Comments on: The Great Comic Book Heroes

By: anthony james

anthony james — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:30:44 +0000

i JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE an origihal hardback of Jules Feiffer’s 1966 THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES , and am looking for a serious collecter who is interested.Its in perfect condition. inquire directly if you like. 209-626-9828

By: Michael Rebain

Michael Rebain — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:18:43 +0000

I also read “All in Color…” in high school in the 70s, and thought I had found the Holy Grail when I discovered that the public library in the next town over had copies of not only the Feiffer book, but also the classic Dick Tracy and Buck Rogers collections. I spent a lot of time absorbing those three.

By: Pat Curley

Pat Curley — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:14:38 +0000

Yeah, our local library didn’t have a copy so I had to ride about five miles to the nearest big town in order to read it, but I loved it. However, I was disappointed in the Spirit story; I had heard so much about the character from my dad, but when I read it I thought the story was rather dull; Feiffer should have reprinted one of the postwar masterpieces.

By: phillyradiogeek

phillyradiogeek — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:07:29 +0000

Caleb Mozzaracco wrote quite a bit about this book on his blog: http://everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com. Put Jules Feiffer in the search engine and it will call up the articles. Good stuff!

By: Bruce R

Bruce R — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:30:57 +0000

My first book on comics was All In Color For A Dime, but that one had no sample stories. My secong book was this one. More than any book I can think of, this is the one that resulted in my wanting to learn the complete history of comics. In particular the Spirit story which drove me crazy for the fact that I didn’t know if I’d ever see anymore! (A few months later I found a beat up Spirit section stuffed into an old pipe in the basement – I was in 7th heaven!)

By: ltux

ltux — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:23:31 +0000

This was one of the great books of its time. I discovered it when I was eleven or twelve, a few years after my father had bought some of those DC tabloid-sized reprints of Whiz #1 and All Star #3, which had fascinated me. It was my first exposure to The Spirit, who — after Captain Marvel — is my favorite comic book character:

Bartender: “M..milk!! Do my ears betray me? Milk in this place?! Milk he says…”
Spirit: “I said Milk!!!”
Bartender: “Y..yes, effendi, MILK..to be sure..at once, oh exalted master!!”