Title: 500 Comic Book Villains
Author: Mike Conroy
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
ISBN: 0764129082
Type: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: None as issued
Notes: Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Cover shows some surface rubbing and wear. Corners are square. Binding is firm; no creases to cover or spine. First printing thus. Excellent resource for the comic book enthusiast. Out of print.
About the Book
Here come the heels and hoodlums! It's an entertaining rogues' review, starring Batman's Joker, Dick Tracy's Flattop and Pruneface, Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless, Spider-Man's Green Goblin, and hundreds more villains connoisseurs of comics have always loved to hate. Written especially for comic book collectors and nostalgia buffs, 500 Comic Book Villains is a chronicle of fictional wickedness that also touches on Arthurian legend and old-time radio and movies, in addition to the comics. It's an encyclopedia of evildoers that lists and profiles the major recurring villains who for generations have lurked in countless comic book illustrations, flaunting the iniquity that is always vanquished at story's end by heroes who represent truth, justice, law, order, and the American way. This terrific collection was compiled by comic book historian Mike Conroy. More than 300 color illustrations include reproductions of comic book covers and pages. Readers will also find a handy index and a bibliography.
