Super graphic : a visual guide to the comic book universe

Super graphic : a visual guide to the comic book universe / Tim Leong.

What do Superman and Magneto have in common? What is the Joker's favorite question for Batman? Are there more deaths by human or zombie in The Walking Dead? These are just a few of the questions answered in this infographic guide to the comic book universe. Author and designer Tim Leong has cre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leong, Tim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2013]
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > Charts, diagrams, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Miscellanea.
The Dr. Mark D. Nevins '86 Collection for the Study of Comics and Graphic Novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Young adult nonfiction.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Charts (graphic documents) > U.S.A. > 2013.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Table of Contents:
  • What's in this book?
  • Full disclosure: my bookshelf
  • True colors
  • Good measures: superheroes and primary colors
  • Color me bad: supervillains and secondary colors
  • Common people: a Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes
  • How to read a comic book
  • What is manga?
  • Character lineup
  • Character weigh in
  • Map quest
  • Welcome to the multiverse: wait, there's more than one Earth?
  • A history of heroic proportions
  • Power publishers
  • Take shape: evolution of Superman's logo
  • Shell power: the pizzas of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • The Batman theme quantified
  • The Joker's favorite questions for Batman
  • The colors of money: following fictional fortunes
  • Team colors
  • Richie Rich vs. Royal Roy
  • The definitive R. Crumb butt matrix
  • Second city: the real Metropolis
  • Nuff said: Stan Lee has issues
  • A Fantastic Four primer
  • Super rollercoasters
  • The politics of good vs. evil
  • Pissed off: a Calvin and Hobbes trajectory
  • Fast ball special
  • Wardrobe upgrade: changes in costume color
  • Cerebus: judging a comic by its covers
  • Archer appeal
  • The Flash: ranking the scarlet speedsters by likability
  • Superman's movies
  • Who is the fastest man alive?
  • Small wonder: how big is the miniature city of Kandor?
  • Put a ring on it: a history of concentric circles
  • Who's who in Sin City
  • Secret identities: Stan Lee's nicknames for the Marvel bullpen
  • The periodic table of the Metal Men
  • Who reads DC Comics?
  • Playing for the other team: the many affiliations of the Marvel Universe
  • Batman's utility belt, 1952
  • Batman's utility belt, 1968
  • Joker's utility belt, 1952
  • Robin's utility belt, 1994
  • The Walking Dead kill counter
  • Who is left in Y: the last man
  • Why guys like Invisible Woman
  • Why guys relate to Spider Man
  • Battle breakdown
  • Bird watching: the five faces of Robin
  • The Chris Ware sadness scale
  • Meta human: pop culture in Scott Pilgrim
  • Venom's family web
  • Dressed to kill: explaining cosplay and crossplay
  • Nerd prom: Comic Con attendance
  • Guide to Comic Con cosplay: the Hulk
  • X-Men characters I remembered thanks to cosplay
  • Guide to Comic Con cosplay: Spider Man
  • Guide to Comic Con cosplay: Pac Man
  • Guide to Comic Con cosplay: Wolverine
  • Popular costumes
  • Manga murder: outsmarting death
  • Boom boom pow
  • A personal history of saying "good grief"
  • Alter egos: Bobby Digital vs. Batman
  • All in the family: mapping the relationships of the New Gods
  • Spy vs. spy
  • Jet set: Avengers vs. X-Men
  • Birds of a feather: Scrooge McDuck's family tree
  • Bat channels: every TV show starring Batman
  • Character kingdom: a taxonomy of characters, classified by name
  • The Punisher's kill count
  • Fighting forces: oppression and rebellion in Persepolis
  • Mutant Manhattan
  • To the grave and back: how long characters stayed dead
  • Choose your own adventure: the Mad magazine mystery record
  • Fast company: the four faces of the Flash
  • A Watchmen primer
  • Amazonian prime: 70 years of Wonder Woman's legs
  • Recurring character: Chris Evans
  • How to spot a vigilante
  • Not standard issue: an explanation of crossover issues and their tie ins
  • Tintin's travels
  • Tintin publication history
  • Revisionist history: 30 years of changing Tintin
  • Book report: the Library of Congress comic collection
  • Art, work: the schedule of a manga artist
  • Cover to cover: Marvel and DC's price history
  • Size matters
  • Assorted Peanuts
  • Marvel universe trading cards
  • Gotham City police department utility bill
  • Power pack
  • If you were the Punisher, what would you do?
  • Gotham City police department
  • The most quotable lines from 300
  • Lifespans of characters in the Walking Dead
  • A peek inside the Jean Grey school for higher learning
  • Calling the shots: how fans voted to kill Robin
  • Archie's ample, awesome, and awful alliteration
  • What makes Nick Fury so intimidating
  • Reasons to like Cyclops
  • How DC characters rank in HeroClix
  • Shell boy
  • Five easy pieces
  • Bat relationships: the world of the caped crusader
  • Panel to screen: the history of comic book movies
  • The letter V in V for Vendetta
  • Fighting words: the evolution of the Green Lantern oath
  • Overlapping interests
  • Super analytics: rating the characters in the Marvel comics universe.

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