Crawford, Hubert H. Crawford's Encyclopedia of Comic Books.
Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., 1978. ISBN 0-8246-0221-8
(cloth).
NOTE: This book is heavily illustrated, with
many covers and partial comics stories. I have attempted here to include
reference for all of the fully reproduced comics stories in the
book, but the book also includes selected panels--often several pages'
worth--of many more stories.
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D-C [sic] Comics . . . 1
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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[Origin of Superman.] Jerome Siegel/Joe Shuster. Superman 1 (1939)
. . . 4-5
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"The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be!" [Finger?/]Bob
Kane. Batman 1 (1940) . . . 11-12
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Quality Comics . . . 43
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King Features Syndicate . . . 63
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Fawcett Publications . . . 95
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Fiction House . . . 131
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"Sheena, Queen of the Jungle." W. Morgan Thomas. Jumbo Comics 10
(Oct./Nov. 1939) . . . 132 (cover), 133-40
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"Futura." John Douglas. Planet Comics 44? (May? 1946), 156-61.
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Dell Publishing Co. . . . 167
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"Professor Supermind and Son." Popular Comics 60 (February 1941),
174-81.
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Gilberton Publishing Co. . . . 205
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Gleason Publications . . . 231
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"[Origin of Crimebuster.]" Boys Comics 3 (?, 1942), 250-61 (missing
page 1 of story).
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E-C [sic] Publications . . . 263
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"I, Rocket." Adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury, with art by Al Williamson.
Weird
Fantasy 20 (July-August, 1953), 283-88.
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Fox Features . . . 311
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"The Flame." Basil Berold [and Lou Fine]. Wonderworld Comics 9 (January,
1940), 313-21.
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Marvel/Timely Comics . . . 337
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United Feature Syndicate . . . 349
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Eastern Color Printing Co. . . . 361
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"Hydroman." Bill Everett. Heroic Comics 1 (August, 1940), . . .
394-99.
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Other Publishers: . . . 403
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Street & Smith . . . 403
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Whitman Publishing Co. . . . 404
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Embee Distributing Co. . . . 405
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Hillman Periodicals . . . 406
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Harvey Publications . . . 408
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Columbia Comics Group . . . 409
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Novelty Press . . . 410
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Aragon Magazines . . . 413
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Full Comics Stories Included:
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"Man from the Moom." Basil Wolverton. Weird Tales of the Future
5 (February, 1953), 414-17.
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Better Publications . . . 420
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Culture Publications . . . 423
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Avon Periodicals . . . 424
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Komos Publications . . . 426
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Eratus F. Beadle . . . 428
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Frank Tousey . . . 429
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Appendix:
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Chronological Summary of the Development of Comic Book Literature . . .
430
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Index . . . 435
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