If you're a baby boomer hoping to find some profitable interest in your childhood fare, a new comic crusader lured by Hollywood blockbusters, or an avid collector seeking the latest listings and values, you'll benefit from the straightforward approach of this long-standing comic book reference. &break;&break;Organized alphabetically by major publishers, beginning with DC and Marvel, then on to miscellaneous Golden Age, black and white, and color titles from scale publishers, you can quickly located and assess comics from among the 95,000 featured.

Superman/Nightwing crossover part 2 of 2! Nightwing promised Clark Kent that while he’s off-planet, Nightwing would look after Clark’s son, Jon, as he tries to fill his father’s shoes as Superman. But with someone out there murdering superpowered people, is Nightwing in over his head? Read Nightwing #89 for part 1 of this crossover story!

An illustrated history of the most influential and unique humor magazine in post-war America.

In America, comics and comic books have often been associated with adolescent male fantasy--muscle-bound superheroes and scantily clad women. Nonetheless, comics have also been read and enjoyed by girls. While there have been many strong representations of women throughout their history, the comics of today have evolved and matured, becoming a potent medium in which to explore the female experience, particularly that of girlhood and adolescence. In Girls and Their Comics: Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative, Jacqueline Danziger-Russell contends that comics have a unique place in the representation of female characters. She discusses the overall history of the comic book, paying special attention to girls' comics, showing how such works relate to a female point of view. While examining the concept of visual literacy, Danziger-Russell asserts that comics are an excellent space in which the marginalized voices of girls may be expressed. This volume also includes a chapter on manga (Japanese comics), which explains the genesis of girls' comics in Japan and their popularity with girls in the United States. Including interviews with librarians, comic creators, and girls who read comics and manga, Girls and Their Comics is an important examination of the growing interest in comic books among young females and will appeal to a wide audience, including literary theorists, teachers, librarians, popular culture and women's studies scholars, and comic book historians.

Excerpt from The Comic Annual IT is with sincere gratification that I pro claim, for the third time, the banns between this Annual and the Public; for when a work has thus been regularly asked out, there seems a likeli hood that the reader intends to cleave unto it for the future. I am duly sensible of the distinction. The late Dr. Gregory, in his Legacy, has said, that a female ought to be ready to bestow her afi'ection on an admirer, out of mere gratitude for his preference; and on the same principle the Comic feels, and begs to acknowledge, quite a passion for the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.