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    1,000 Comic Books You Must Read

    By Tony Isabella

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    Hero Worship!

    1000 Comic Books You Must Read is an unforgettable journey through 70 years of comic books. Arranged by decade, this book introduces you to 1000 of the best comic books ever published and the amazing writers and artists who created them.

    • See Superman from his debut as a sarcastic champion of the people, thumbing his nose at authority, to his current standing as a respected citizen of the world
    • Experience the tragic moment when Peter Parker and a generation of Spider-Man fans learned that "with great power, there must also come great responsibility"
    • Meet classic characters such as Archie and his Riverdale High friends, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Little Lulu, Sgt. Rock, the kid cowboys of Boys' Ranch, and more.
    • Enjoy gorgeous full-color photos of each comic book, as well as key details including the title, writer, artist, publisher, copyright information, and entertaining commentary.

    1000 Comic Books You Must Read is sure to entertain and inform with groundbreaking material about comics being published today as well as classics from the past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrause Publications
    Release dateOct 15, 2009
    ISBN9781440213342
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    1,000 Comic Books You Must Read
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    Tony Isabella

    Tony Isabella is a comic book writer, editor, and artist. He has worked as a writer for both Marvel Comics and DC comics. 

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    • 4/5
      I read this book while I was doing research for my own book about comic books and I found it very fun and useful. The book has tons of color cover images and short descriptions of each comic. Tony also gives you longer descriptions on each decade and those very important comic book issues. A great book any comic book fan will appreciate.
    • 4/5
      Lots of good comics in a lot of different genres over the decades. I've been out of the comic collecting hobby for a few years now, but this made me tempted to get back in. I collected comics not out of a desire of completeness, but because I actually like reading comics, It's obvious the writer of this book does as well.There are a few flaws that kept me from giving this a four and a half star rating instead of five. The first is that several entries end abruptly as the last line or two of the page must have been cut. Second, a fear of whitespace lead to pulling out almost random quotes in some pages from the summaries. Occasionally these were good, but more often than not they were puzzling.