DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book Paperback – September 1, 2010

This is a fantastic 75th anniversary book to help celebrate DC Comics. The book contains 100 ready to frame posters, with additional covers of the series mentioned on the back of the posters. The ready to frame posters are perforated and tear right out of the book. They measure about 13 x 11. The covers look like scans of the vintage comics, and some show their age. I guess they decided to show comic covers with creases to depict the age of the comic. I enjoy that better than having them digitally airbrushed. It looks more like a piece of classic art. If you are hesitant in buying the book because you don't know what ready to frame covers there are inside, here is the list of the 100 covers in the order they show up in the book.1.New Fun #1 (1935)2.Detective COmics #11 (1938)3.Action Comics #1 (1938)4.Detective COmics #27 (1939)5.Superman #1 (1939)6. Adventure Comics #40 (1939)7. Detective Comics #31 (1939)8.Action Comics #19 (1939)9.Flash Comics #1 (1940)10.Batman #1 (1940)11.Action Comics #27 (1940)12.World's Finest Comics #3 (1941)13.Green Lantern #1 (1941)14.Sensation Comics #1 (1942)15.Superman #14 (1942)16.All American COmics #51 (1943)17.Sensation Comics #38 (1945)18.Superman #57 (1949)19.Mr. District Attorney #12 (1950)20.Sensation Comics #109 (1952)21.Our Army at War #20 (1954)22.Mystery in Space #22 (1954)23.Superboy #55 (1957)24.Strange Adventures #79 (1957)25.Showcase #12 (1958)26.Adventure Comics #247 (1958_27.Leave it to Binky #60 (1958)28.Tales of the Unexpected #33 (1959)29. Strange Adventures #100 (1959)30. Action Comics #252 (1959)31. Action Comics #255 (1959)32. Detective Comics #275 (1960)33.Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53 (1961)34.The Flash #123 (1961)35.Showcase #34 (1961)36.The Brave and the Bold #42 (1962)37.Superboy #99 (1962)38. Action Comics #296 (1963)39.Justice League of America # 21 (1963)40. Superman #164 (1963)41.Falling in Love #62 (1963)42.Heart Throbs #93 (1964)43.Brave and the Bold #58 (1965)44.Girls Love Stories #121 (1966)45.Detective Comics #359 (1967)46.Action Comics #361 (1968)47.The House of Mystery #174 (1968)48.Beware the Creeper #2 (68)49.Wonder Woman #178 (68)50.The Hawk and the Dove #2 (68)51.Angel and the Ape #1 (68)52.Green Lantern #76 (70)53.Detective Comics #405 (70)54.Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #106 (70)55.Girl's Romances #154 (71)56.Mister Miracle #2 (71)57.The House of Secrets #92 (71)58.Green Lantern #85 (71)59.The House of Mystery #195 (1973)60.Wonder Woman #205 (73)61.Shazam! #3 (73)62.Prez #3 (73)63.Plastic Man #11 (1976)64.Detective Comics #475 (78)65.Weird Western Tales #53 (1979)66.Weird War Tales #89 (1980)67.The New teen Titans #1 (1980)68.Ronin #1 (83)69.Swamp Thing #34 (85)70.Crisis on Infinte Earts #7 (85)71.Batman; The Dark Knight #1 (86)72.Watchmen #1 (86)73.Action Comics #587 (1987)74.John Constantine: Hellblazer #1 (88)75.Batman: The Killing Joke (88)76. Animal Man #5 (88)77.V For Vendetta #1 (88)78.The Sandman #1 (89)79. Detective Comics #626 (1991)80. Superman #75 (93)81.Wonder Woman #0 (94)82.Preacher #1 (95)83. Kingdom Come #3 (96)84.Batman: Harley Quinn #1 (1999)85. Detective Comics #745 (2000)86.Catwoman #2 (2002)87.100 Bullets #33 (2002)88. Wonder Woman #184 (2002)89.Batman #608 (2002)90. Fables #18 (2003)91.Batgirl #45 (2003)92.The Last Man #16 (2004)93.Detective Comics #792 (2004)94.DC: The New Frontier #6 (2004)95.Green Lantern #1 (2005)96. Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition (2005)97.Batman Year 100 #1 (2006)98. All Star Superman #10 (2008)99.Action Comics #863 (2008)100.Batman #679 (2008)It's NOT a book of 100 of the most influential covers or anything, so just take it for what it is, a poster book, and you should be happy. I highly recommend this book.

I didn't really pay attention to the dimensions but this is a large format book which works well for its intended use. On the back of each poster is a write up of that particular cover with other interesting facts. Really enjoyable book to look through and appreciate the art of comic covers through the years.

This collection of poster-size covers from DC Comics' storied history leans heavily on the Golden and Silver Ages and breezes through the more recent past. I appreciate the efforts to include overlooked genres (e.g., licensed titles such as Mr. District Attorney, teen titles such as Binky and the romance titles), but was surprised at the dearth of more recent work (the Vertigo Doom Patrol, the 5YL Legion, George Perez's WW, most of the JLA's history) and odd selections for others (like a Superman/Demon cover for Action to represent Byrne's revamp). It also looks like the book purposely avoided iconic covers by Adams, Hughes, etc., to avoid competing with recent books of those artists' work -- a misstep for a book aimed at casual readers interested in seeing the best of the company's history.

This gift is great, I plan on giving this as a gift along with a picture frame so they can switch out which poster they would want to display. The poster are a nice size and printed on nice paper. The only negative comment I would give is that they don't tell you what size the posters are, not a big deal though I just have to measure them.

Perfect for any comic collector!

Got it as a gift for my boyfriend, I was afraid it was going to be too childish but he loved it. He couldn't even hold a full conversation after I gave it to him because he was already reading the blurbs on the backs of the pages.

I bought this book of posters for my fiancé who is very into the DC comic world. He is sitting right here with me and told me to rate it as highly as I can. He absolutely loves it!

Got this and used it as a wall border in my son's bedroom. ALL the posters look amazing and I like every single one of them! They would also look VERY nice framed! The book is HUGE!!! Highly recommended!!! A+

Not as good as the DC Poster Portfolio series as the paper quality is not so good and the size is a little less but the covers are still superb and there is a nice mix of 40s 50s 60s etc as well as up to 2011. Really enjoyed this volume and was a pleasure to buy - includes all kinds of classic covers with a lot of information about them on the back

This was a brilliant product for the comic-geek boyfriend which provided a stroke of genius to his bedroom decorating dilemma.Not only did it provide a nostalgic, fascinating read on the history and origins of the DC classics but it also provided design features that could fill his wall with stunning visual displays via the posters which could be carefully removed and framed on his wall. A heavily appreciated buy that will have a lasting legacy!

This is great and was a decent price for how many pieces of Artwork you get. The quality is really good, their are more classic comic covers then contemporary but you do get both. The ease to rip it out is good no scissors needed so rest at ease. Nice little bio on each comic cover. You'll find some funny comic covers as well, never expected.

I have bought this book so that I can use the covers to create a superhero montage wall in my son's new superhero bedroom. I couldn't be more pleased. Lots of really great covers. Excellent value for money, especially if you intend to use them as posters.

Seriously. So many amazing covers ready to frame. Legendary works of art like Green Lantern by Neal Adams, Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, etc. 100% recommended.