75 YEARS DC COMICS

Four-Color FantasySuper heroes from the Atom to Zatara: 75 years of DC ComicsIn 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published NewFunNo. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at atime when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of thenewspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media forchildren was well on its way to becoming the mythology of ourtime—the 20th century's answer to Atlas or Zorro. More than 40,000comic books later, in honor of the publisher's 75th anniversary, TASCHENhas produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XLedition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000images—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs,film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latesttechnology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators tovibrant life as they've never been seen before. Telling the tales behindthe tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays tracethe company's history, from its pulp origins through to the future ofdigital publishing.