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Benton, Mike

(?   -    ) US Comics authority who wrote the Taylor History of Comics nonfiction series for the Taylor Publishing Company in the 1990s. Though some are relatively brief at 144-150pp, these heavily illustrated works contain considerable information on the history of the various genres and creators of comics in the US during most of the twentieth century. Horror Comics: The Illustrated History (1991) and Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History (1992) are perhaps of the most direct relevance to sf. More than one volume deals with the portrayals of Superheroes at different times since their creation in the 1930s [see Checklist below], with Superhero Comics: The Illustrated History (1991) providing an overview. [GSt/DRL]

Michael Benton

born

works

nonfiction

series

Taylor History of Comics

• The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1989) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Horror Comics: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1991) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Superhero Comics: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1991) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Superhero Comics of the Silver Age: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1991) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1992) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/Dave Timmons]
• Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1992) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Crime Comics: The Illustrated History (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]
• Masters of Imagination: The Comic Book Artists Hall of Fame (Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994) [nonfiction: in the publisher's Taylor History of Comics series: hb/]

individual titles

• Comic Book Collecting for Fun and Profit (Baltimore, Maryland: Crown, 1985) [nonfiction: pb/nonpictorial]
• Making a Fortune Investing in Comics (Las Vegas, Nevada: Pop Cult Inc Pub/Hal Schuster, 1988) [nonfiction: chap: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 13:15 pm on 26 April 2025.
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