Brian Cronin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Senior writer @CBR, comic writing @csbg and general pop culture writing @poprefs plus legends stuff @legendsreveal. Also sports at https://t.co/60MJb5Rlax & https://t.co/ToIH4X0yPa

JLA
Grant Morrison
In a brand-new I've Been Here Before for @csbg at @cbr, I explore how Grant Morrison's Action Comics finale triumphantly evoked Morrison's JLA finale. https://t.co/kRAQlNMPlh
Out of stock

Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 3: 1937 - The Return of Normandie Drake
Milton Caniff
Cool Comic Strip Christmas for @csbg at @cbr continues with a spotlight on Milton Caniff's iconic Terry and the Pirates. https://t.co/FfuORY8lwp
Hardcover, 2022
$100.00$75.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Fantastic Four: Antithesis
Mark Waid
In a brand-new Comic Book Legends Revealed for @csbg at @cbr, I show how a conflict over two fill-in issues led to Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo's Fantastic Four run continuing after it seemed poised to be over. https://t.co/XuvDhfuujr
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die!: A Mike Hammer Novel
Mickey Spillane
In a brand-new Comic Book Legends Revealed for @csbg at @cbr, I discover whether Mickey Spillane's iconic private eye, Mike Hammer, was nearly a comic book character first. https://t.co/3KvPpDzQ2d
Paperback, Mass Market, 2013
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier
If I was Raina Telgemeier, I'd be so irked at a horror movie coming out called Smile. Luckily, she's not me, so I'm sure she's fine with it.
Paperback, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Emerald Twilight
Peggy Mosley
In a brand-new Comic Book Legends Revealed for @csbg at @cbr, I see whether Zero Hour messed with the original plans for Hal Jordan in the pages of Green Lantern post-Emerald Twilight. https://t.co/7X3oF2DArX
Out of stock

Snoopy: Cowabunga!: A Peanuts Collection Volume 1
Charles M. Schulz
In a brand-new Knowledge Waits for @csbg at @cbr, I show how Charles Schulz used Snoopy to celebrate D-Day over the years. https://t.co/K5XRWzhr65
Paperback, 2013
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch
I loved John Byrne's Batman & Captain America, but boy, can you even imagine what a Jack Kirby Batman & Captain America would have been like?!? (Kirby art from the back cover of The Comics Reader #100) https://t.co/14dCaEAPUq
Paperback, 2003
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Secret Identity
Alex Segura
Great piece on all the work Alex Segura put in to make Secret Identity as accurate as possible. https://t.co/O6KBCaTM2P
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe (New Edition)
Alan Moore
In a brand-new Comic Book Legends Revealed for @csbg at @cbr, I look at Alan Moore's surprising first published Batman story. https://t.co/8Sas5lDYcy
Hardcover, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book