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The cover composites several Cardy creations on a white backdrop with the names of the some of the features in the background on the left. Continuing to the back there are celebrities, movie characters and more DC heroes. Includes a small studio photograph and a blurb about the book.
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Red faux-leather cover with a large Nick Cardi signature embossed.
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Self-portait sketch of Cardi signed 1995.
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Extreme close-up of Cardi's signature of n-in-c, along with the book title
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Panel from original comics interior Brave and the Bold #91 blown up and set to outline.
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Extreme close-up of Cardi's signature of n-in-c, along with the book title
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Includes a caricature of Reginald Van Gleason, a character by Jackie Gleason
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Excerpt of the cover of Teen Titans #23 introducing Wonder Girl's new costume.
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Excerpt of the cover of Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #37 showing Aquaman holding Mera.
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Includes reproductions of 3.5 pages of Lady Luck sequences in The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series); 2 pages of Quicksilver sequences from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series); the cover to Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #26 and the cover to Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #10.
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Page 1 from the Lady Luck sequence in The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/30/1941
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Photograph of Will Eisner, Bob Powell and Nick Cardy at Tudor City Studio in 1941.
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Includes a 1948 crossword magazine cover in which Cardy's wife served as the model; reproductions of covers from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #51-53; excerpt from New Romances (Pines, 1951 series) #13 displaying the title, "Two-Timer"; excerpt from Intimate Love (Pines, 1950 series) #20 displaying the title, Chained to My Past.
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Full page excerpt of a 1950 unsold newspaper strip titled 'Peeks' set in the Revolutionary War,E
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Three days (December 24-26, 1952) of Casey Ruggles strips in which Cardy ghosted for Warren Tufts.
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20 daily newspaper strips from 1950 from Tarzan, drawn in pen and sable brush.
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Six days (1951) of Major North newspaper strips drawn in pen and sable brush.
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This is a black and white water-color of an alluring girl on display in a Middle-Eastern bazaar. It's attributed in the text as being from a Crossword puzzle magazine in 1948. It's documented as being used for a cover to a humor magazine, Smiles (Hardie-Kelly, 1942 series) #30 (May 1949)
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A full page reproduction of a an unpublished humor illustration from 1947 depicting two cleaning ladies stopping for a moment to try on their lady's hats.
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Chapter includes small reproductions of Gang Busters covers, #15, 16 and 18; the cover of House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #6; the splash panel from the 1958 story "The Human Target," from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #61; numerous 1953-1954 covers from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series); numerous 1954-1955 covers from Congo BIll (DC, 1954 series).
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Included here is the splash frame from Cardy's first published work at DC in 1949. The author misattributes it to Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #8, when it was actually #6. Also the splash panel for "The Frontier Artist" from The Legends of Daniel Boone (DC, 1955 series) #7.
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There are small reproductions of seven covers for The Legends of Daniel Boone (DC, 1955 series) #1-7. GCD attributes the cover pencils and inks to #5 to Bob Brown (b. 1915) as of November, 2020, and #8 to Cardy instead.
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A nearly full page excerpt of the 1959 story, "The Lady in Black," from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #78.
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A full page of the 1961 story, "The Secret of the Enchanted Shell," from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #40. Cardy's sophisticated talent is apparent already for suggesting romantic, alluring female figures without overt sexualization.
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A nearly full page excerpt of the 1958 story, "Prisoners of the Tiny Universe," from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #76.
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A full page excerpt of the 1958 story, "Swamp Dragnet," from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #65.
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Included here is the splash frame from the 1949 story, "A Hollywood Writer," from The Adventures of Alan Ladd (DC, 1949 series) #1
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A nearly full page excerpt of the 1958 story, "Dark Journey," from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #72.
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A full-page splash of the 1954 Tomahawk story, "The Burning of Bonnville!," from World's Finest (DC, 1941 series) #70.
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A nearly full page excerpt of page 1 of, "The Mysterious Jungle," from Congo Bill (DC, 1954 series) #5.
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Includes a frame depicting Mera from her first appearance in Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #11; an unpublished pencil sketch from 1997 depicting a romantic pose for Aquaman and Mera; a reproduction of the 1968 cover to Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #17.
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This is the complete first page (including indicia) of the 1961 story, "The Creature King of the Sea, Chapter 1," from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #32 which introduces Aquaman.
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Complete cover of Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #9
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Complete cover of Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #11
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A 2/3rd page excerpt from the moment that Mera finds out she is pregnant and at the same time doomed because of a rare malady. From the 1965 story, "The Birth of Aquababy," from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #23
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A reproduction of page 6 (entirety) of the 1967 story, "Aqualad's Deep-Six Chick!," from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #33.
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An unpublished cover that was slightly altered and then used as the cover to Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #44.
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A reproduction of page 2 (entirety) of the 1968 story, "The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol!," from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #13.
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An unpublished, unlettered page intended for Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #20. The four panels depict a big city in the early evening.
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Another unpublished, lettered page intended for Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #20. The four panels depict the team being led through the run down part of the city into an abandoned tenement into a trap.
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A reproduction of page 1 (entirety) of the 1970 story, "Blindspot," from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #28.
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The original art, complete with trade dress for 1971's Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #35.
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Includes a small penned figure of Wonder Woman excerpted from the cover of Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #3; the original art from the "Love 1970" cover of Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-17.
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The original art, with sound effects, but no captions or lettering for page 1 of the 1968 story, "Bat Lash," for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #76. Cardy notes that Sergio Aragonés "helped with the plotting."
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The original art, with trade dress but captions missing for 1969's Bat Lash (DC, 1968 series) #2. The published cover was altered slightly. Cardy claims this as his favorite Bat Lash cover. He wrote most of the story himself.
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The original art, with lettering for page 19 of the 1968 story, "Bat Lash," for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #76. Cardy notes that Sergio Aragonés "helped with the plotting."
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The original art from page 1, with lettering and captions for 1968's story, "Bat Lash... We're a-Comin' ta Get You!," from Bat Lash (DC, 1968 series) #1.
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The original art from one full page, with lettering and captions, for the 1970 story, "A Cold Corpse for the Collector," from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #91. This was selected to display Cardy's evocative characterization.
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A photograph that was originally appeared in The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (DC, 1973 series).
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Full page 1 of the 1974 story, "Now and Then!," from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #3.
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A montage of vignettes from Cardy's comic work and personnel sketches from holiday cards.
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Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #5 (May-June 1972)
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The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #9 (March-April 1969)
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The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #225 (January-February 1974)
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #183 (March 1972)
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Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #206 (June-July 1973)
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Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973)
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The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #6 (December 1969-January 1970)
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The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #12 (December 1970-January 1971)
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The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #4 (August-September 1969)
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The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #41 (April 1974)
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Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #2 (November-December 1971)
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Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 1972 series) #5 (June-July 1972)
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House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #95 (December 1971-January 1972)
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Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion (DC, 1972 series) #5 (May-June 1972)
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Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (August 1975)
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Marvel Movie Premiere (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (September 1975)
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Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (December 1974)
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Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (March 1976)
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Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (October 1974)
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Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (April 1975)
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The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #18 (November 1975)
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The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (Summer [August] 1975)
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Numerous blank pages in the front and back of the book, including blank back cover
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