Heavily detailed on the business end, and essentially none of the illustrations are of Marvel's popular characters - they all come from the pulps and the assorted western/detective/romance mags.

Broad and obvious, like all his other work.

Aside from Braniac 5, the team was composed of characters I was unfamiliar with, which made for a slow start to the story. Toward the end it sped up, but the sheer scale of the big bad made for a trite story.

Beautiful prints, horrible essays.

A map of the area would have been very helpful.

The introductory essay is a bit florid and dense, but the photos speak for themselves just fine.

Wolverine solo tale - entertaining but unremarkable.

Batman section is the only good part.

My only criticism is that I wish there was more...

** spoiler alert ** Generic "superheroes save the world" story - big bad seems unstoppable, good guys win in the end. Fun but not a must-read..

Slow to start but fun toward the end.

A few clunkers but overall a solid collection.

Excellent overview of the evolution of the character.

Thoroughly entertaining, everything a thriller should be.

Picked up on a lark due to fond memories for "The State", read quickly because it was so good. Informative and instructional without being intimidating or inaccessible. I was expecting a straight comedy book but it actually contained practical advice ... and the title is accurate too - I had no idea they worked on so many films that grossed so much.

Meh. Not unexpected, but still just a collection of his best quotes from the novels. Fine bathroom or waiting-room reading, not worth purchasing.

Not many authors have the chutzpah to open AND close the thousand + page fourth book in a wildly popular series with a brand new character who isn't mentioned anywhere else in the series.

After reading countless formulaic thrillers where the heroes are never in danger because the author has a mortgage, its beyond exciting to be reading a series of books yet still have unknown danger for the characters lurking on every page.

It's Biblio-blasphemy to say so, but this volume adds depth to the HBO series produced from it; and seeing a slightly different version emerge from the page leads to lively discussions about edits and alterations with other fans.

Read after seeing the series, In hindsight an excellent adaptation by HBO.