Cover: Tom Taggart

The Big Book of Death #[nn]

Jul 1995 · DC · 12.95 USD; 17.95 CAD

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A comprehensive anthology from DC's 1995 line, this volume explores the concept of death across history, culture, and mythology through a mix of factual articles and comic-style illustrations. It collects the entire five-issue series, covering topics from famous last words and funeral traditions to the Grim Reaper and afterlife beliefs, with contributions from various writers and artists. The book presents its morbid subject matter in an accessible, often darkly humorous, non-fiction comic format.

Contains 67 stories

Foreword

1 pp

A Short History of Execution

5 pp

Decapitation

2 pp

A Visit with the Hanging Judge

3 pp

Firing Squad

3 pp

Old Sparky

6 pp

Capital Punishment - It's a Gas

2 pp

Lethal Injection

3 pp

Last Suppers

1 pp

Stupid Murders

4 pp

Look Out! It's the Killer Postmen!

3 pp

The Wide World of Death!

4 pp

Teen Suicide

6 pp

Suicide

4 pp

The Quality of Mercy

3 pp

The Right to Die

2 pp

They Call Him Dr. Death

2 pp

The Eggshell Skull

3 pp

Sickness Unto Death I: Black Death

3 pp

Sickness Unto Death II: Tuberculosis

3 pp

Sickness Unto Death III: Typhoid Mary

2 pp

Sickness Unto Death IV: The Future

2 pp

The Art of War

4 pp

Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers

4 pp

One-Way Ticket

5 pp

Spontaneous Human Combustion

4 pp

Weird Death I

1 pp

Weird Death II

1 pp

Weird Death III

1 pp

Weird Death IV

1 pp

Weird Death V

1 pp

Weird Death VI

1 pp

Weird Death VII

1 pp

Weird Death VIII

1 pp

Weird Death IX

1 pp

The Definition of Death?

2 pp

Anatomy of an Autopsy

4 pp

Embalming

4 pp

Six Feet Under

3 pp

The Watery Grave

2 pp

Cremation

2 pp

Mummification

3 pp

Cryonics: The Frozen Dead

3 pp

A Walking Tour of Highgate Cemetery

3 pp

Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise

6 pp

A Poetic Journey Through the Protestant Cemetery in Rome

4 pp

The Vienna Funeral Museum

4 pp

Greetings from Green-Wood Cemetery

6 pp

Forest Lawn

4 pp

Where to Go

2 pp

Dead But Not Departed

5 pp

They Saved Sakharov's Brain

4 pp

The Disposal Dilemma

4 pp

You Are What You Eat

4 pp

Dead Love

3 pp

The Vampire!

3 pp

Are Zombies Real?

2 pp

Soccer: The Sport That Kills!

3 pp

From Cradle to Grave

3 pp

The Art of Death

3 pp

Heaven and Hereafter

3 pp

Dante Goes to Hell

3 pp

Near-Death Experiences

3 pp

Famous Last Words

4 pp

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

2 pp

That Line Is Dead

5 pp

Mike Montaigne Looks at Death

1 pp

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Full credits

writer Bronwyn Carlton

artist, inker Frank Quitely

cover pencils, inks Tom Taggart

Reprints

Reprinted in 100% True? #1 (1996), 100% True? #2 (1997), Weird #3 (1998), Weird #4 (1999), Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely #[nn] (2014)

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