(026890) Barrier, Michael, and Williams, Martin,
editors. A Smithsonian Book Of Comic-Book Comics. Washington, DC:
Smithsonian Institution, 1981. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 336 pages. Fine in Very
Good+ DJ. Color Illustrations. Owner's ink name & date on front endpaper. A
companion volume to the popular Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics.It
presents outstanding features published in American comic books from near their
beginnings (1938) to the advent of the Comics Code (1955) . There are 32
complete stories, almost 300 pages in color. ISBN: 0874742285 (Comic
Books)