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The Superman Chronicles
The DC Chronicles is a line of trade paperbacks, chronologically reprinting the earliest stories (based on publication dates) starring some of the best-known DC Comics superheroes. Stories are reprinted in color with no ads, providing readers access to original Golden and Silver Age comic book stories which had previously been reprinted in the ''DC Archive Editions'' format. The volumes were priced significantly lower than the ''Archives'' series in order to be more affordable for the reader, with each one typically priced at $14.99 USD. The final volumes were released in 2013. Since then, DC has been re-publishing these stories in the same chronological format in the bigger ''DC Omnibus'' series. Each Age era Omnibus volume is also published as two or three (depending on page count) trade paperbacks. Publications ''The Batman Chronicles'' * ''The Batman Chronicles Volume 1'' collects ''Detective Comics'' #27–38 and ''Batman'' #1, April 2005, * ''The Batman Chronicles Volu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Paperback (comics)
In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller "digest-sized" format, or a larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term '' trade paperback'', which is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Finest Comics
''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael E. Uslan has speculated that this was because DC received a cease and desist letter from Better Publications, Inc., who had been publishing a comic book entitled ''Best Comics'' since November 1939. Virtually every issue featured DC's two leading superheroes, Superman and Batman, with the earliest issues also featuring Batman's sidekick, Robin. Publication history The idea for ''World's Best Comics'' #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 ''New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover. The year before there was a similar 1939 '' New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bill Finger and Bob Kane had not yet created them. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Cavalcade
''Comic Cavalcade'' was an anthology comic book published by DC Comics from 1942 to 1954. Most American comic book publishers in the 1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books published anthology titles that showcased a variety of characters, usually with one star—such as Green Lantern in ''All-American Comics'' or Wonder Woman in ''Sensation Comics''. ''Comic Cavalcade'', however, featured both those star characters as well as the Flash, a star in his own namesake title as well as the spin-off ''All-Flash''. At 96 pages initially, ''Comic Cavalcade'' was about one-and-one-half-times the length of the average comic book of the time. It was priced at 15 cents, when the average comic cost a dime. Many stories in ''Comic Cavalcade'' were scripted by other than the characters' regular writers, for deadline reasons. Batman writer Bill Finger, for example, would occasionally write Flash stories for ''Comic Cavalcade'' when regular Flash writer Gardner Fox was preoccupied with other pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensation Comics
''Sensation Comics'' is the title of an American comic book anthology series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman, a character which had been introduced in ''All Star Comics'' #8 (December 1941). Other characters that appeared included the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mister Terrific, Wildcat, Sargon the Sorcerer, Hal Mason, the Whip, the Atom, Little Boy Blue, Hop Harrigan, Romance, Inc., Lady Danger, Doctor Pat, and Astra. The series briefly became a romance title starting with issue #94 (November 1949). Johnny Peril became the lead feature with issue #107, when the theme of the comic changed to a supernatural/mystery format. The title was changed to ''Sensation Mystery'' with #110 and ran for another seven issues. The retitled series ended with issue #116 (July–August 1953). 1999 one-shot The ''Sensation Comics'' title was used again in 1999 as the title for one issue of the ''Justice Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |