Award winning director Ron Mann"s (Grass, Twist) loving, comic-book-style homage provides the inside scoop on one of the most colorful and popular of all American art forms. From the fantastic adventures of superheroes Spiderman, Captain America, and Batman to the realism of American Splendor, from the terror of Tales from the Crypt to the sophisticated commentary of Maus and the pure insanity of MAD, Comic Book Confidential treats comics with the esteem they deserve.