By Les Daniels
Now up to date, increased, and on hand in paperback—the definitive chronicle of DC’s celebrated characters and their proficient creators! within the approximately 70 years because the construction of the 1st large- heroes, DC’s mythical group of artists, writers, and editors have built, subtle, and prolonged the succeed in in their comedian booklet characters.
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