World Famous Comics: All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 2 (DC Archive Editions)
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 2 (DC Archive Editions)
By: DC Comics Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 256 Publication Date: November 14, 1997 Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: November 14, 1997 Studio: DC Comics
Product Description: In 1940, DC Comics created the concept of the super-team by bringing together Green Lantern, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, and many others to battle powers that threatened the entire world.
Great for collectors, must be enjoyed within context of its time ^ Admittedly, I was a tad disappointed in this collection - but I was probably still thinking a bit too modern. These tales are from the early 1940's (and I was envisioning something more like the reprints from the 1950's that I'd read as a kid). The artwork is a bit more crude, the dialog & stories are definitely vintage. I suppose my biggest disappointment was that its not really a "team" book - the characters only get together at the "board meeting" in the beginning of each tale and then again at the "return meeting" at the end of the tale. In the middle, its all separate little stories, each featuring one hero in their own little bit. Don't expect any big "team" battles with all the characters fighting together.
But all that said, if you're a comics fan, and especially if you're a collector, then all of these "Archive Editions" are a great deal! Much less expensive than buying the originals (and a darn sight sturdier than a 60-year old comic printed on cheap paper would be)! Yes, it was a different time back then, and these stories are as much a look back at those times in general as they are a look back at super heroes in the "golden Age" of comics.
By the way, I bought my copy through one of Amazon's used book sellers and thus got an even better deal on it.
Awe inspiring ^ Quite simply the best way to live in the Golden Age of comics. These comics would cost you thousands to buy, but here you can read them for a fraction of that. The art, crude by todays standards. Storylines, simple, but you have to remember when and where the comics come from. If you are a comicbook lover like I am, these are a must have.
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