The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (Collected)

The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told

December, 1989

ISBN: 0-930289-57-9

Credits:

Cover Artists Jerry Ordway Writers Jack Kirby, Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, William Woolfolk, Robert Kanigher, Sheldon Mayer, Alfred Bester, Jerry Siegel, Joseph Samachson, Otto Binder, Joye Murchison Pencilers Jack Kirby, Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Cole, Irwin Hasen, Carmine Infantino, Mac Raboy, Sheldon Mayer, Alex Toth, Creig Flessel, Everett E. Hibbard, Jack Burnley, Bernard Baily, Jerry Robinson, Joe Shuster, Lou Fine, Dan Barry, Al Plastino, Jimmy Thompson, Reed Crandall, Harry G. Peter, Joe Kubert Inkers Joe Simon, Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Cole, Irwin Hasen, Frank Giacoia, Mac Raboy, Sheldon Mayer, Alex Toth, Creig Flessel, Everett E. Hibbard, Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley, Bernard Baily, Mort Meskin, Joe Shuster, Lou Fine, Dan Barry, Al Plastino, Jimmy Thompson, Chuck Cuidera, Harry G. Peter, John Belfi, Joe Kubert Colourists Raymond Perry Letterers George Roussos, Sheldon Mayer, Betty Bentley, Bernard Baily, Jimmy Thompson Editors Mike Gold

Overview

Hardcover collection of stories originally published by DC and Quality Comics between 1937 and 1949.

Issues

• Detective Comics #69 - "The Siege of Krovka" (starring the Boy Commandos)
• Batman #30 - "While the City Sleeps" (starring Batman)
• Flash Comics #4 - "The Thought Terror" (starring Hawkman)
• Plastic Man #21 - "Where Is Amorpho?" (starring Plastic Man)
• Sensation Comics #1 - "The Origin of Wildcat" (starring Wildcat)
• Flash Comics #96 - "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch" (starring Black Canary)
• Kid Eternity #3 - "The Count" (starring Kid Eternity)
• "Scribbly" - Redrawn version of a story from All-American Comics #6 (starring Scribbly Jibbet)
• All-American Comics #92 - "The Icicle Goes South" (starring Green Lantern)
• Adventure Comics #51 - "The Pawn Broker" (starring the Sandman)
• All-Flash #14 - "The Rise and Fall of Norman Empire" (starring the Flash)
• Adventure Comics #67 - "The Menace of the Invisible Raiders!" (starring Starman)
• More Fun Comics #57 - "Boys from Nowhere" (starring the Spectre)
• Action Comics #124 - "The Lonesome Kangaroo!" (starring Vigilante)
• Detective Comics #1 - "The Streets of Chinatown" (starring Slam Bradley)
• Crack Comics #19 - "The President's Been Kidnapped" (starring Black Condor)
• Adventure Comics #144 - "The Day That Was Five Years Long" (starring Johnny Quick)
• Superman #61 - "Superman Returns to Krypton!" (starring Superman)
• Star-Spangled Comics #77 - "Robotman vs. Rubberman" (starring Robotman)
• Modern Comics #67 - "The Plateau of Oblivion" (starring Blackhawk)
• Wonder Woman #13 - "The Icebound Maidens" (starring Wonder Woman)
• All-Star Comics #37 - "The Injustice Society of the World!" (starring the Justice Society of America)

Notes

• "The things of magic--THE GREATEST GOLDEN AGE STORIES EVER TOLD--a lasting tribute to the roots of American comics, starring the greatest characters of the 1930s and 1940s, as written by a veritable Who's Who of the Golden Age!" -- Back cover blurb
• Scribbly was redrawn by Sheldon Mayer expressly for this book when suitable materials could not be found to reprint from.

• Reprints several house ads and public service announcements of the era.

• Also includes a foreword by Roy Thomas, an introduction by editor Mike Gold, biographies of the included writers and artists by Mark Waid and end notes by Robert Greenberger.
• 288 pages.
• Out of print.

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