Marvel Universe 29, 128, 165, 169, 177, 203
Marvelman 11, 128, 199, 202
Marvels 9, 207, 209
Mary Marvel 126
Masons, see Freemasons
Master of Kung Fu 91
Mathers, McGregor 53, 57, 96
Matrix, The 12–13, 214
McFarlane, Todd 155
McKay, Winsor 104, 209
McKean, Dave 202, 203
McKenzie, Roger 152
Meltzer, Brad 169
Mercury, see also Hermes, Thoth 19, 26, 124, 132, 138, 162, 209
Merlin 77, 113, 194
Messiah (biblical) 28, 119–120, 122, 124, 141
Mignola, Mike 205–207
Miller, Frank 11, 19, 145, 148–150, 152, 155, 157, 167, 176, 203, 215, 222
Mills, Tarpe 165
Miss Fury 165
Mister Miracle xii, 18, 194, 198
Money laundering 107
Moore, Alan 11, 75, 94, 115, 128, 181, 183, 189, 190, 197, 199–202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 215, 222
Morals and Dogma 48
Morgaine Le Fey 181, 195
Mormonism 41, 42, 67
Morrison, Grant 123, 171, 204–205
Moses 28, 122
Marston, William Moulton 160, 162–163
Mr. Fantastic 173, 177, 193
Mundy, Talbot 74
Munsey, Frank 73–74
“Mutants” 112, 174–175
Mutt and Jeff 104
Mutus Liber 38
N
Nanotechnology 219
Necromonicon, The 93
Neoclassicism 19, 210
Netjer 24
New Gods, the xii, 194, 196
Nick Carter 66, 74–75, 79
Nietzsche, Freidrich 55–56, 131, 148 9/11 4, 11, 12, 16, 19
Nolan, Christopher 16, 151
Nowlan, Philip 83
O
Odin 29, 129
Odyssey, The 27
Olcott, Henry Steele 50
OMAC 11, 129–130
O'Neil, Denny 147
Oneida Community 34
Open Conspiracy, The 71
Ordo Templi Orientalis (OTO) 34, 57, 59, 93, 98, 184, 197
Organized crime, gangs 4, 75, 77, 107, 108, 120, 145, 146, 150, 152, 155, 183, 217
Orlando, Joe 151
Osiris 24, 26, 53, 59, 126, 129, 172, 179, 210
Outcault, Richard 104
P
Parker, Bill 124, 180
Parsons, Jack 97–99, 168, 184
Pellucidar 89
Penny Dreadfuls 65–66, 73
Perez, George 164, 172, 207
Peter, H.G. 162, 163
Phantasmo 113, 127
Phantom Lady 165
Phantom Magician, the 114–115
Phantom, the 7, 107, 114
Pike, Albert 48
Plastic Man 172, 201
Poe, Edgar Allan 66–67, 72, 83, 84, 93, 206
Prague 143
Prince Valiant 77
Prohibition 77, 107
Promethea 201
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