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Showcase Presents - Doc Savage by Doug Moench,Lester Dent Pdf
Written by DOUG MOENCH and others - Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, TONY DEZUNIGA and others - Cover by ROGER KASTEL Pulp fiction hero Doc Savage is back in this value-priced title collecting his 1970s black-and-white magazine adventures for the first time. Originally published in 1975, these tales include: - "The Doom on Thunder Island" - "Hell-Reapers at the Heart of Paradise" - "The Inferno Scheme" - "Ghost Pirates from The Beyond" - "The Sky Stealers" - "The Mayan Mutations" On sale JUNE 22 - 448 pg, B&W, $19.99 US
Wonder Woman by Robert Kanigher,Ross Andru,Mike Esposito Pdf
Sent from Paradise Island, home of the Amazons, to man?s world as an ambassador of peace, Wonder Woman is the world?s greatest superheroine!Now, in this huge, low-priced collection of Wonder Woman?s adventures beginning in the late 1950?s, discover how the Amazons choose their champion, and experience thebeginnings of "Diana Prince", her legendary on-off romance with pilot Steve Trevor, and meet Wonder Girl!Written by comics master Robert Kanigher (Sgt Rock), with art by legends Ross Andru (Spider-Man) and Mike Esposito, this bumper book, reprinting incredibly hard-to-find comics, offers thrills, spills and amazing value for money!
Showcase Presents by E. Nelson Bridwell,Ramona Fradon Pdf
Almost 500 pages of super hero action are collected in this value-priced volume of stories from the 1970s, inspired by the classic 1970s animated TV series Super Friends. From the Hall of Justice come these tales starring The Justice League of America, along with their sidekicks Marvin, Wendy and Wonderdog, as they take on foes of every type. Don't miss the team's battles against the villains from space and below the sea, as well as well-known evildoers including The Penguin and The Riddler.
Showcase Presents Green Lantern by John Broome,Gardner Francis Fox Pdf
"Hal Jordan was an ace test pilot with a reputation for daring and fearlessness. Chosen by the Guardians of the Universe to become Earth's Green Lantern, Jordan became an intergalactic hero who protects Earth from threats, both terrestrial and alien. Armed with a power ring that creates anything its wearer can imagine, the Green Gladiator patrol the skies to confront the unknown." -- page 4 of cover, volume 2.
A new super-team, the All-Star Super Squadron, has been founded on Earth II in the hopes of finding several lost heroes from the Justice Society of America. But the JSA's old foe, Per Degaton, is plotting to help with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Can the team stop him from delivering mystic weapons to Hitler and Tojo?
The British Comic Book Invasion by Jochen Ecke Pdf
What makes a successful comics creator? How can storytelling stay exciting and innovative? How can genres be kept vital? Writers and artists in the highly competitive U.S. comics mainstream have always had to explore these questions but they were especially pressing in the 1980s. As comics readers grew older they started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters—writers and artists with distinctive styles were in demand. DC Comics and Marvel went looking for such mavericks and found them in the United Kingdom. Creators like Alan Moore (Watchmen, Saga of the Swamp Thing), Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, Flex Mentallo) and Garth Ennis (Preacher) migrated from the anarchical British comics industry to the U.S. mainstream and shook up the status quo yet came to rely on the genius of the American system.
Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 by Chris York,Rafiel York Pdf
Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.
Graphic Novels by Michael Pawuk,David S. Serchay Pdf
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
“I’ve never seen more information about Wonder Woman than in Wonder Woman Unbound. Tim Hanley tells us everything we’ve never asked about Wonder Woman, . . . from her mythic Golden Age origins through her dismal Silver Age years as a lovesick romance comic character, and worse yet, when she lost her costume and powers in the late 1960s. Our favorite Amazon’s saga becomes upbeat again with the 1970s advent of Gloria Steinem and Ms. magazine, and Lynda Carter’s unforgettable portrayal of her on television. And it’s all told with a dollop of humor!” —Trina Robbins, author of Pretty in Ink With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. Tim Hanley explores Wonder Woman’s lost history, delving into her comic book and its spin-offs as well as the motivations of her creators, to showcase the peculiar journey of a twentieth-century icon—from the 1940s, when her comics advocated female superiority but were also colored by bondage imagery and hidden lesbian leanings, to her resurgence as a feminist symbol in the 1970s and beyond. Tim Hanley is a comic book historian. His blog, Straitened Circumstances, discusses Wonder Woman and women in comics, and his column “Gendercrunching” runs monthly on Bleeding Cool. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In time for the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel, comes the first comprehensive literary biography of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, creators of the DC Comics superhero Superman and the inspiration for Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private collections, and a love of comic books, Brad Ricca's Super Boys is the first ever full biography about Superman's creators. Among scores of new discoveries, the book reveals the first stories and pictures ever published by the two, where the first Superman story really came from, the real inspiration for Lois Lane, the template for Superman's costume, and much, much more. Super Boys also tracks the boys' unknown, often mysterious lives after they left Superman, including Siegel's secret work during World War II and never-before-seen work from Shuster. Super Boys explains, finally, what exactly happened with the infamous check for $130 that pulled Superman away from his creators—and gave control of the character to the publisher. Ricca also uncovers the true nature of Jerry's father's death, a crime that has always remained a mystery. Super Boys is the story of a long friendship between boys who grew to be men and the standard that would be impossible for both of them to live up to.
