The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
, . . Running Press, $17.95 (479pp) ISBN 978-0-7624-3394-0
This big volume, the third in the series, is an incredible value with a very high gem-to-dud ratio. Mickey Spillane's “Mike Hammer: Dark City” run of Sunday paper serials is presented in its original turn-the-book-sideways glory; Jack Kirby's “The Money-Making Machine Swindlers” is a retro blast, complete with cautionary monologue from the femme fatale. An opportunity is missed with the selection made to represent Will Eisner's
Reviewed on: 09/22/2008
Genre: Fiction