Never before has the fantastic fours complete history been collected in such a comprehensive volume. Encyclopedia of comic book heroes sc 1976 warnercollier. Atlanta journalconstitution this comprehensive encyclopedia of comic books and super heroes provides a detailed look at both famous and obscure characters and publications from the past eighty years of comics. Influenced early in his career by kirby, steranko rapidly developed a reputation for originality, especially with his work for marvel comics. Now, marvel comics is proud to present the definitive guide to this groundbreaking title. Ever since comic books first came to be, some writers and artists have sought to use the medium as a vehicle to get across messages draped in social commentary. Far from home absolute carnage everyone is a target. This category collects cover images that are scans, in whole or in part, as published by marvel comics. Today, comic books are as popular as ever, and the comic book industry is a milliondollar business that includes movies, television series, toys, costumes, and many other items. This includes material either owned at the time by dc or licensed from other companies. This includes material either owned at the time by marvel or licensed from other companies. Dc comics is one of the largest and oldest american comic book companies, which is best well known for making superhero comic books.
Marvel comics, american media and entertainment company that was widely regarded as one of the big two publishers in the comic industry. Matt forbeck has been writing and designing games, novels, comics, and more for more than 20 years. Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with any used. Marvel v1 1 captain marvel marvel comics wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Apr 01, 2012 with nearly 200 entries examining more than 1,000 heroes, icons and their place in popular culture, it is the first comprehensive profile of superheroes across all media, following their path from comic book stardom to radio, television, movies, and novels. To add a picture to this category, type comiccover to the bottom of the images description page. Encyclopedia of comic book heroes sc 1976 warnercollierharmony books comic books.
New and expanded, this lavishly illustrated, jampacked encyclopedia covers more than 1,200 of the classic dc characters, including batman, the flash, aquaman, wonder woman and many more, created by comics giant dc. Buy a cheap copy of dc comics encyclopedia book by robert greenberger. In order to capitalize on the growing popularity of comic booksespecially those starring superheroesgoodman created timely comics. Written by religious scholar and head of the transylvania society of draculas american chapter, j. Moderate to heavy notes, marking, highlighting, noticeable wear and tear, worn covers, crease pages. Pflaum and distributed in parochial schools from 1946 to 1972 its inspirational stories of sports and folk heroes, saints, school kids, catholic living, history, science and similar topics were drawn by artists that included such. With nearly 200 entries examining more than 1,000 heroes, icons and their place in popular culture, it is the first comprehensive profile of superheroes across all media, following their path. Animation resources depends on your contributions to support its services to the worldwide animation community. Littered with black and white illustrations and smart, concise entries, the world encyclopedia of comics remains an countless pieces of comic book history remain buried inside this massive, oversized 790 page tome that have yet to make it online.
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. It wants to cover as much ground as possible, and cover it right. Marvel comics database is a wiki anyone can edit, full of characters like spiderman, wolverine, iron man, and the hulk, comic books, and movies. Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels greenwood. Issue numbers 5, 8, 11, 19, all illustrated in the gerbers photojournal guide to comic books, have photo covers. Each volunteer covers one publisher or a small group of publishers d publishers. It is the publishing unit of dc entertainment, a subsidiary of walt disney studios, which itself is owned by the walt disney company. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Images in this category are scanned images of a comic book cover.
Jack kirby based his comicbook character mr miracle super escape artist 1971 on steranko. Most charactersgroups get a small history of the character along. See more ideas about vintage comics, comic book covers and vintage comic books. Such images are used under a fair use claim as allowed under united states law. Soon, all the covers were devoted to an original comic book superhero called the owl, just one of a flood of superheroes dominating comics after the appearance of superman in 1938.
Media in category comic book covers the following 111 files are in this category, out of 111 total. See more ideas about classic comics, comic book covers and comic covers. Enormous legend of zelda encyclopedia book coming to north america next year the 320page book features item and enemy descriptions, an. With nearly 200 entries examining more than 1,000 heroes, icons and. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
During the preparation of a comic book, a variety of art materials may be used to create the original handdrawn page masters and color guides. Initially, the covers were of the same paper stock as the interiors. Mar 27, 2020 the new mutants comic book encyclopedia vol 1 covers complete guide to marvel comics history and marvel comic database. Heres an ultimate encyclopedia that lives up to its billing. Batman vol 01 original encyclopedia of comic book heroes paperback may 2, 2007 by michael l. This boldly colorful and totally comprehensive guide to allthingscomics features the best and brightest comic books, comic series, graphic novels, artists, writers and popular characters spanning the last seventy years of the genre.
Although comic books would later embrace a variety of genres, including war, western, romance, crime, horror. Attorney at law video game, and marvel heroes battle dice. Batman vol 01 original encyclopedia of comic book heroes. Jack kirby based his comicbook character mr miracle super escape artist 1971. See more ideas about comic art, free comics and comic books. Its parent company, marvel entertainment, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the disney company. Oct 10, 2012 the complete sonic comic encyclopedia is the official go to resource for details on the archiesonic canon, comprised of a number of data files detailing characters, places, and events from the archie sonic the hedgehog comic universe. This entry was posted on saturday, september 17th, 2011 at 11. Marvel encyclopedia hc 20032004 marvel comics edition. Golden age of comic books wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. This book is alive with detail, generous with comic book cover reproductions, comprehensive, colorful, accurate, and, most of all, entertaining.
The more modern encyclopedia covers a longer expanse of time, of course, but. Marvel comics captain america, and fawcett publications captain marvel all defined what comic book historians and collectors term the golden age of comic books. As a unique, onevolume encyclopedia of more than 1,000 characters created by dc comics, this is the book that all comic book fans have been waiting for. Original encyclopedia of comic book heroes, volume 3. A common comicbook cover format displays the issue number, date, price and publisher along with an illustration and cover copy that may include a storys title. The ultimate guide to characters, graphic novels, writers, and artists in the comic book universe by ron goulart 2004, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your. The new mutants comic book encyclopedia vol 1 covers complete guide to marvel comics history and marvel comic database. The dc comics encyclopedia is a true essential for any comic book fan and a vital addition to every dc fans shelf. The ultimate encyclopedia of comicbook icons and hollywood heroes is the comprehensive guide to all those characters whose impossible feats have graced the pages of comic books for the past one hundred years. Other characters i wasnt able to find any information on, much less read their stories. Sixissue summer editions were published in 1966 and 1967. Books george salters covers giant books gold medal books graphic books greatest book covers greatest novels of all time handi books harmony books hillman books hip hop books.
A comic book is a bound collection of strips, each of which typically tells a single story or a gag joke in a few panels or else a segment of a continuous story. Gordon melton, the vampire book is an impressive attempt at a comprehensive reference work on vampire lore, from the emergence of documented vampire folklore in the 11th century to the present fascination with vampires in literature, film, and our popular culture. A 4colour, illustrated bestofthebest of the comic book world with writerscreators who launched an industry jack kirby, stan lee, amazing graphic novels preacher, the watcher, legendary artists jim lee and characters as wideranging as archie, the gay ghost, batman, blue devil and the fantastic four. Dc comics simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Articles on this website are kept up to date, and may. Never before has there been a single volume of superheroes, graphic. This book covers it all, from their first days to the teams landmark 500th issue and beyond. The dc comics encyclopedia contains profiles and information on most of the characters in the dc universe up to the year of 2004.
A comic book or comicbook, 1 2 also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent. Some characterssome comicsfrom that era didnt survive. This category collects cover images that are scans, in whole or in part, as published by dc comics. Enormous legend of zelda encyclopedia book coming to north.
Im not sure about the covers on issues 2629 the other 20s have painted covers, however bob overstreets comic book price guide says that issues 35, 36, and 42108 all have photo covers. The definitive guide to the characters of the dc universe. Mobius encyclopaedia started in september 2007, and currently consists of 3,250 articles spoilers warning. The complete sonic comic encyclopedia mobius encyclopaedia. Marvel encyclopedia by matt forbeck, daniel wallace.
Most of the more popular newspaper comic strips eventually are collected over a varying period of time and published in book form. If you love comics and comic book art, the comic book encyclopedia is going to blow your mind. Meanwhile, in 1940, republic pictures produced the 12 chapter serial adventures of red ryder starring donald barry, ever after known as red in the title role. From the golden and silver ages to the bronze and modern ages, they are all here. Please note, such images should be tagged with nonfree comic and have a nonfree use rationale explaining the images use in each individual article. To add a picture to this category, type comic cover to the bottom of the images description page. Comic book sales declined with the spread of television and mass market paperback books after world war ii, but regained popularity in the late 1950s and the 1960s as comic books audience expanded to include college students who favored the naturalistic, superheroes in the real world trend initiated by stan lee at marvel comics. This rubric covers the comic strip in daily and sunday newspapers, european comic papers and the usstyle comic book. The impressive thing is, it succeeds this encyclopedia is inspiring, and as a reference tool it is going to get a lot of use. The precursor to marvel comics was founded in 1939 by pulp magazine publisher martin goodman. Independent and alternative companies, more prone to explicit and nonconformist portrayals of sex and gender, do not belong to the comics code authority.
Learn about marvel comicss characters and prominent writers and artists. Still in effect, the comics code covers only the mainstream comic book industry. The ultimate encyclopedia of comic book icons and hollywood heroes is the comprehensive guide to all those characters whose impossible feats have graced the pages of comic books for the past one hundred years. See more ideas about comic covers, comic book covers and comic books. Welcome to mobius encyclopaedia mobius encyclopaedia is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to the archie sonic the hedgehog universe. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Crumb to art spiegelman, youll find longlost histories and littleknown details about all the important heroes, villains, artists and writers in the comics world.
The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database. The ultimate guide to characters, graphic novels, writers, and artists in the comic book universe, while it is lavishly printed and illustrated, will please newer comics fans with its attention to creators and series of the last 15 years, and will also placate those interested in comics of the early days of the. The gorgeous new comic book encyclopedia has the lowdown on just about every comic book ever created, as well as the folks who created them. Don winslow of the navy dennis the menace giant best of dc coleccion vertigo spain factorx spanish buzzy daffy duck a date with judy fawcetts funny animals crazy magazine flintstones dutch. Comic book characters like dcs batman, wonder woman, and green lantern. Ron goulart never before has there been a single volume like the comic book encyclopedia, a onestop shopping guide to the best comics, graphic novels, artists, writers, and characters of the comic book.