Comic Book Encyclopedia — HarperCollins
Issue: #1
A 4–colour, illustrated best–of–the–best of the comic book world – with writers/creators who launched an industry (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee), amazing graphic novels (Preacher, The Watcher), legendary artists (Jim Lee) and characters as wide–ranging as Archie, The Gay Ghost, Batman, Blue Devil and the Fantastic Four. Never before has there been a single volume of superheroes, graphic novels, str...
First appearances: Froggy, Escargot, Hank Greenberg, Black Dwarf, Orson, Blue Beetle (Reyes), Souichirou Tanaka, Scott Dalton
Creators: Ron Goulart
Characters: Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, The Gay Ghost, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, Thing, Archie Andrews, Hellboy, Blue Devil, John Constantine, Spawn (Simmons), Usagi Yojimbo, Superman, P'Gell, Black Condor, Hal Jordan, Herr Starr, Christina Custer