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Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, Date: 1993. Cloth, 166 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. The Taylor History of Comics; no. 5. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear (corner crease/front flap). OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "It began in the early 1930s, when a square-jawed detective named Dick Tracy caused quite a stir in the comics. Soon comic books would be filled with forthright heroes, nasty hoodlums, G-men, and the most infamous criminals. Crime comics were bold, wild, and bloody - and the most popular comic book genre of the mid-forties and fifties. Mike Benton, author of Taylor's award-winning History of Comics series, explores the colorful history of this genre: its birth in Dick Tracy and the crime pulps . . . the Depression-era battles between public enemies like Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI . . . the years of TV detectives from Peter Gunn to the Mod Squad and more . . . and today's new breed of detectives. Along the way, you'll meet the graphic incarnations of such literary favorites as Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and Perry Mason - but do you remember Sally the Sleuth from Spicy Detective; Jane Arden, Crime Reporter; Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective; or Little Al of the FBI? And the notorious comic books are all here - Crime Doesn't Pay, Parole Breakers, Crimes by Women, The Killers, Reform School Girl, and Behind ...
ISBN10: 0878338144, ISBN13: 9780878338146, [publisher: Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX] Hardcover First Edition Cloth, 166 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. The Taylor History of Comics; no. 5. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear (corner crease/front flap). OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "It began in the early 1930s, when a square-jawed detective named Dick Tracy caused quite a stir in the comics. Soon comic books would be filled with forthright heroes, nasty hoodlums, G-men, and the most infamous criminals. Crime comics were bold, wild, and bloody - and the most popular comic book genre of the mid-forties and fifties. Mike Benton, author of Taylor's award-winning History of Comics series, explores the colorful history of this genre: its birth in Dick Tracy and the crime pulps . . . the Depression-era battles between public enemies like Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI . . . the years of TV detectives from Peter Gunn to the Mod Squad and more . . . and today's new breed of detectives. Along the way, you'll meet the graphic incarnations of such literary favorites as Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and Perry Mason - but do you remember Sally the Sleuth from Spicy Detective; Jane Arden, Crime Reporter; Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective; or Little Al of the FBI? And the notorious comic books are all here - Crime Doesn't ...
ISBN10: 0878338144, ISBN13: 9780878338146, [publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
ISBN10: 0878338144, ISBN13: 9780878338146, [publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
Taylor Trade Publishing. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN 0878338144 9780878338146 [US]
ISBN10: 0878338144, ISBN13: 9780878338146, [publisher: Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas] Hardcover First Edition The fifth in the Taylor History of Comics. Jacket has some edgewear, and adhesive residue on front. [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
Taylor Publishing Company (TX) 1993 Hardcover Good Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Taylor Publishing Company (TX) 1993 Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Taylor Publishing Company (TX) 1993 Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
ISBN10: 0878338144, ISBN13: 9780878338146, [publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (TX)] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.15 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
Taylor Publishing Company (TX), Date: 1993. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1993. Taylor Publishing Company (TX) ISBN 0878338144 9780878338146 [US]
Taylor Publishing Company (TX), Date: 1993. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1993. Taylor Publishing Company (TX) ISBN 0878338144 9780878338146 [US]
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