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Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffers long outofprint and seminal essay of comics criticism, the great comic book heroes, in a compact and affordable size in 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit and othe. The great comic book heroes 40 years ago i discovered the golden age thru the great comic book hereos by jules feiffer. This month, dc entertainment will celebrate the th issue of action. Now while 500 great comic book action heroes is a very attractive book, it really needs to be updated and reorganized. The golden age 19391949 marks a terrific teamup between the folio society and marvel comics. The great comic book heroes has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace.
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