This is one volume that I am certainly hoping Santa places under my Christmas tree this year (hey, Lynn, hint... hint...). It's a huge book of DC art and history over the past 75 years of their existence.
Here's an Amazon.com review that spells out why this is a must have: "In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media for children was well on its way to becoming the mythology of our time—the 20th century’s answer to Atlas or Zorro. More than 40,000 comic books later, in honor of the publisher’s 75th anniversary, TASCHEN has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000 images—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latest technology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators to vibrant life as they’ve never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company’s history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing."
So buy someone you love this very special edition for Christmas. If you buy it on Amazon.com, you'll save $74. The price of the book is $200, but with the Amazon discount, you'll only pay $126.
Cheers,
Steve Rhodes
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