A seventieth anniversary commemorative compilation of first-generation comic-book hero adventures explores the ways in which the earliest superheroes were typically anonymous vigilantes who used "anything goes" approaches to fighting crime, in an anthology that includes the notorious 1939 Wonder Man debut. Original.

A deluxe volume of reproductions from the influential war-comics magazine offers insight into the periodical's controversial publication of anti-war tales, in a collection that includes the classic short, ''Landscape,'' in which a jaded Vietnamese rice farmer becomes a victim of circumstance.

A third volume of complete original Thimble Theatre comics covers the period between 1932 and 1934, in a collection that is complemented by a first-time reprint of Segar's "World's Fair" story, a two-week sequence of extra-large strips covering Wimpy and Popeye's visit to Chicago.