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Help Desk: Bibliography

Over the years, I've read a lot of books about comics, their form and functionality. A lot of the information I've garnered from those pages gets translated here in various ways, so I've decided to compile a list of the references I have used in creating this site. (I'm going to assume, though, that you're bright enough to figure out that all the actual comic book stories featuring the Fantastic Four have been used, as well.) Keep in mind that I don't necessarily reccomend all of these titles and certainly not for all audiences, but this list is intended to show where my knowledge-base comes from and where my perceptions of the medium originate.

Carter, Gary (editor). Comic Book Marketplace #81 (September 2000), Gemstone Publishing.
Daniels, Les. Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, Harry N. Abrams, 1993.
Dooley, Dennis and Engle, Gary (editors). Superman at Fifty, Octavia Press, 1987.
Eisner, Will. Comics and Sequential Art, Poorhouse Press, 1985.
Eisner, Will. The Dreamer, DC Comics, 2000.
Eisner, Will. Will Eisner's Shop Talk, Dark Horse Comics, 2001.
Frankel, Betsy, et. al. The Encyclopedia of Collectibles: Children's Books to Comics (3rd printing), Time-Life Books, 1980.
Goulart, Ron. The Great Comic Book Artists, St. Martin's Press, 1989.
Goulart, Ron. Over 50 Years of American Comic Books, Consumer Guide Books Pubications, 1990.
Grau, Matthew, et. al. A Guide to Marvel Earth, TSR Hobbies, 1998.
Gruenwald, Mark and Sanderson, Peter. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition #1-20 (1985-86), Marvel Comics.
Lee, Stan. How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, Simon & Schuster, 1978.
Lupoff, Richard and Thompson, Don (editors). All in Color for a Dime, Krause Publications, 1997.
Lupoff, Richard and Thompson, Don (editors). The Comic-Book Book, Krause Publications, 1998.
Malloy, Alex G. (editor), et. al. Comic Book Artists, Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1993.
Mann, Ron. Comic Book Confidential, The Voyager Company, 1994.
Martin, David E. The Fantastic Four Compendium, Random House, 1987.
McCloud, Scott. Reinventing Comics, Harperperennial Library, 2000.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, 1994.
McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (reprint ed.), MIT Press, 1994.
McKenzie, Alan. How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips for Newspapers and Comic Books, North Light Books, 1987.
Mitchell, Elizabeth Kathleen. Death by Hogarth, Harvard University Press, 1999.
Morrow, John (editor), et. al., The Jack Kirby Collector #9, 18, 22, 29 (Feb. 1996, Jan. 1998, Dec. 1998, Aug. 2000), TwoMorrows Publishing.
Nyberg, Amy Kiste. Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code, University Press of Mississippi, 1998.
Olshevsky, George. The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four #1-12 (1985-86), Marvel Comics.
Pustz, Matthew J. Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers, University Press of Mississippi, 2000.
Reibman, James, et. al. The Wertham Collection, Harvard University Press, 1990.
Robbins, Trina. From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines, Chronicle Books, 1999.
Sassiene, Paul. The Comic Book, Chartwell Books, 1994.
Steranko, James. The Steranko History of Comics #1-2 (1970, 1972), Supergraphics.
Theakston, Greg. Pure Images #1-5 (1990-1991), Pure Imagination Publishing.
Thomas, Roy (editor). Alter Ego #3 (Winter 2000), TwoMorrows Publishing.
Thompson, Don & Maggie. Comics Buyers Guide Marvel Comics Checklist and Price Guide, Krause Publications, 1993.
Tinsley, Kevin Digital Prepress for Comic Books, Stickman Graphics, 1999.
Van Hise, James. Comics File Magazine #2 (1986), Psi Fi Movie Press.
Williams, Barrier (editor), et. al. The Smithsonisan Book of Comic-Book Comics, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
Williams, Penny and Lee, Tony (editors). Fantastic Four Roster Book, TSR Hobbies, 1999.
Wright, Bradford W. Comic Book Nation, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.