Super graphic: a visual guide to the comic book universe

The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying and filled with heroes, villains and ComicCon attendees.

This book by one of Wired magazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more.

It offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there.