Reviews

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics by Warren Pleece, Gianluigi Gonano, Jordi Bernet, Lesley Charteris, Colin McLoughlin, Paul Gravett, Ed Robbins, Charles Burns, Carlos Sampayo, Lloyd Thatcher, Alan Moore, Joe Simon, Gianni De Luca, Johnny Craig, Alex Toth, José Muñoz, Neil Gaiman, Mickey Spillane, Oscar Zárate, Harry Sahle, Alex Raymond, Terry Beatty, Jack Cole, Fred Guardineer, Max Allan Collins, Will Eisner, Dominique Grange, Jack Kirby, Paul Grist, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Bernard Krigstein, Raymond Chandler, Bill Everett, Dennis Mcloughlin, Jacques Tardi, Enrique Sánchez Abulí

mehitabels's review

4.0

fascinating to see the art, talented and comic-strip like, and interesting to read the stories. Always blown away
by how women were perceived (and still are I guess).

kellyp's review

4.0

I'm only just getting into crime comics and this was a nice way to dive in--great variety. Uneven as you'd expect, but the high points were really high.

rickklaw's review

5.0

Long before [author:Frank Miller] created [book:Sin City], crime stories infiltrated the graphic form. In this massive (479 pp) collection of 25 stories, The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics re-introduces contemporary readers to the extraordinary talents of [author:Alan Moore], [author:Neil Gaiman], [author:Will Eisner], [author:Dashiell Hammett], [author:Jack Cole], [author:Alex Raymond], and [author:Jordi Bernet]. Editor Paul Gravett has compiled one of the greatest anthologies of graphic stories ever produced, regardless of genre or subject. At $17.95 ($19.50 Can), the doorstop beauty is an incredible bargain as well.

jameseckman's review

3.0

I've seen more than half of these in other collections, so it's quite possible that these are the best of the lot. If you've not read crime comics before, this is a good retrospective covering the 30's thru the 90's. There are a wide variety of artistic styles represented, all in shades of black, from American and European artists. Includes writing by Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane, who's Mike Hammer character is as violent and immoral as they come.