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INSIDE THE WORLD OF COMIC BOOKS

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

THE INDUSTRY

Tales From the American Crypt Bradford W. Wright

"From Gutter Business to Art Form": Joe Casey and Matt Fraction Jeffery Klaehn

"Some Real Shit Winds-Up Selling Like Hotcakes": Bob Layton Jeffery Klaehn

"A Reporter's Notebook for an Editor's Cap": Eric Searleman Jeffery Klaehn

"Turning Fears into Thrills": Steve Niles Jeffery Klaehn

"I Gave It All Up to Draw Comics" Matthew J. Pustz

"I Wanted to be a Cigarette Girl": Scott Allie Jeffery Klaehn

"No Tie--and--Free Comics": Chris Warner Jeffery Klaehn

THE CHARACTERS

Silver Anniversary: Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers' Two Detectives
Tom Bondurant

Greatest Female Characters

"The Lone Hero, An American Ideal": Steve Englehart Jeffery Klaehn

"Everything Vital to a Batman Story": Mike W. Barr Jeffery Klaehn

"And Then There's the Dramatic Action": Norm Breyfogle Jeffery Klaehn

Greatest Superheroes

Greatest Villains

Exposing Status Quo Super-Heroics in Mark Millar's The Authority Julian Darius

Greatest Superteams

THE FANS

"Let's Rap With Cap": Fan Interaction in Comic Book Letters Pages
Matthew J. Pustz

"Spin Offs and Other Cool Collaborations": Victor Lucas Jeffery Klaehn

"Collecting? I've Just Become A Freak About It": Tommy Tallarico Jeffery Klaehn

"Frankly, I'd Like to See Less Superheroes": Garth Ennis Jeffery Klaehn

"Ultimately, Content Is King--": Joe Quesada Jeffery Klaehn

The DC Canon: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the JLA Julian Darius

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