Why read Panel by Panel?

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A 1982 DC Comics house ad for the first issue of Arion, Lord of Atlantis proclaimed, “Written by Paul Kupperberg! One of DC’s Most Versatile Writers!”. The next forty years of his career would confirm the ad’s label as the writer’s resume filled with credits that covered the spectrum of…

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1 author picked Panel by Panel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Reed Tucker

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Kupperberg was a writer and editor at DC Comics for decades, but it’s the chronicle of his early years as one of the hobby’s first BNF—big-name fans—that grabbed me here.

This autobiography paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be a comics obsessive in the days before the internet, giant conventions and mainstream acceptance, and everything that came with it, including the social isolation and the exhilarating hunt for back issues. It’s not a perspective I’ve found in many other books.

From Reed's list on The best books that dive into the history of the comic book industry.