The Platinum Age: Comics Before Superman, and How to Recognize Them
The Platinum Age of comics before Action Comics #1: strip collections, Famous Funnies, Detective Comics #1, and how to identify and date these early objects.
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The Platinum Age of comics before Action Comics #1: strip collections, Famous Funnies, Detective Comics #1, and how to identify and date these early objects.
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