Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels

CONTRACT WITH GOD, A 117 bookstores, however, were uncertain regarding the placement of such a work. Th e book was republished b ...

118 CRANDALL, REED “Th e Street Singer” relates the bittersweet tale of one of the men who, during the Great Depression, gave im ...

CRIME COMICS 119 exclusively for him. It was during his tenure at Quality that the comics world would come to know the quintesse ...

120 CRIME COMICS comics, unlike once-popular genres (such as the We s t e r n or romance comics) largely absent in current decad ...

CRIME COMICS 121 mysteries were often used as back-up material in early comic books, such as the “Who Dunnit?” series in Crime D ...

122 CRIME COMICS Indeed, the displacement of the comic book detective (otherwise prevalent in fi ction, on radio, and in the mov ...

CRIME COMICS 123 institution of the code, but it eff ectively pushed most crime stories into the background of superhero or West ...

124 CRIME COMICS 1994–98), AKA Goldfi sh (Caliber, 5 issues, 1995–96), and To r s o (Image, 6 issues, 1998–99), the last based o ...

CRIME DOES NOT PAY 125 Vince Locke, were later adapted into successful fi lms, but earlier Paradox Press titles, including La Pa ...

126 CRIME DOES NOT PAY MGM documentary movie series of the same name. Th e creative talents behind this title were Bob Wood and ...

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 127 Selected Bibliography: Benton, Mike. Th e Illustrated History of Crime Comics. Dallas: Taylor Publ ...

128 CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS While DC had frequently employed “team-ups” and “cross-overs” to link characters and storylines (a ...

CROW, THE 129 in series like 52 (2006–7), have welcomed the return of the multiverse, reveling in, rather than resisting, the di ...

130 CRUMB, ROBERT O’Barr began drawing Th e Crow comics when he was stationed in Germany as a member of the U.S. Marines, still ...

CRUMB, ROBERT 131 (1948–) chronicling their marriage and the raising of their daughter Sophie (1981–) in the South of France, wh ...

132 CRUMB, ROBERT with his wife) and controversial, he has also explored a number of historical subjects, often in an increasing ...

D DAREDEVIL. Th e red-clad, acrobatic alter ego of blind lawyer Matt Murdock is a Marvel superhero co-created by Stan Lee and Bi ...

134 DAREDEVIL In early issues, Daredevil is a swashbuckling hero who uses a line extending from his modifi ed billy club to swin ...

DAREDEVIL 135 the corpulent, bald-headed Kingpin, created by Lee and Romita as a Spider-Man villain, and made him Daredevil’s ar ...

136 DARK HORSE COMICS Selected Bibliography: Sanderson, Peter. “Th e Frank Miller/ Klaus Janson Interview.” Th e Daredevil Chron ...