A review by jameseckman
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, by Warren Pleece, Gianluigi Gonano, Jordi Bernet, Lesley Charteris, Colin McLoughlin, Paul Gravett, Ed Robbins, Charles Burns, Carlos Sampayo, Lloyd Thatcher, Alan Moore, Joe Simon, Gianni De Luca, Johnny Craig, Alex Toth, José Muñoz, Mickey Spillane, Oscar Zárate, Harry Sahle, Alex Raymond, Terry Beatty, Jack Cole, Fred Guardineer, Max Allan Collins, Will Eisner, Dominique Grange, Jack Kirby, Paul Grist, Neil Gaiman, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Bernard Krigstein, Raymond Chandler, Bill Everett, Dennis Mcloughlin, Jacques Tardi, Enrique Sánchez Abulí

3.0

I've seen more than half of these in other collections, so it's quite possible that these are the best of the lot. If you've not read crime comics before, this is a good retrospective covering the 30's thru the 90's. There are a wide variety of artistic styles represented, all in shades of black, from American and European artists. Includes writing by Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane, who's Mike Hammer character is as violent and immoral as they come.