The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe

Wanna win Jeopardy's DC Comics Trivia Challenge? — 2006

Well too bad, there’s no such thing. But if there ever was, get this book. Whoever wrote this has either A. Every DC Comic known to man, B. Too much time on their hands, or C. All of Above.

For those who love to find flubs in movies, this is a book filled with them. I can’t tell if they wrote something under say Batman, and then 3 months later, were writing an entry for Nightwing and added something in a more current issue or if fact checking wasn’t such a big deal in writing this book. It’s made by DK and comic fans are almost as bad as Trekkies when it comes to getting the fact straight. So I think the editor wasn’t familiar with DC Comics and didn’t check the facts or worse, he was a Marvel Purist, (just Kidding, I like Marvel too).

But, if you have questions about storylines up to about 2003, like facts about the Imperiex War, or just wanted to know why Barbara Gordon is now The Oracle, check this book out.