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The DC Comics Encyclopedia - Scott Beatty

Description: ISBN 1405305916 / Genre: Graphic Novels / Comics / Author: Scott Beatty, Alastair Dougall, Phil Jimenez, Robert Greenberger, Daniel ... more

The DC Comics Encyclopedia - Scott Beatty ... Wallace / Hardcover / 352 Pages / Book is published 2004-10-28 by Dorling Kindersley

Newest Review: ... some of the selections slightly odd. Occasionally, storylines featuring major, life-changing events for a character would be ... more

... passed over in favour of something relatively minor. Of course, many of the characters have had major revisions over the years and this can cause some problems for anyone trying to document their history. On the whole, the writers deal with this in a logical way. Character biographies are based on current DC continuity, so if characters have had a previous history which was since been re-written, this is usually ignored. Again, this can cause frustration if you're looking for an exhaustive character history, but ...more

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The DC Comics Encyclopedia does exactly what it says on the tin, providing a comprehensive guide to the DC Universe of over 1,000 heroes and villains from the early days of comics through to early 2004. It's an ambitious task, but one which mostly comes off. It's clear that the various contributors to this book are massive comic fans themselves, not just "jobbing" authors hired to write to this title. Each page has such attention to detail that it drips with love and devotion, with every page containing some fascinating information. The book is logically laid out in A-Z format (and further arranged chronologically within that). This makes ... Read the complete review

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