Action! Mystery! Thrills!: Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-45

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

176 classic covers unfurled in full-sized glory! When we contemplate a memorable old comic book, the first thing that comes to mind is its cover, and that was no accident. Publishers realized fairly quickly that if they spent a little extra to hire a good cover artist, they could fill the insides with mediocrity and still make a sizable profit — that all it took was a striking cover to entice thousands of kids to fork over their dimes. Even today, covers drive the collectors' market. Apart from