DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book

by Robert Schnakenberg (Commentary)

Look! Up on the bookshelf! It’s the 100 most incredible, most outrageous, and most bizarre comic book covers from the DC comics archive.
 
Better still, these poster-size masterpieces are all perforated and ready for display in your apartment, dorm room, or cubicle! From New Fun #1 and Batman #1 to lesser-known titles like Mister District Attorney, this oversized compilation features every major milestone in DC’s extraordinary Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Girls’ Romance, Swamp Thing, Watchmen, Sandman, Fables, 100 Bullets, and much more.
 
On the reverse of each poster are images of related covers and entertaining behind-the-scenes commentary, often with remarks from the cover artists themselves. Arriving just in time for DC Comics’ 75th anniversary—and complete with a foreword from longtime DC veteran Paul Levitz—this amazing anthology is a must-have for any comic book fan.

Genres: Comics, Art, Nonfiction, Dc Comics

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Robert Schnakenberg has been called "the Howard Zinn of nerd pop culture." He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Old Man Drinks, Christopher Walken A-to-Z, Secret Lives of Great Authors, and the New York Times bestseller The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray. His work has appeared in Penthouse.

Reviews

[Peter Evett · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll start with the bad - really bad: the covers are printed on matte paper, not glossy - so they simply don't look like comic book covers. That is supremely disappointing. I like the covers, I like the comments. I really wanted to frame some of these, but now I'm not so sure. Rats.

[Lateefah C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Book is an outstanding collection of the venerable comic book publisher's most iconic and eye-catching comic book covers. Any comic book fan will love the information given about the company and the comic books as well as the oustanding reproductions of the comic book covers. Seeing the covers so large is a real treat and I thank my wonderful husband for such a fantastic gift!

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

four romance comic covers? huh?
some issues were photoed from bent copies making them lookkinda tacky.
Scalphunter instead of Jonah Hex? or even Bat Lash.
lots of vertigo covers, a nice plus.
no Jerry lewis or Bob Hope?
the paper may be archival but it is unattractive.
thirty dollars to much.

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of covers throughout the 75 year history of DC Comics. Obviously it can't include everything since each cover gets a full page, but it's a fairly diverse group. The back of each page includes a write up on that cover and a couple related cover images. Some of the older entries are photocopied from slightly beat up issues, which just adds to the charm.

[Ryan Scicluna · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable read with plenty of visual gems. Some covers are so iconic for the characters and DC comics that they deserve to be bigger. A very interesting history for some of the artists mentioned in the book.

[Kathi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have liked this book more, if it had more covers. Or if they had it in two volumes; one for DC and one for Vertigo. It felt like a book I've seen from DC a dozen times now.