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A comic book archive or comic book reader file (also called sequential image file) is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books. The idea was made popular by the CDisplay sequential image viewer; [ 1 ] since then, many viewers for different platforms have been created.
The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions. [1] [2] The GCD project catalogues information on creator credits, story details, reprints, and other information useful to the comic book reader, comic collector, fan, and scholar.
Comic books. Curbed Seattle has described Golden Age Collectables as "Seattle's longest-running comic book shop" and "a popular tourist-photo spot because of a convenient Pike Place Market location and a selfie-ready Batman statue outside". [1] Thrillist has called the shop as "a hodgepodge of nerdy/kitschy knick knacks, comic books and bric-a ...
The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of The Man of Steel, which featured two different covers by writer/artist John Byrne.One featured a full shot of Superman ripping open the shirt comprising part of his civilian clothing to reveal the "S" emblem on his chest, along with a shot of the spaceship that brought him to Earth escaping Krypton.
Comic book collecting is a hobby that treats comic books and related items as collectibles or artwork to be sought after and preserved. Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps or books (bibliophilia), it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s.
Each floppy comic issue is typically 20–40 pages, and usually consists of a single chapter (as opposed to a larger comic book volume that typically includes multiple chapters). A floppy comic is comparable to a comic magazine , but is thinner in size and is dedicated to a single character or group of characters (whereas a comic magazine is ...
The term multimedia e-book is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or text books. Multimedia e-books include a combination of text, audio, images, video, or interactive content formats. Much like how a traditional book can contain images to help the text tell a story, a multimedia e-book can contain other ...
DC Archive Editions is a line of hardcovers that was published from 1989–2014, reprinting early, often rare comic book series, titles, and stories. They include more than 160 Golden Age and Silver Age comic properties currently owned by DC Comics, regardless of whether DC Comics was the original publisher.