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.
Related
- Jerry Ordway/Cover Artist
- Jack Kirby/Writer
- Bill Finger/Writer
- Gardner Fox/Writer
- William Woolfolk/Writer
- Robert Kanigher/Writer
- Sheldon Mayer/Writer
- Alfred Bester/Writer
- Jerry Siegel/Writer
- Joseph Samachson/Writer
- Otto Binder/Writer
- Joye Hummel/Writer
- Jack Kirby/Penciler
- Dick Sprang/Penciler
- Sheldon Moldoff/Penciler
- Jack Cole/Penciler
- Irwin Hasen/Penciler
- Carmine Infantino/Penciler
- Mac Raboy/Penciler
- Sheldon Mayer/Penciler
- Alex Toth/Penciler
- Creig Flessel/Penciler
- Everett E. Hibbard/Penciler
- Jack Burnley/Penciler
- Bernard Baily/Penciler
- Jerry Robinson/Penciler
- Joe Shuster/Penciler
- Lou Fine/Penciler
- Dan Barry/Penciler
- Al Plastino/Penciler
- Jimmy Thompson/Penciler
- Reed Crandall/Penciler
- Harry G. Peter/Penciler
- Joe Kubert/Penciler
- Joe Simon/Inker
- Dick Sprang/Inker
- Sheldon Moldoff/Inker
- Jack Cole/Inker
- Irwin Hasen/Inker
- Frank Giacoia/Inker
- Mac Raboy/Inker
- Sheldon Mayer/Inker
- Alex Toth/Inker
- Creig Flessel/Inker
- Everett E. Hibbard/Inker
- Jack Burnley/Inker
- Ray Burnley/Inker
- Bernard Baily/Inker
- Mort Meskin/Inker
- Joe Shuster/Inker
- Lou Fine/Inker
- Dan Barry/Inker
- Al Plastino/Inker
- Jimmy Thompson/Inker
- Chuck Cuidera/Inker
- Harry G. Peter/Inker
- John Belfi/Inker
- Joe Kubert/Inker
- Raymond Perry/Colourist
- George Roussos/Letterer
- Sheldon Mayer/Letterer
- Betty Bentley/Letterer
- Bernard Baily/Letterer
- Jimmy Thompson/Letterer
- Mike Gold/Editor
- Collected Editions
- 1989, December (Publication)
- Executive Editor Credit Needed
- Greatest Stories Ever Told
- Quality Comics Reprints
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