17 Top comics books like American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber

Cover of American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber

American Comics: A History

By: Jeremy Dauber

3.77

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American ima…

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Cover of All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant, None, None

1. All-Star Superman

By: Grant Morrison , Frank Quitely , Jamie Grant , None , None

4.26

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The Eisner Award-winning 12-issue series from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely is available in Abso… read more

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"You're much stronger than you think you are. Trust me."

-Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman

Cover of The Judas Coin by None, Walter Simonson

2. The Judas Coin

By: None , Walter Simonson

3.22

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

This centuries-spanning original graphic novel from legendary writer/artist Walter Simonson cleverl… read more

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Cover of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe

3. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

By: Sean Howe

4.05

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

An unvarnished, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes account of one of the most dominant pop cultural fo… read more

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  • history
  • marvel
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Cover of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon

4. Superman: The Unauthorized Biography

By: Glen Weldon

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A celebration of Superman's life and history--in time for his 75th birthday How has the Big Blue Bo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC by Reed Tucker

5. Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

By: Reed Tucker

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters; it's between… read more

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Cover of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu

6. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America

By: David Hajdu

3.63

Format: 371 pages,

In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popula… read more

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Cover of Doom Patrol Book One by Grant Morrison

7. Doom Patrol Book One

By: Grant Morrison

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The groundbreaking series from Grant Morrison that led American comics in a wholly unexpected direc… read more

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Cover of Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

8. Batman: Dark Victory

By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

The sequel to the critically acclaimed BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, DARK VICTORY continues the story… read more

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9. The Fifties

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Fiftiesis a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Ha… read more

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10. Dark Night: A True Batman Story

By: Paul Dini , Eduardo Risso

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is a Batman story like no other--the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of writer Pa… read more

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11. Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate

By: Rick Bowers

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of th… read more

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Cover of Monica by Daniel Clowes

12. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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Cover of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna  Robinson

13. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

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14. Alien III

By: William Gibson

3.45

Format: 136 pages, Audible Audio

Audible is bringing William Gibson’s uncovered Alien III script to life in audio for the first time… read more

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Cover of Daredevil, Vol. 1: Know Fear by Chip Zdarsky

15. Daredevil, Vol. 1: Know Fear

By: Chip Zdarsky

4.31

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Matt Murdock has clawed his way through physical therapy, but his near death experience that nearly… read more

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16. Strange Adventures

By: Tom King

4.21

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling writer Tom King is back with a new epic that reinvents one of DC's classic science-fict… read more

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Cover of All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told by Douglas Wolk

17. All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

By: Douglas Wolk

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revela… read more

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"If he does find himself back in the mountain of Marvels, or if he never leaves it, I hope he finds its glorious imaginary world changing all the time, keeping pace with the real one in which he lives…"

-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

"As you explore the Marvel story, it becomes another world you can call your own, one that's constantly expanding and full of unfinished wonders. You can no more exhaust its possibilities than the rea…"

-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

Cover of Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith

18. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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Cover of True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman

19. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

By: Abraham Riesman

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur … read more

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Cover of American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber

20. American Comics: A History

By: Jeremy Dauber

3.77

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American ima… read more

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Cover of Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your Head by Eliot Borenstein

21. Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your Head

By: Eliot Borenstein

3.70

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Marvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an ar… read more

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Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

Sean Howe

4.05

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Superman: The Unauthorized Biography

Glen Weldon

3.75

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Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

Reed Tucker

3.64

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America

David Hajdu

3.63

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All-Star Superman

Grant Morrison , Frank Quitely , Jamie Grant , None , None

4.26

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Dc: the New Frontier: The Absolute Edition

None , Jared K. Fletcher , Darwyn Cooke , Paul Levitz

4.41

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Superman: Space Age

Mark Russell

4.20

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Jonathan Hickman

3.68

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