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Hardcover book special edition lavishly illustrated with charts, checklists and color photographs, mego 8 inch superheroes. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It gives a comprehensive history of the mego corpration then goes into details about the subject of the book the superheroes action figures that came to popularity in the 1970s and early 1980s. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for. The following are links about world greatest super heroes you may find interesting. Dc worlds greatest heroes super friends apache chief action figure. Worlds greatest super heroes 8 inch figures mego museum. Dc worlds greatest heroes super powers series 3 martian manhunter action figure. From 1972 through 1977, mego worlds greatest super heroes were the biggest name in comic book based action figures. Dc worlds greatest super heroes retro twopack series 1 superman and supergirl retro action figures blue card dc comics. Submit a story or info about world greatest super heroes.
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If you had any of these toys as a child this book will bring back memories. Sundays only from january 9, 1983 to february 10, 1985. Worlds greatest superheroes by paul dini, alex ross. If you use the add to want list tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. An amazing amount of research went into this,and it covers everything a collector could ask for. Special edition is an obsessive examination of legendary toy company mego, and the extraordinary line of superhero action figures that dominated the toy industry throughout the 1970s. Megos worlds greatest superheroes wgsh line was the most successful line of licensed toys for the company, catapulting them from mego made its. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A brief history of the worlds greatest super heroes 8 inch action figure. Both collected versions are smaller than the original treasury editions 10 x. This was back in the days when i used to scout the comics at the local bus depot to find my comics. Welcome to t he dc 100 page super spectacular site home of the worlds greatest superheroes. Hardcover november 6, 2007 by benjamin holcomb author 4. The book is also very detailed in which figures were released when and with what accesories which should satisfy any collectors.
The worlds greatest superheroes was released on august 1, 2005 on dustjacket slipcase hardcover edition 9. The mego corporation was a toy company founded in 1954. Originally released back in 2007, holcombs book is regarded as the definitive guide to all things mego. Between 1998 and 2003, paul dini, the emmy awardwinning producer of batman beyond and the new batmansuperman adventures, joined forces with superstar illustrator alex ross kingdom come to create six original graphic novels starring the worlds greatest superheroes. Its the 45th anniversary of megos worlds greatest superheroes. It also included the spidercar which was a big hot when introduced the year previous in the 8. Super heroes mexico worlds greatest mego checklist history has had its fair share of heros and villains, both real and not.
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