Best Nonfiction about Comics
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Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
by:
Gerard Jones
4.07 avg rating — 1,660 ratings 3. 
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
by:
David Hajdu
3.86 avg rating — 3,682 ratings 4. 
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
by:
Scott McCloud
4.34 avg rating — 9,604 ratings 
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Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization
by:
Kevin Thurman
4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings 
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Gotham City 14 Miles: 14 Essays on Why the 1960s Batman TV Series Matters
by:
Jim Beard
3.84 avg rating — 119 ratings 12. 
Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
by:
Grant Morrison
3.85 avg rating — 8,514 ratings 13. 
Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes
by:
Timothy Callahan
3.88 avg rating — 135 ratings 
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Improving the Foundations: Batman Begins from Comics to Screen
by:
Julian Darius
4.39 avg rating — 49 ratings 
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Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles
by:
Patrick Meaney
4.03 avg rating — 186 ratings 20. 
The Devil is in the Details: Examining Matt Murdock and Daredevil
by:
Ryan K. Lindsay
3.93 avg rating — 60 ratings 21. 
Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan
by:
Chad Nevett
4.12 avg rating — 69 ratings 22. 
Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen
by:
Thomas J. Mclean
3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon
by:
Julian Darius
4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings 25. 
Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
by:
Art Spiegelman
3.94 avg rating — 415 ratings 26. 
1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die: The Ultimate Guide to Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga
by:
Paul Gravett
3.85 avg rating — 330 ratings 27. 
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
by:
Glen Weldon
4.12 avg rating — 2,631 ratings 
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The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present
by:
Gerard Jones
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 73 ratings 37. 
Understanding Superhero Comic Books: A History of Key Elements, Creators, Events and Controversies
by:
Alex Grand
4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings 38. 
Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics
by:
Chris Duffy
3.95 avg rating — 635 ratings 
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Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution
by:
Ronin Ro
3.79 avg rating — 260 ratings 
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Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe
by:
Tim Leong
3.96 avg rating — 1,491 ratings 43. 
Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed
by:
Brian Cronin
3.67 avg rating — 589 ratings 44. 
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El Domicilio de La Aventura (Colección Signos y Cultura)
by:
Sasturain Juan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
by:
Adilifu Nama
3.90 avg rating — 198 ratings 53. 
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Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels 4.13 avg rating — 836 ratings
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The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe
by:
Martin Pasko
4.36 avg rating — 90 ratings 
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From Girls to Grrrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines
by:
Trina Robbins
3.70 avg rating — 303 ratings 60. 
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! (The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks, #1)
by:
Fletcher Hanks
4.03 avg rating — 1,036 ratings 
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Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men: Superheroes and the American Experience 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Héctor Germán Oesterheld: de El Eternauta a Montoneros really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
66. 
Oesterheld en primera persona (HGO: su vida y su obra, volumen 1)
by:
Andrés Ferreiro
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 66. 
Oesterheld y Nuestras Invasiones Extraterrestres: Ensayo (Pack: volumen 1 y 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Historietas a diario. Las tiras cómicas argentinas: De Mafalda a nuestros días really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
69. 
Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!: 2000AD & Judge Dredd: The Secret History
by:
Pat Mills
3.95 avg rating — 226 ratings 
72. 
Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code (Studies in Popular Culture
by:
Amy Kiste Nyberg
3.88 avg rating — 58 ratings 72. 
The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art
by:
Jerry Robinson
3.96 avg rating — 47 ratings 74. 
The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer
by:
Greg Carpenter
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings 
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Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork
by:
David Chelsea
4.06 avg rating — 3,537 ratings 80. 
Sinfonía gráfica: Variaciones en las unidades estructurales y narrativas del cómic
by:
Sergio García
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings 81. 
The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!
by:
Jim Trombetta
4.04 avg rating — 604 ratings 82. 
And the Universe so Big: Understanding Batman: The Killing Joke
by:
Julian Darius
3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings 82. 
Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal 4.08 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them
by:
Lynne M. Thomas
4.09 avg rating — 182 ratings 
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Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics
by:
Julius Schwartz
3.65 avg rating — 55 ratings 
92. 
Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels with Peter David
by:
Peter David
3.76 avg rating — 109 ratings 93. 
Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC
by:
Reed Tucker
3.95 avg rating — 1,884 ratings 
94. 
La historieta salvaje. Primeras series argentinas (1907-1929)
by:
Judith Gociol
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings 97. 
Breccia, el Viejo: conversaciones con Juan Sasturain
by:
Juan Sasturain
4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings 97. 
Forging a New Medium: The Comic Strip in the Nineteenth Century
by:
Pascal Lefevre
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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