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The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes (Paperback)
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Calling All Superheroes The first encyclopedic reference work that profiles superheroes from all companies and in all media, The Superhero Book is the ultimate A-Z compendium. Its 300 full entries provide information on more than 1,000 mythic overachievers, covering the best-loved and historically significant comic book, movie, television, and novel superheroes. The Superhero Book provides more than 150 full-color illustrations, including dozens of classic comic covers. The encyclopedia comprehensively profiles its heroes, detailing their mythology, sidekicks, protégés, villains, love in
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Calling All Superheroes

The first encyclopedic reference work that profiles superheroes from all companies and in all media, The Superhero Book is the ultimate A-Z compendium. Its 300 full entries provide information on more than 1,000 mythic overachievers, covering the best-loved and historically significant comic book, movie, television, and novel superheroes. The Superhero Book provides more than 150 full-color illustrations, including dozens of classic comic covers. The encyclopedia comprehensively profiles its heroes, detailing their mythology, sidekicks, protégés, villains, love in

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I hope you'll have as much fun reading this work of superheroic proportions as I did writing it!

About Gina

Gina Misiroglu is a best-selling author and book editor, specializing in the wordsmithing of popular culture, biography, American history, and women’s studies titles. She is the editor of the three-volume reference work American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of...

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Published Reviews

May.08.2008

I am not worried about torpedoing my older son's IQ because I've given him my old comic books. As Gina Misiroglu's "The Superhero Book" and Mike Conroy's "500 Comic Book Villains" will reassure any parent...