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BENTON, MIKE Superhero Comics of the Golden Age - the Illustrated History - the Taylor History of Comics Number 4
Texas: Taylor Pub, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Comics throughout. 9 x 11-1/2 x 3/4 " 087833808X 1992 Hardcover in DJ 1st Edition ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... This is a big bold handsome book, black textured boards with Silver metallic title on spine and deep red endpages ... in Glossy color illustrated jacket, with Exciting Comics vintage illustration of Nazi SS stormtroopers being given a good clout , 1944 ... Over 9 x 11" size, weighing nearly 2-1/2 pounds, it is 200 pages with index, all on quality glossy pages ... loaded with more than 300 glossy color illustrations throughout + 5 full-page illustrations , suitable for framing if you so wish ... More than just a fan-based book, this is an illustrated history of everything you always wanted to know, and some things you will be amazed to know, about the comic book super-genre ... the golden age, from between the wars and just after WWII ... the early 1930s through the late 1940s ... Every major superhero is here ... all your favorites from Batman , Captain Marvel, Green Hornet, and Superman , to a few of the obscure : Blonde Phantom, Doll Man, Flexo the Rubber Man, Liberty Belle, Supersnipe, and Whizzer ... and more ... Did you know that Superman started out as a villian? ... That the model for Catwoman was blonde bombshell actress Jean Harlow ? ... That crime writing legendary author Mickey Spillane began his writing career as a comic book writer ? ... That there was a real-life Lois Lane & that Jerry Siegel married her ? ... Not only all the origins of the super heros of comics, but also the profiles of the great artists who originally created them ... artists such as Will Eisner, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Bill Everett ... and a checklist of every superhero comic book published in the golden age ... including the rare Angel 66 , Atom, Cat-Man, Spy Smasher , Plastic Man, Kid Eternity, Black Hawk, Blackowl, Bullet Man, Mary Marvel & many more ... Hours of enjoyment ... " Superhero Comics of the Golden Age - The illustrated History " by Mike Benton ... The Taylor History of Comics Number 4 ... published by Taylor Publishing, Dallas Texas... 1992 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition ... ***. New/New .
Offered for US$ 49.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 6400
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