In 1935,founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1—the first comic book with all-new original material—at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media for children was well on its way to becoming the—the 20th century’s answer to Atlas or Zorro.More than 40,000 comic books later, TASCHEN has produced—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latest technology to. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company’s history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing, alongside year-by-year timelines and biographies of DC legends.The original XL edition of 75 Years of DC Comics wasfor Best Comics-Related Book of the Year. This new edition brings you all the same DC glory in a more compact format.