500 Comic Book Villains

Here come the heels and hoodlums! It©'s an entertaining rogues©' review, starring Batman©'s Joker, Dick Tracy©'s Flattop and Pruneface, Flash Gordon©'s Ming the Merciless, Spider-Man©'s Green Goblin, and hundreds more villains connoisseurs of comics have always loved to hate. Written especially for comic book collectors and nostalgia buffs, 500 Comic Book Villains is a chronicle of fictional wickedness that also touches on Arthurian legend and old-time radio and movies, in addition to the comics. It©'s an encyclopedia of evildoers that lists and profiles the major recurring villains who for generations have lurked in countless comic book illustrations, flaunting the iniquity that is always vanquished at story©'s end by heroes who represent truth, justice, law, order, and the American way. This terrific collection, compiled by comic book historian Mike Conroy, serves as a fine companion volume to his recently published 500 Great Comic Book Action Heroes, also available from Barron©'s. More than 300 color illustrations include reproductions of comic book covers and pages. Readers will also find a handy index and a bibliography.