Comments on: The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics [2008]

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:25:09 +0000

Anybody know of a comic with characters named
“Biggie”,”Two-Nose”,”Fats”, and “Greasy Joe”?
Had it in my younger days but can’t remember the
title.

By: Rob Anderton

Rob Anderton — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:55:56 +0000

Yeah, a great book – I can’t image any comics fan not liking it. Here are the full contents:

‘Old Gangsters Never Die’ by Alan Moore & Lloyd Thatcher (8 pgs)
‘Torpedo 1936: The Switch’ by Sanchez Abuli & Jordi Bernet (8 pgs)
‘The Money-Making Machine Swindlers’ by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (14 pgs)
‘87th Precinct: Blind Man’s Bluff’ by ? & Bernie Krigstein (32 pgs)
‘The Murderer of Hung’ by Dominique Grange & Jacques Tardi (8 pgs)
‘Murder, Morphine and Me!’ by Jack Cole (14 pgs)
‘El Borbah: Love in Vain’ by Charles Burnes (9 pgs)
‘The Spirit: The Portier Fortune’ by Will Eisner (7 pgs)
‘Secret Agent X-9′ by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond (80 pgs)
‘Commissario Spada:Strada’ by Gianluigi Gonano & Gianni De Luca (10 pgs)
‘Lily-White Joe’ by ? & Bernie Krigstein (8 pgs)
‘The Crushed Gardenia’ by ? & Alex Toth (8 pgs)
‘Ms Tree: Maternity Leave’ by Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty (48 pgs)
‘Roy Carson and the Old Master’ by Colin McLoughlin & Denis McLoughlin (12 pgs)
‘Mary Spratchet’ by ? (9 pgs)
‘Alack Sinner: Talkin’ With Joe’ by Carlos Sampayo & Jose Munoz (27 pgs)
‘The Button’ by ? & Bill Everett (5 pgs)
‘Kane: Rat in the House’by Paul Grist (32 pgs)
‘Who Dunnit?’ by ? & Fred Guardineer (6 pgs)
‘Mike Lancer and the Syndicate of Death’ by Mickey Spillane & Harry Sahle (6 pgs)
‘Mike Hammer: Dark City’ by Mickey Spillane & Ed Robbins (32 pgs)
‘The Court’ by Neil Gaiman & Warren Pleece (10 pgs)
‘The Sewer’ by Johnny Craig (8 pgs)
‘I Keep Coming Back’ by Alan Moore & Oscar Zarate (12 pgs)

By: James Romberger

James Romberger — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:33:47 +0000

This book has a lot of other good pieces including stories by Toth, Cole, Eisner, Bernet, and the entirety of B. Krigstein’s last work in comics, the 30-page Dell beatnik classic “87th Precinct”. Well worth the price.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:43:08 +0000

I was disappointed by the mammoth horror and war comics books, but crime hit the sweet spot. That was a great S&K story too … I liked that Mr. Dawson reminded me of Spiro Agnew.

(Even if it was published years before Mr. Agnew came to prominence.)

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:58:51 +0000

Those are pretty typical of the underworld lowlifes in S&K comics. They also had their handsome heroes, but not on this page. Check the first few dozen entries in the chronological list of posts over on the sidebar, or poke around the always excellent S&K Blog for a look at the S&K years.

By: Mike Cagle

Mike Cagle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:53:26 +0000

It looks like every guy in the story has a long, funny-shaped nose! Seems kinda unusual for Kirby — but then, my experience is mostly with silver age and after. Did S&K at this time tend to populate their stories with these kind of craggy, lumpy, misshapen characters? With long noses?