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  <title><![CDATA[The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;DIV&gt;One of the only compilations of the crime comic genre, this volume contains 25 of the best graphic short stories, spanning all the nuances of noir, from classic American newspaper strip serials and notorious uncensored comic books to today&amp;#8217;s global graphic novel masterpieces. &lt;P&gt;This collection includes Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Max Allan Collins, and Alex Toth&amp;#8212;plus adaptations of and collaborations by famous crime writers, such as Dashiel Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Lesley Charteris, and Raymond Chandler.&lt;/DIV&gt;</default_description>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 14:24:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[When it comes to comics, &quot;Best of&quot; anthologies always feel incomplete.  A heap of the stories can only be found in certain anthologies, and any of the recent stuff is more a commentary on the genre than an actual contribution to it.<br/>That said, this collection--or what I read of it--ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41109942">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is the shit. If you like film noir and pulp crime you will love these comic artifacts from the golden age of...well...western civilization! The only reason this isn’t a 5 star review is the compilation is polluted by modern day hacks like neil gaimen and the overrated alan moore. Keep to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38190327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really fantastic anthology of crime comics, most of which I had not read before. The older comics, including one written by Dashiell Hammett and another which was the basis for the Mike Hammer films, were especially awesome to see and I doubt I would have come across them any other place....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39019512">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Extremely interesting book. Contains lots of really, really obscure work. Most stories look super sharp, although a few suffer reproduction problems. Some of the European stories aren't translated into English very well, but still stand up. Not necessarily the &quot;best crime comics ever,&quot; but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77964541">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps the best thing about it was finally getting to read the oft cited &quot;Murder, Morphine, and Me&quot; comic whose morphine needle into the eye panel was used to spearhead the institution of the &quot;comics code.&quot;<br/><br/>Some other good stuff too by Charles Burns and Alan Moore.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Long before <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Frank Miller" title="Frank Miller">Frank Miller</a> created <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Sin City" title="Sin City">Sin City</a></em>, crime stories infiltrated the graphic form.  In this massive (479 pp) collection of 25 stories, <em><strong>The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics</strong> re-introduces contemporary readers to the extraordinary talents of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Alan Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Neil Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Will Eisner" title="Will Eisner">Will Eisner</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Dashiell Hammett" title="Dashiell Hammett">Dashiell Hammett</a>, ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35984600">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A hit and miss anthology. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm only just getting into crime comics and this was a nice way to dive in--great variety. Uneven as you'd expect, but the high points were really high.]]></body>
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