DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
by Les Daniels
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Over 100 short essays detailing the history of such comic book heroes as Superman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Flash.Tags
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Les Daniels is the author of several pop culture histories, including "Superman: The Complete History", "Batman: The Complete History", and "Wonder Woman: The Complete History" . He lives in Providence, Rhode Island. (Bowker Author Biography)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
- Important places
- Metropolis, USA; Gotham City, New Jersey, USA
- Important events
- Golden Age of Comic Books; Silver Age of Comic Books; Bronze Age of Comic Books
- Related movies
- Superman (1978 | IMDb); Batman (1989 | IMDb); Green Lantern (2011 | IMDb)
- First words
- Unless your parents were prison wardens, or you had a completely benighted childhood, there probably isn't one of you under the age of sixty-five who, upon picking up this book, isn't flooded with memories of the joy comics b... (show all)rought you in those mined fields of childhood.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Graphic Novels & Comics, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PN6725 .D193 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
