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Issue: The Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1965
 
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Publisher: FlagDial Press
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Indicia Publisher: The Dial Press
On Sale Date: 1965
Volume: none
Pages: 200
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $9.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 29 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Manufactured in the U.S.A. Design by Paul Bacon. See also, The Great Comic Book Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1965) http://www.comics.org/issue/1179477/

The first major collection of Golden Age reprints. The 2003 Fantagraphics Press edition does not include the reprinted stories.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color cover; Black and White and Color interior
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
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The Great Comic Book Heroes

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superhero
Superman
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[untitled]

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superhero
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[untitled]

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Back cover, inside covers, and 11 interior pages are blank.
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The Great Comic Book Heroes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Typeset title page with no other text.
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Also by Jules Feiffer

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List of books by Jules Feiffer.
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The Great Comic Book Heroes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Batman (cameo)
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Title page with small spot illustration of Batman taken from the interior story.
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Copyrights

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List of character copyrights and printing information. Library of Congress Number: 65-23962.
Designed by Paul Bacon.
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Acknowledgment

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Acknowledgments to Jerry De Fuccio, Jerry Robinson, and others.
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Dedication

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Has text "For Kate" and that's all.
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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents with only hero name and page number. Also a tiny vignette of the respective character, with art taken from the story.
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Quote from Frederic Wertham

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Quote from Frederic Wertham from "Seduction of the Innocent."
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Introduction

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The Great Comic Book Heroes

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The Origin of Superman

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FlagSuperman #[1] published January 1939
was Two Page Origin of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Superman and the Dam

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FlagAction Comics #5 published October 1938
was Superman and the Dam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Superman (DC, 1939 series) #3 (Winter 1939-1940) is stated in the book's list of copyrights as the author's source for this story, where it was first reprinted.
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The Origin of Captain Marvel

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superhero
Captain Marvel
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FlagWhiz Comics #2 published February 1940
was Introducing Captain Marvel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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One page excerpt with the actual origin of Captain Marvel was all that was allowed due to the legal agreement between DC and Fawcett.
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The Legend of the Batman -- Who He Is and How He Came to Be

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FlagBatman #1 [Cover Number with Period] published January 1940
was The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Batman Meets the Joker

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FlagBatman #1 [Cover Number with Period] published January 1940
was The Joker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story title as presented in the book's list of copyrights.
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The Hag

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FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #19 published May 1941
was The Hag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Origin of the Flash

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Flash
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FlagFlash Comics #1 published January 1940
was Origin of the Flash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Origin of Green Lantern

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FlagAll-American Comics #16 published July 1940
was The Origin of Green Lantern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Cliffland Arson Murders

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occult, superhero
Spectre
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FlagAll-Star Comics #1 published January 1940
was The Tenement Fires [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story also known as The Tenement Fires.
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The Sect of Assassins

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superhero
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FlagFlash Comics #5 published May 1940
was The Kidnapping of Ione Craig [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story also known as The Kidnapping of Ione Craig.
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Wonder Woman Fights Mammotha and Mars

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superhero
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FlagWonder Woman #2 published January 1942
was Part 4: The Count of Conquest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story title as presented in the book's list of copyrights. Also known as Captured by Lord Conquest: Part 4
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Rampage in New York

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superhero
Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner
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FlagMarvel Mystery Comics #7 published May 1940
was Rampage in New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Case No. 1, Meet Captain America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
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FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Case No. 1. Meet Captain America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Origin of Plastic Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
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FlagPolice Comics #1 published August 1941
was The Origin of Plastic Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Spirit in Damascus

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adventure, mystery, superhero
Spirit
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FlagThe Spirit #7/20/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1941
was The Jewel of Death [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
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Story title as presented in the book's list of copyrights. Also known as The Jewel of Death.
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Afterword

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