The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes

A concise, two-issue series from Macmillan Publishing launched in 1976, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes is a reference work in comic form, most frequently illustrated by Frank Springer. It aims to catalog and detail the adventures and lore of major superheroes, offering a structured, archival look at the characters' histories. Its significance lies in being an early, ambitious attempt to treat comic book continuity with the seriousness of a reference encyclopedia.