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- 1 2 The Classic Era of American Comics, Nicky Wright, Contemporary Books, 2000, Pg. 178.
- ↑ Web of Evil, Comic Values Annual 1999, Antique Trader Books, 1998, Pg. 431.
- 1 2 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Gemstone Publishing, May 2002, Pg. 837.
- ↑ Jack Cole and Plastic Man: forms stretched to their limits, Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd, Chronicle Books, 2001, Pg. 93.