A comprehensive history of the various theatrical films and television shows adapted from the plethora of comic strips and comic books Americans have loved for most of the century_from Archie, Barbarella, Batman, and Blondie, to The Vigilante and Wonder Woman, and everyone in between, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The author provides extensive cast and credit information on every film and television adaptation of comic strips in which the characters have been portrayed by live performers. Hundreds of entries for some 90 characters are arranged in alphabetical order by comic strip title, with brief historical backgrounds, critiques, background information on the various movie and TV versions, and vintage photos.
- ISBN10 0810824094
- ISBN13 9780810824096
- Publish Date 1 September 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 June 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scarecrow Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 255
- Language English