Edited by Frank Plowright, the Slings and Arrows comic Guide is the most comprehensive review of comics ever published. Sixteen reviewers offer informed commentary on over 5300 titles from the 1930s to the present day giving an overview of each series along with recommended issues. The 800 pages also include over 5000 creators listed in the index, and a color section offering recommendations in a variety of genres. Also included are short essays about the reviewers' favorite comics ever.
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A Breathtaking Comic Book Reference,
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This review is from: Slings & Arrows Comic Guide - 2nd Edition (Paperback)
As a comic book collector of 27 years, it's hard to shock or impress me with a reference book. This one did. 787 pages of small print, detailed reference on almost every comic book printed from the beginning to 2003 when this was printed.
What makes this so different from many of the offerings out there is that this book includes one shots and hard to find small press titles, not just books from Marvel or DC. Are you wondering about something Sirius, Fantagraphics, or even Kitchen Sink put out? This has you covered. Are you curious how many mini-series Wolverine has been in and what the background on those issues is? This book has you covered. It not only lists titles, it gives a description of what happened within a series and pinpoints key issues. What it does not do is give prices, but they're always Overstreet's Price Guide for that. I'm so impressed with mine I intend to get a few for presents for other comic book collecting friends. This is the perfect addition to any collectors library whether they're a seasoned veteran or a newcomer. For the newcomer it also provides a dictionary of comic book terminology. I just can't say enough about this wonderful book. Highly recommended!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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You will challenge yourself to find something not in it.....,
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This review is from: Slings & Arrows Comic Guide - 2nd Edition (Paperback)
I bought and loved the first edition of the "Slings & Arrows Comic Guide" and wondered if the second edition would pass muster...well it did with flying colors.
Listed by title, some poor people went insane to read pracitically every single comic out there and give indepth reviews of nearly every title. Not every single title is covered- i.e. the Archie Line of books (you would need a seperate book for this line alone but the key Archie titles are)- however other than that exception you will be hard pressed to find titles that are not mentioned. I found myself leafing through the book from section to section as my nuerons fired and I wanted to check up on this and that. It was a great help for catching up with series that I had lost touch with. Modern Age - Golden Age and Silver (including the independent implosion of the late late 1980's) are covered. Great reading and addicting.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The Best and Most Complete Comics Reference,
This review is from: Slings & Arrows Comic Guide - 2nd Edition (Paperback)
This book is truly amazing. A team of about ten people has read every issue of just about every comic book and graphic novel ever published in English, and reviews them all in this book.
I used the earlier edition of this book, and then this edition, as my guides in starting to buy and read comics and graphic novels about two years ago. Before then, I hadn't looked at a comic book since I was a kid. Since then, I've bought and read maybe five hundred comics and about one hundred graphic novels published over the past twenty years. I only buy items that get a "recommended" rating in this book, and I've been disappointed only a handful of times. I would estimate that I'm about a tenth of the way through all the recommended items, and that only about one twentieth of all the items they review get recommended. If you want to start reading comics, this book is a must-have.
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