DC COMICS - DC'S GREATEST IMAGINARY STORIES - 1st Trade PBK 2005

Description: Measures 6-21/32" X 10-5/32", 191+ full color pages -- Introduction by CRAIG SHUTT -- stated "First Printing" -- trade paperback published by DC Comics (NY). Group 1-1120 Light wear & chipping to edges & corners, with light scratches, indentations & rub-wear, plus the following -- FRONT COVER: Sticker residue -- plus thin 3/16" corner crease at front top right corner -- plus thin 1/8" corner crease at front lower right corner -- plus 3/16" dent front top left corner. -- REAR COVER: 1-1/4" dent w/crease at rear lower right corner -- 9/32" indentation at upper rear gutter -- sticker residue -- very, very faint 3/4" crease at rear left midcover -- very, very faint 3/8" crease at rear upper right midcover, below thin 3/8" lift crease -- 1/8" corner crease rear top left corner -- 9/32" ding at rear right top edge. -- SPINE: Slight lean to right -- NO top to bottom spine crease -- 1 side-to-side crease. -- INTERIOR: Lightly tanning pages/inside covers. -- OVERALL CONDITION = Very Good Plus to Near Fine Minus, based almost entirely on the rear lower right corner dent/crease There was a time, in the 1960s, when DC Comics would toss its readers a tasty and delicious bone, in the form of "imaginary stories," featuring the regular stable of DC super-heroes in outlandish and mostly impossible situations -- basically stepping out of their already outlandish and impossible lives, and confronting them with plot-lines more mundane and earthy -- such as getting married, or having children, or tossing away the cape for another profession. Most of these stories were quite entertaining, and were clearly labeled as "imaginary." And, several decades later, DC Comics embellished on this "imaginary stories" theme by creating the "ELSEWORLDS" stories -- definitely more gritty, and often very disconcerting. But, in those still-innocent days of the 1960s, DC Comics would snatch our attention (and our dimes) (or 12 cents) (or 15 cents) (or. . .whatever), and shake up the already-confusing DC Universe with stories like the following, featuring the talents of OTTO BINDER ; JOHN BROOME ; LEO DORFMAN ; BILL FINGER ; EDMOND HAMILTON ; JIM SHOOTER ; JERRY SIEGEL ; C. C. BECK ; CARMINE INFANTINO ; BOB KANE ; KURT SCHAFFENBERGER ; DICK SPRANG ; CURT SWAN ; JOE GIELLA ; STAN KAYE ; GEORGE KLEIN ; SHELDON MOLDOFF ; and CHARLES PARIS. Dive in -- it's fun! Contents: CAPTAIN MARVEL -- The Atomic War (from CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #66, October 1946) BATMAN -- The Second Life Of BATMAN (from BATMAN #127, October 1959) SUPERMAN & LOIS LANE -- Mr. & Mrs. CLARK (SUPERMAN) KENT (from SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE # 19, August 1960) SUPERMAN -- The Death Of SUPERMAN (from SUPERMAN #149, November 1961) JIMMY OLSEN & SUPERGIRL -- JIMMY OLSEN Marries SUPERGIRL (from SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #57, December 1961) FLASH -- The Origin Of FLASH's Masked Identity (from THE FLASH #128, May 1962) BATMAN -- BATMAN's New Secret Identity (from BATMAN #151, November 1962) SUPERMAN -- The Amazing Story Of SUPERMAN-RED And SUPERMAN-BLUE (from SUPERMAN #162) SUPERMAN & LOIS LANE & LANA LANG & LORI LEMARIS -- The Three Wives Of SUPERMAN (from SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #51, August 1964) SUPERMAN -- The Fantastic Story Of SUPERMAN's SONS (from SUPERMAN #166, November 1964) SUPERMAN & BATMAN -- SUPERMAN And BATMAN -- Brothers (from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #172, December 1967) Shipping charges include postage (including USPS Tracking on domestic shipments), packaging materials, labor & fuel (the nearest post office is 14 MILES away!); but I do combine shipping charges on multiple items -- so fill up that cart NOW an' save some $$$!

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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Unit of Sale: Single Unit

Tradition: US Comics

Custom Bundle: No

Vintage: Yes

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Style: Color

Personalized: No

Features: First Printing

Artist/Writer: Carmine Infantino, Curt Swan, John Broome, Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, Bill Finger, C. C. Beck, Dick Sprang, Leo Dorfman, Edmond Hamilton, Jim Shooter, Bob Kane, Kurt Schaffenberger, Joe Giella, Stan Kaye, George Klein, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris, Craig Shutt

Character: Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, The Flash, Supergirl etc

Signed: No

Cover Artist: Brian Bolland

Series Title: DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories

Ex Libris: No

Universe: DC Universe

Grade: 5.5 Fine-

Publisher: DC Comics

Inscribed: No

Intended Audience: General Audience

Modified Item: No

Publication Year: 2005