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Action! Mystery! Thrills!: Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age, 1933-1945 by Greg Sadowski, Ty Templeton

rickklaw's review

4.0

Editor/designer Greg Sadowski returns to his tireless exploration of the comic book with this magnificent collection of 176 full color covers, dating from the Golden Age. As in his previous volumes ([b:Supermen!|3580652|Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes, 1936-1941|Greg Sadowski|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266726192s/3580652.jpg|3622903], [b:Four Color Fear|7093594|Four Color Fear Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s|Greg Sadowski|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327890710s/7093594.jpg|7350182], [b:Setting the Standard|9900410|Setting the Standard|Alex Toth|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327890644s/9900410.jpg|14792644] ), Sadowski supplies copious end notes and annotations. Though this time, the information additionally reads as an entertaining history of early comics. Perhaps the book's only flaws rest in the lack of an index and that the annotations might better serve the subject if printed alongside the images. Sadowski once again delivers an essential book for anyone with an interest in comics history.