Comic Book Cartography

The World of Kamandi

2010-04-07T20:20:00Z

Art: Jack Kirby

Source: http://www.viruete.com/nuncapediestospoderes/2008/06/el_mundo_de_katmandi.html

The Batcave

2010-04-07T20:46:00Z

Art: Dick Sprang

Source: http://www.superheroes-r-us.com/2008/the-batcave/

The Bottle City of Kandor

2010-04-07T23:42:00Z

Source: http://superman.nu/a/encyc/Fortress/history.php

The Avengers' Mansion

2010-04-08T00:20:00Z

Source: http://www.giantsizemarvel.com/2008/12/avengers-mansion-the-mecca-of.html

Titan (Captain Marvel)

2010-04-08T03:01:00Z

Art: Jim Starlin

Source: Captain Marvel #27 (1973)

Nick Fury Tunnel Cutaway

2010-04-08T14:28:00Z

Art: Jack Kirby

Source: Strange Tales #141

Baxter Building Cutaway - Fantastic Four #3

2010-04-08T15:09:00Z

Baxter Building Cutaway - Fantastic Four #6

2010-04-08T15:29:00Z

Thor's Asgard

2010-04-08T17:07:00Z

Art: Jack Kirby

Source: Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 (via a reprint)

Little Archie Map

2010-04-08T20:50:00Z

Art: Bob Bolling

Source: Little Archie #9 (1958)

Alex Schomburg - Nazi Invasion Cutaway - 1942

2010-04-09T03:06:31Z

Source: Scan from "CHROMA - The Art of Alex Schomburg."

The Krypton Codex

2010-04-10T02:43:43Z

Source: Superman 187, 1966.

Superman throws out the first pitch

2010-04-10T15:11:28Z

Batman's Utility Belt - Detail from Batman #203

2010-04-11T04:32:03Z

Wally Wood - Basketball Cutaway in Space - Mad #26 Cover

2010-04-13T02:36:00Z

"Mad's version of the satellite the size of a basketball." - November, 1955

Details:

Scanned from the original issue in the collection of Art H.

Robotman schematic - Doom Patrol - 1960s

2010-04-14T02:48:39Z

Source: http://io9.com/5403512/cyborgs-1960s-and-before

Reed Richards' Circuit Diagram - Fantastic Four #67

2010-04-15T03:03:00Z

The detail:

Praise for Comic Book Cartography

2010-04-15T03:05:00Z

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The East Coast according to D.C. – 1978 Sunday Comics Map

2010-04-16T17:40:00Z

Source: "The World's Greatest Superheroes" Sunday newspaper strip, 8/13/78. Art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta.

Note: We dug out this rarity after we read the comments section of a MetaFilter post about CBC – http://ow.ly/174Xah – a post that actually spent some time at the top of the list of "Most Favorited Posts of the Past 24 Hours." Wow!

Don Martin - Band-Aid Disaster Cutaway - MAD #167, 1974

2010-04-17T13:45:01Z

"One Tuesday Afternoon After School"

Perry White's Dentures vs. The 4th Dimension - Diagram and Cutaway

2010-04-18T19:06:05Z

Source: Reprint story in "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" #131, 1970

Krypton - Hemispheric Maps

2010-04-19T13:34:00Z

Old World Hemisphere:

New World Hemisphere & Map Zooms:

Source: "Superman" #239, 1971

Suggestive Dialogue - Cutaway - A.C. Gilbert Toy Co. - 1958

2010-04-20T14:24:02Z

Source: A.C. Gilbert Toy Co. promotional comic: "Gilbert Toys Present Adventures in Science," 1958

Robert Crumb - How to Smoke a Joint - Diagram

2010-04-21T12:11:19Z

Source: Undated reprint of "ZAP Comix" #0, circa 1970.

Earth After Galactus - Topography

2010-04-22T12:04:54Z

Wishing you a somber Earth Day, 2010. We have met the Galactus, and he is us.

***

Source: "Fantastic Four" #49, 1966

Mxyzptlk Street - Metropolis, U.S.A. - Google Street View

2010-04-23T11:31:55Z

Source: Reprint story in "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen" #131, 1970.

The Creation of Mappable Space - "Picture Stories from the Bible" - 1943

2010-04-25T16:37:00Z

In the PreCrumbrian age, the ancestor of E.C. Comics published the 232 page "Picture Stories from the Bible - Complete Old Testament Edition" (1943).

Justice League of America - Headquarters Cutaway

2010-04-26T12:25:05Z

Source: "Justice League of America" #95, 1971

New York City Map - Fantastic Four

2010-04-27T12:55:35Z

Source: We got this as a reprint from FF Annual #8, but we think it originated in FF Annual #1.

"Adventures Inside the Atom" - General Electric Public Relations Dept. - 1948

2010-04-28T13:16:00Z

"Adventures Inside the Atom: The Story of Nuclear Power" was published in 1948 by the General Electric Company, Public Relations, Dept. 2-119.

Comic Book Cartography's dad would have been 12 when he acquired the copy we scanned, possibly at school. The comic wrestles atom splitting away from the bomb and slots it into the post-war parade of progress and prosperity. A black and white scan of the entire 16-page comic is available on the U.S. Department of Energy Website: http://tiny.cc/wht1k