100 Greatest Comics Books

by Jerry Weist, Jim Steranko (Introduction)

120 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice overview of what a few leaders in the comics industry think are the greatest comics are, at least through 2004. No way you'll guess all of them. Plenty of comics from the '30s, '40s, and '50s listed here, many of which you and I have never heard of. It's cool just to look at the big photos of the comic covers and read the tidbits about each.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

an interesting coffee table book with some surprising prices for the comic world's finest gems (and others i have never even heard about).

[Stephanie]

This is his book.

[Micah Siegmund · Rating 4 out of 5]

2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge - A book about a hobby:
Written in 2004, I had not head of most of the books which were chosen based on their impact to the artform more than rarity/value.
Nice coffee table book that while probably dated in terms of values and impact of some of the comic books included, still serves as a nice overview to some key issues in the history of the medium.

[Scott Ollar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Values are out of whack given age of book, but very informative

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

What are the greatest comic books? Well, this book suggests a set of 100, voted on by fans, comic professionals, and dealers. It's interesting to see what people thought were important. I would have though Detective Comics #27 would have been higher on the list. But I get the rationale.

It's a great primer on some of the turning points in the history of comics. Though, for a non-fiction book, he sure does use a lot of exclamation points!

I'm tempted to pick this up at some point in the future for my personal comics bookshelf.